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He started the website YourBrainOnPorn.com with his wife Marnia Robinson, which argues that pornography is an addiction the same as overeating, compulsive gambling, etc.<ref name=Abel>Isaac Abel (June 7, 2013). [https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/06/was-i-actually-addicted-to-internet-pornography/276619/ "Was I Actually 'Addicted' to Internet Pornography?"]. ''The Atlantic''.</ref> The site is "a clearinghouse for the latest research, media, and self-reports on pornography’s effects and potential harms" according to the [[National Center on Sexual Exploitation]].<ref name=ncose/> Fifteen years of research analysis on the science of porn's effects on the brain and nine years of listening to recovering porn addicts went into creating the site.<ref name=ftnd>[https://fightthenewdrug.org/your-brain-on-porn-gary-wilsons-porn-fighting-ba-website-working/ "Your Brain On Porn: Gary Wilson’s Online Guide to the Latest Science & Research"]. ''Fight the New Drug''. March 29, 2018.</ref> Four years after the site's launch, he published the book ''Your Brain On Porn: Internet Pornography and the Emerging Science of Addiction'', on the same topic; which has since been translated into Arabic, Dutch, German, Hungarian, Japanese, and Russian.<ref name=ap/>
He started the website YourBrainOnPorn.com with his wife Marnia Robinson, which argues that pornography is an addiction the same as overeating, compulsive gambling, etc.<ref name=Abel>Isaac Abel (June 7, 2013). [https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/06/was-i-actually-addicted-to-internet-pornography/276619/ "Was I Actually 'Addicted' to Internet Pornography?"]. ''The Atlantic''.</ref> The site is "a clearinghouse for the latest research, media, and self-reports on pornography’s effects and potential harms" according to the [[National Center on Sexual Exploitation]].<ref name=ncose/> Fifteen years of research analysis on the science of porn's effects on the brain and nine years of listening to recovering porn addicts went into creating the site.<ref name=ftnd>[https://fightthenewdrug.org/your-brain-on-porn-gary-wilsons-porn-fighting-ba-website-working/ "Your Brain On Porn: Gary Wilson’s Online Guide to the Latest Science & Research"]. ''Fight the New Drug''. March 29, 2018.</ref> Four years after the site's launch, he published the book ''Your Brain On Porn: Internet Pornography and the Emerging Science of Addiction'', on the same topic; which has since been translated into Arabic, Dutch, German, Hungarian, Japanese, and Russian.<ref name=ap/>


