Episode 29 - Porn, HIV, and Even More on Masturbation

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Mike McHargue

Science, Leisure, Society & Culture, Games

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🗓️ 3 August 2015

⏱️ 44 minutes

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For this week's Ask Science Mike, we address the following questions: Is porn really bad for your brain? Is AIDS God’s punishment for gay men according to Romans 1:27? Is it wrong to masturbate while thinking about my ex? Is my wife’s desire for submissive sexual play a result of her being sexually abused? You're in charge of this program. All you have to do is submit a question using #asksciencemike on Twitter, YouTube, or Soundcloud. You can also submit questions anonymously on asksciencemike.com. The easiest way to get new episodes is to subscribe on iTunes here. Ask Science Mike is made possible by listeners like you. Learn more on our Patreon page. Here are some resources on each answer if you'd like to dig deeper. Is porn really bad for your brain? Supernormal-stimuli - Stuart McMillen (web comic) Neural Correlates of Sexual Cue Reactivity in Individuals with and without Compulsive Sexual Behaviours Brain Structure and Functional Connectivity Associated With Pornography Consumption: The Brain on Porn WebMD: Is Porn Addictive? Is AIDS God’s punishment for gay men according to Romans 1:27? How Do you interpret Romans 1:27 - Gay Christian 101 Oral Sex and HIV Risk - CDC Is it wrong to masturbate while thinking about my ex? Q&A: Is It Unhealthy To Fantasize About My Ex When I Masturbate? Is my wife’s desire for submissive sexual play a result of her being sexually abused? Does Childhood Sex Abuse Lead To Promiscuity Later… Or Is This Only A Myth? Ask Science Mike is produced by Gregg Nordin. Preproduction work is handled by Haley Hyde. The Ask Science Mike theme song was written, performed, and recorded by Jeb Bodiford. If you need original podcast music, he's your guy. You've got questions, he's got answers. Even though we may not understand he'll talk anyway. You've got problems, he won't solve them, But he'll talk and talk and talk until he's blue in the face. Science, faith, and life - Ask Science Mike.

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0:00.0	Warning, the following program contains topics of a frank and mature nature.
0:05.0	Listener discretion is advised.
0:08.0	Porn, HIV, and even more on masturbation.
0:11.0	Put the kids to bed, it's time for Ask Science Mike after dark.
0:17.0	Welcome to Ask Science Mike. It's the weekly podcast where I answer your questions about science, faith, and life, and this week is an after dark episode.
0:30.0	For those of you who may be new to the program on Science Mike After Dark, we cover questions
0:36.0	that are banned or taboo in polite society. We talk about sex and drugs and really anything
0:42.3	you send in. So I hope you enjoy this week's program and if it's
0:46.6	a little too much go ahead and join us next week for a normal episode of Ask Science
0:52.2	Mike.
0:53.0	Our first question for this week's episode isn't even one question.
1:04.4	Instead, it comes from dozens of emails.
1:08.0	I got following our last after dark episode.
1:12.0	In that episode, in response to a question about porn
1:15.3	shared some of the things I thought were dangerous or harmful about pornography and I got a lot of pushback from my listeners for saying that.
1:26.6	Now this was consistently thoughtful, kind, rational and reasonable pushback, but it dwarfed anything have ever gotten in the program,
1:37.0	which, you know, is surprising. We've talked about drug use, we've talked about pedophilia,
1:41.8	we've talked about some pretty difficult topics on this program but nothing
1:45.6	hit a button quite as sensitive as discussing porn. Here's some of the things
1:51.7	people said first of all I got a lot of emails from actual sex workers, mainly
1:57.0	cam girls, and those are people who perform nude over the internet for people, but I also got a few messages from current or former porn performers.
2:09.0	And that was not the only feedback I got. I also got emails from researchers and psychologists
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