This is Your Brain on Porn – Video Interview of the Author of Wired for Intimacy

Thursday, June 24th, 2010
Written By Luke Gilkerson
Categories: Pornography Addiction, Scratching the Surface

This is Your Brain on Porn – Video Interview of the Author of Wired for Intimacy

How does porn impact the brain? Dr. William Struthers, Associate Professor of Psychology at Wheaton College, talks about this in his book, Wired For Intimacy: How Pornography Hijacks the Male Brain.

In the following video he dives into this topic in great detail, explaining why pornography is addictive from a neuroscientific perspective. (Please note: this video deals with mature subject matter. Viewer discretion is advised.)

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This video was filmed near our headquarters as a part of a new documentary back in February. That week I had Dr. Struthers over to my house for dinner (along with Michael Leahy, author of Porn Nation, and Crystal Renaud, founder of Dirty Girls Ministries), and we had fantastic discussions around the topics found in his book.

I also had a chance to interview Dr. Struthers for our podcast. You can hear the whole interview here.

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Crystal Renaud says:

June 28, 2010 at 12:30 pm

I still can’t believe I got to sit in your living room with this guy. So much wisdom.

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- Luke Gilkerson says:
  
  June 28, 2010 at 1:59 pm
  
  @Crystal – I know. I love talking to this guy. That was a fun night.
  
  By the way, I pray God’s richest blessings of wisdom for you as you go away to do some writing!
Philip Marinello says:

May 3, 2011 at 5:20 pm

I have a question. I thought this was strange when I first came across it, and I haven’t bought into it personally, but I was curious what someone like Dr. Struthers would say to the person who says social nudity is a good way to counteract the social and habitual patterns of sin and sinful thinking.

Would love to hear his thoughts on the matter.

Thanks!

–Philip

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