Wilson's [[TED talk]] entitled “The Great Porn Experiment” had over 14 million views at the time of his death.<ref name=ftnd/><ref name=ncose>[https://endsexualexploitation.org/articles/the-national-center-on-sexual-exploitation-remembers-gary-wilson/ "The National Center on Sexual Exploitation Remembers Gary Wilson"]. ''National Center on Sexual Exploitation''. May 25, 2021.</ref> He also co-authored two academic papers with seven US Navy doctors.<ref name=ap/> Wilson argues that porn addiction is a public health issue,<ref>Van Boom, Daniel (Dec. 1 2020). [https://www.cnet.com/culture/features/porn-addiction-is-ruining-lives-but-scientists-arent-convinced-its-real/ "Porn addiction is ruining lives, but scientists aren't convinced it's real"]. ''CNET''.</ref> and says it leads to negative effects such as depression and erectile dysfunction.<ref>Rockett, Darcel (Apr 03, 2018). [https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/parenting/sc-fam-porn-addiction-in-youth-0417-story.html "'I was absorbed in pornography for hours and hours’: How porn is affecting kids"]. ''Chicago Tribune''.</ref>
Wilson's [[TED talk]] entitled “The Great Porn Experiment” had over 14 million views at the time of his death.<ref name=ftnd/><ref name=ncose>[https://endsexualexploitation.org/articles/the-national-center-on-sexual-exploitation-remembers-gary-wilson/ "The National Center on Sexual Exploitation Remembers Gary Wilson"]. ''National Center on Sexual Exploitation''. May 25, 2021.</ref> He also co-authored two academic papers with seven US Navy doctors.<ref name=ap/> Wilson argues that porn addiction is a public health issue,<ref>Van Boom, Daniel (Dec. 1 2020). [https://www.cnet.com/culture/features/porn-addiction-is-ruining-lives-but-scientists-arent-convinced-its-real/ "Porn addiction is ruining lives, but scientists aren't convinced it's real"]. ''CNET''.</ref> and says it leads to negative effects such as depression and erectile dysfunction.<ref>Rockett, Darcel (Apr 03, 2018). [https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/parenting/sc-fam-porn-addiction-in-youth-0417-story.html "'I was absorbed in pornography for hours and hours’: How porn is affecting kids"]. ''Chicago Tribune''.</ref> The purported science behind [[NoFap]]'s activities is said to come from Wilson,<ref name="Hartmann pp. 409–430">{{cite journal | last=Hartmann | first=Marlene | title=The totalizing meritocracy of heterosex: Subjectivity in NoFap | journal=Sexualities | publisher=SAGE Publications | volume=24 | issue=3 | date=28 June 2020 | issn=1363-4607 | doi=10.1177/1363460720932387 | pages=409–430 | s2cid=225765798 | quote=The most influential account of the causal relationship between PMO and the emergence of masturbatory subjectivity, which I mainly refer to in the following, is given by Gary Wilson ... Nevertheless, Wilson's talk is of vital importance to NoFap.}}</ref> who, according to historian Brian M. Watson, "with no scientific training or background ...has made a career peddling [[pseudoscience]]."<ref name="BWatson">{{cite journal |last= Watson |first=Brian |date= 2020 |title=The New Censorship: Anti-sexuality Groups and Library Freedom|journal= Journal of Intellectual Freedom and Privacy |volume=4 |issue=4 |pages=19–28 |doi=10.5860/jifp.v4i4.7177 |hdl=2022/25773|s2cid=238069109|hdl-access=free}}</ref>
<ref name="Hartmann pp. 409–430">{{cite journal | last=Hartmann | first=Marlene | title=The totalizing meritocracy of heterosex: Subjectivity in NoFap | journal=Sexualities | publisher=SAGE Publications | volume=24 | issue=3 | date=28 June 2020 | issn=1363-4607 | doi=10.1177/1363460720932387 | pages=409–430 | s2cid=225765798 | quote=The most influential account of the causal relationship between PMO and the emergence of masturbatory subjectivity, which I mainly refer to in the following, is given by Gary Wilson ... Nevertheless, Wilson's talk is of vital importance to NoFap.}}</ref>


Wilson was an instructor of [[karezza]], together with his wife, Marnia Robison, and the couple shared an intense animosity towards [[orgasm]]s.<ref name="Donaldson">{{cite web | first=Susan | last=Donaldson James | title=Karezza: Men Say Best Sex Comes Without Orgasm | website=ABC News | date=9 July 2012 | url=https://abcnews.go.com/Health/karezza-lovemaking-orgasm-strengthens-marriages-advocates/story?id=16743124 | access-date=14 August 2021}}</ref><ref name="Salon 2015">{{cite web | first=Jill | last=Hamilton | title=From "kosher sex" to love maps, 5 tips for keeping your sex life hot | website=Salon | date=30 September 2015 | url=https://www.salon.com/2015/09/30/from_kosher_sex_to_love_maps_5_tips_for_keeping_your_sex_life_hot/ | access-date=15 August 2021}}</ref><ref name="ABC7 New York 2021">{{cite web | title=Sex & Relationships: The truth about orgasms - ABC7 New York - ABC7 New York | website=ABC7 New York | date=26 August 2009 | url=https://abc7ny.com/archive/6982144/ | access-date=15 August 2021}}</ref><ref name="HuffPost 2009">{{cite web | first=Marnia | last=Robinson | title=Another Way To Make Love | website=HuffPost | date=16 October 2009 | url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/another-way-to-make-love_b_272759 | access-date=15 August 2021}}</ref> An article published by ABC News quotes Wilson, and suggests that having orgasms will ruin one's relationship.<ref name="Donaldson"/>
Wilson was an instructor of [[karezza]], together with his wife, Marnia Robison, and the couple shared an intense animosity towards [[orgasm]]s.<ref name="Donaldson">{{cite web | first=Susan | last=Donaldson James | title=Karezza: Men Say Best Sex Comes Without Orgasm | website=ABC News | date=9 July 2012 | url=https://abcnews.go.com/Health/karezza-lovemaking-orgasm-strengthens-marriages-advocates/story?id=16743124 | access-date=14 August 2021}}</ref><ref name="Salon 2015">{{cite web | first=Jill | last=Hamilton | title=From "kosher sex" to love maps, 5 tips for keeping your sex life hot | website=Salon | date=30 September 2015 | url=https://www.salon.com/2015/09/30/from_kosher_sex_to_love_maps_5_tips_for_keeping_your_sex_life_hot/ | access-date=15 August 2021}}</ref><ref name="ABC7 New York 2021">{{cite web | title=Sex & Relationships: The truth about orgasms - ABC7 New York - ABC7 New York | website=ABC7 New York | date=26 August 2009 | url=https://abc7ny.com/archive/6982144/ | access-date=15 August 2021}}</ref><ref name="HuffPost 2009">{{cite web | first=Marnia | last=Robinson | title=Another Way To Make Love | website=HuffPost | date=16 October 2009 | url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/another-way-to-make-love_b_272759 | access-date=15 August 2021}}</ref> An article published by ABC News quotes Wilson, and suggests that having orgasms will ruin one's relationship.<ref name="Donaldson"/>

