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Monkey See, Monkey Do

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Monkeys Pay to See Female Monkey Bottoms

A new study found that male monkeys will give up their juice rewards in order to ogle pictures of female monkey’s bottoms. The way the experiment was set up, the act is akin to paying for the images, the researchers say.

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The study, announced Friday, is far from monkey business. It was sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health and the Cure Autism Now Foundation. The goal is to learn more about the social machinery of the brain with an eye toward helping autism patients.

So does this mean that attraction to and obsession with pornography are neurologically
similar to autism? As someone who has been struggling to overcome addiction
to porn, I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that it’s related to other dysfunctional
behaviors.

(Fedora Tip: Counseling Notes

BTW, since we’re on the subject, be sure to check out my links to resources for escaping porn.

Disordered Appetites

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Pornography rapes the mind.

“Internet pornography is the new crack cocaine, leading to addiction, misogyny, pedophilia, boob jobs and erectile dysfunction, according to clinicians and researchers testifying before a Senate committee Thursday [November 18, 2004].” – Internet Porn: Worse Than Crack?

For those who suffer from sexual addictions, I have good news. The Order of the Legion of Saint Michael (home to blogs Bro. Bubba’s Journal and Catholics in the Know) has reopened the Catholic Support Group for Sexual Addiction Recovery. CSGAR “is a Catholic group of fellow sufferers from addition to pornography, lust, and sins of the flesh”.

“CSGSAR is a safe place (as a computer discussion group can be) where people with the common bonds of being Catholic followers of Christ and being fellow sufferers of sexual addictions may share and seek support for our struggles with this addiction. We offer resources for ‘Tips on How to Avoid Sin’, advice and remedies given by the Church and the saints, and the fellowship of fellow sufferers. You are not alone.”

Other sources for help are Porn-Free.org, Pure Intimacy, Open-Mind.org, Free in Christ, and Covenant Eyes.

Shame on You

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Dirty habits thrive on secrecy. This pastor’s campaign to shame porn shops out of
business might help to shed some divine light on them.

Texas
Church Cards People Who Patronize Adult Stores
By Lianne Hart

“KENNEDALE, Texas – It’s 2:30 on a Thursday afternoon, and inside a windowless
adult video store a dozen people are perusing XXX-rated movie titles. Pastor Jim
Norwood surmises this because he has photographed the customers’ cars in the parking
lot, carefully adjusting his digital camera so that each license plate is in focus.”

Not Just for Jews

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This prayer is useful for more than just Jews. In fact, I think I might start saying
it, or a version of it.

Rabbi
Offers Prayer for Web Porn Browsers

“JERUSALEM (Reuters) – An Israeli rabbi has composed a prayer to help devout
Jews overcome guilt after visiting porn web sites while browsing the Internet.” ‘Please God, help me cleanse the computer of viruses and evil photographs which disturb and ruin my work…, so that I shall be able to cleanse myself (of sin),’ reads the benediction by Shlomo Eliahu, chief rabbi in the northern town of Safed.”