<![CDATA[Fleshbot: straight, addiction]]> http://tags.fleshbot.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/fleshbot.com.png <![CDATA[Fleshbot: straight, addiction]]> http://fleshbot.com/tag/straight/addiction http://fleshbot.com/tag/straight/addiction <![CDATA[ Doctors say that for many sex addicts, hiding...]]> Doctors say that for many sex addicts, hiding their addiction is part of the thrill. The other part of the thrill? Having all the sex. (abcnews.go.com)

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<![CDATA[The Truth Is Out There]]> David Duchovny pioneers the hottest new form of celebrity rehab—sex addiction. We blame ourselves—all the clues were there, but sometimes a lie is best told between two truths. (usmagazine.com + genregirls.blogspot.com)

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<![CDATA[An Australian preacher has a very good reason...]]> An Australian preacher has a very good reason for pretending he had cancer and lying about it to his own parishioners for over two years—he was addicted to porn, of course! Pornography: Is there anything we can't blame on it? (news.com.au)]]> http://fleshbot.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5041266&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Is Porn The Same As Cheating?]]> A group of bloggers and their commenters who normally write about things like capital gains taxes and the legal ramifications of wiretapping are in a bit of slap fight over a recent column by FoxNews.com "sexpert" Yvonne Fulbright. The column was about the warning signs of porn addiction (Sign #1: if you're reading this, you have it), and the debate revolves around an offhand remark stating that many partners just assume that using porn "is the equivalent of having an actual affair." (Except Playboy! That's totally cool.) At least one guy agrees, saying that paying for porn is sort of like paying to watch a prostitute have sex with someone else and that sort of makes you a cheating asshole! Others responded with more nuanced arguments, like "that's insane."

The conflict also has something to do with a "moral continuum," which we thought was some kind of weapon on "Star Trek" but apparently is something that measures how much trouble you're currently in with your girlfriend. Which leads us all back to our original question: Is looking at porn the "equivalent" of cheating on your significant other? We were going to make this today's poll question ... but given our readership, we think we know how that one would turn out. Leave your thoughts in the comments anyway.

· "8 Signs Your Partner is Addicted to Porn" (foxnews.com)
· "Honey, I Think You Should Know, I’ve Been Seeing Joanna Angel" + "Porndultery" (juliansanchez.com)
· Porn and Adultery (Culture Wars) + Part (II) (theatlantic.com)
· The Douthat-Carter Continuum (willwilkinson.net)
· A Post Calculated to Boost TNR's Web Traffic (tnr.com)
· To the People: 9. He Blogs Less (tothepeople.com)

· Thumb via Cheating Strap-on Lesbians (lesbianstraponparty.com)

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<![CDATA[ This just in: Rehab centers that cater to...]]> This just in: Rehab centers that cater to sex addicts cost a lot of money and don't really do anything. Experts say that the reason they fail so often is because most addicts believe that sex is really, really awesome. (int.iol.co.za; image via Caveh Zahedi's "I Am A Sex Addict")

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<![CDATA[We would like to see the "studies" that "show"...]]> We would like to see the "studies" that "show" 15 million people who are addicted to porn, because if they are accurate our site would be getting a lot more visitors, wouldn't it? (sptimes.com)

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<![CDATA[Is Florida The New Porn Valley?]]> The only place on Earth that has a similar climate, in-ground swimming pool distribution, and permissive community standards on girls in bikinis as Southern California, are the coastal areas of Florida. So you'd think that if there was any place that could compete with the San Fernando Valley as the porn capital of the world, it would be the Sunshine State—and you might be correct. Except for the geographical oddity of being on both the bottom edge of the Bible Belt's buckle and on the leading edge of Key West's and South Beach's middle fingers, which puts the state in the middle of a somewhat conflicted relationship with adult entertainment.

From a legal point of view, said Walters, Florida is an interesting set of regional microcosms, with the majority of production going on in the southern part of the state, and the majority of cases against pornographers going on in the north.

So says the Jacksonville Times-Union, which like many local newspapers these days, is examining the local porn climate—although Jacksonville being closer to that belt we mentioned—they take a pretty moralizing stance. Their three part series contains one re-hashed story on the dangers of podn addiction and one "where are they now?" followup on former Jacksonville Hooters girl Crissy Moran, who quit the business a year ago after finding religion. (Although judging by her still constant presence on the babelog circuit, it's like she never left.) All the stories seem to come to one conclusion—porn is here to stay, whether Floridians like it or not. (And they seems to like it quite a bit.)

So how can the same state play host to growing porn empires like the Bang Bros., yet still crack down on hardcore outfits like Ray Guhn Productions? And don't even get us started on Girls Gone Wild, which has probably done more to benefit state tourism than anything since "Where The Boys Are." (The first one!) We don't have the answers yet, but if our request to transfer to our Panama City bureau comes through, we'll let you know what we find.

· "Porn nearby", "Their addictions hurt themselves, loved ones" + "She quit porn industry and turned to Christ" (jacksonville.com)

Previously: Crissy Moran Finds Jesus

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<![CDATA[Watching porn at work is "a silent epidemic"...]]> Watching porn at work is "a silent epidemic" that is threatening to destroy lives and the economy. Then maybe they should turn up their speakers. (Or get new jobs.) (daytondailynews.com)

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<![CDATA[Yet another sex therapist explains how pornography...]]> Yet another sex therapist explains how pornography will ruin your marriage, bankrupt the family business and run over your dog with a lawnmower. Your eyeballs will also infect your brain with drugs or something. If it wasn't for all the pornography we watch, we could probably understand it. (registerguard.com)

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<![CDATA[This just in: Women can get hooked on porn...]]> This just in: Women can get hooked on porn just like men do! It's good to know that when it comes to ruining lives through addiction, we're an equal opportunity provider. (coloradoan.com)

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<![CDATA[Wet Spots: Danielle Lloyd Makes Us Forget What We Came For]]>

· Danielle Lloyd, bless her heart, slips into a diamond-studded bikini for charity, but ends up distracting us so much we forgot where we put our checkbooks. (drunkenstepfather.com)

· Jenna Jameson wants you to design logos for her clothing lines, and you must obey Jenna. (adultfyi.com)

· Remember the porn addict whose pastor can monitor his internet activity? Apparently, he wasn't making that shit up. That's some serious voyeurism. (stuff.co.nz)

· It's just possible that having sex before marriage will not send you plummeting into a spiral of shame and depression. Sorry if that spoils the surprise for you. (umn.edu, via about.com)

· Ten reasons why that New York Times article might be wrong about the internet and porn. We promise not to mention this again until Monday at the earliest. (wired.com)

· Jezebel finds out more than she probably wanted to know about vaginas. Isn't blogging fun! (Jezebel)

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Previously: Morning Wood Archives/Wet Spots Archives

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