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Your Brain on Porn (Part 4) – Interview with Dr. Bill Struthers

Last Updated: April 15, 2015

Covenant Eyes Radio – Episode 62

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How does viewing pornography impact the brain? Today we finish our week-long podcast series: “Your Brain on Porn.”

Today Dr. Bill Struthers talks about how our cultural beliefs about masculinity shape the way our brains work and our capacity to resist the temptations of lust.

Dr. Struthers is an associate professor of Psychology at Wheaton College. He is the author of Wired For Intimacy: How Pornography Hijacks the Male Brain.

Listen to more of our interview with Dr. Struthers: Part 1Part 2, and Part 3
Music for today’s podcast is “DWYL” by Phil Joel
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