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“Porn addiction,” like “sex addiction,” isn’t recognized by the DSM-5, which classifies mental disorders. While porn-viewing can be compulsive, like other behaviors, research suggests that perceived porn addiction predicted distress over actual porn use itself. Yet, the idea of “porn addiction” persists in the U.S., which lacks comprehensive sex education requirements in many states; only 37 percent of states require sex education to be medically accurate, according to Boston University.

What a perfect example of how sexuality is suppressed, controlled, then monetized in the US, and the harm it causes.

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Danitos@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

What a perfect example of how sexuality is suppressed, controlled

You reminded me of a post I saw in r/catholicism. OP wanted to stop masturbating, but wasn’t able to overcome the urge and felt very bad about it, knowing it was wrong, and was asking advice. All the comments were in the line of “Just trust and submit to Jesus and he’ll help you”.

WTF… I felt bad for OP and other people in a situation like that.

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- Passerby6497@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  
  All the comments were in the line of “Just trust and submit to Jesus and he’ll help you”.
  
  Stupid sexy Jesus
  
  Climbs onto the St Andrews Cross to submit
  
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  - Big_Boss_77@fedinsfw.app ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Wouldn’t be masturbation if Jesus is helping… problem solved.
    
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- InfiniteStruggle@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  The subtext there is basically that if you’re still not able to shake the habit, you haven’t trusted or prayed enough, and that’s why Jesus isn’t helping.
  
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  - Danitos@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    But that’s my point, everything feels so restrictive. Why is doing something harmless that you want and enjoy doing seen in such a negative way.
    
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- Buddahriffic@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  It’s like people who reply “rtfm”, except these people actually think they are helping, while the rtfm replier just thinks the question asker isn’t worthy of their knowledge (or wants to hide that they don’t know while maintaining their “I am wise” persona).
  
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  - Ajen@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Sometimes RTFM is valid advice. Still condescending, but also valid.
    
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    Buddahriffic@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Yeah, though getting useful information out of documentation is a skill on its own that not everyone possesses. But I agree that “it’s in the manual” can be useful, especially these days with how common useless manuals are.
    
    Like I just bought a motherboard and the paper manual it came with was useless, like it didn’t even differentiate between installing Intel or AMD coolers, so clearly didn’t contain much specific information for that particular board.
    
    The online manual had more useful information, unless you want more info about uefi settings, where you’ll be lucky if it has full information of uefi options for the release uefi, let alone the latest version.
    
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  - Danitos@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    My point wasn’t to attack the people just saying “Go to Jesus” but there whole narrative that masturbating is seen in such a bad way. Complete control and supression of sexuality, where the OP felt genuinely bad for that, and the comments simply followed the wagon.
    
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andybytes@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
project 2025

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