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Gary Bruce Wilson (1956–2021) was a teacher, author, and public health advocate focused on the effects of pornography.

Biography

Wilson was born in Seattle and taught human pathology, anatomy, and physiology, and was especially interested in the neurochemistry of addiction.[1]

He started the website YourBrainOnPorn.com with his wife Marnia Robinson, which argues that pornography is an addiction the same as overeating, compulsive gambling, etc.[2] The site is "a clearinghouse for the latest research, media, and self-reports on pornography’s effects and potential harms" according to the National Center on Sexual Exploitation.[3] Fifteen years of research analysis on the science of porn's effects on the brain and nine years of listening to recovering porn addicts went into creating the site.[4] Four years after the site's launch, he published the book Your Brain On Porn: Internet Pornography and the Emerging Science of Addiction, on the same topic; which has since been translated into Arabic, Dutch, German, Hungarian, Japanese, and Russian.[1]

Wilson's TED talk entitled “The Great Porn Experiment” had over 14 million views at the time of his death.[4][3] He also co-authored two academic papers with seven US Navy doctors.[1] Wilson argues that porn addiction is a public health issue,[5] and says it leads to negative effects such as depression and erectile dysfunction.[6] The purported science behind NoFap's activities is said to come from Wilson,[7] who, according to historian Brian M. Watson, "with no scientific training or background ...has made a career peddling pseudoscience."[8]

Wilson was an instructor of karezza, together with his wife, Marnia Robison, and the couple shared an intense animosity towards orgasms.[9][10][11][12] An article published by ABC News quotes Wilson, and suggests that having orgasms will ruin one's relationship.[9]

Wilson died on May 20, 2021 after years of illness.[3]

Personal life

Wilson lived in Ashland, Oregon.[1] He was an atheist.[13]

Published works

  • Your Brain On Porn: Internet Pornography and the Emerging Science of Addiction

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Best-selling author of Your Brain on Porn, Gary Wilson, has passed away". AP. May 26, 2021.
  2. ^ Isaac Abel (June 7, 2013). "Was I Actually 'Addicted' to Internet Pornography?". The Atlantic.
  3. ^ a b c "The National Center on Sexual Exploitation Remembers Gary Wilson". National Center on Sexual Exploitation. May 25, 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Your Brain On Porn: Gary Wilson’s Online Guide to the Latest Science & Research". Fight the New Drug. March 29, 2018.
  5. ^ Van Boom, Daniel (Dec. 1 2020). "Porn addiction is ruining lives, but scientists aren't convinced it's real". CNET.
  6. ^ Rockett, Darcel (Apr 03, 2018). "'I was absorbed in pornography for hours and hours’: How porn is affecting kids". Chicago Tribune.
  7. ^ Hartmann, Marlene (28 June 2020). "The totalizing meritocracy of heterosex: Subjectivity in NoFap". Sexualities. 24 (3). SAGE Publications: 409–430. doi:10.1177/1363460720932387. ISSN 1363-4607. S2CID 225765798. The most influential account of the causal relationship between PMO and the emergence of masturbatory subjectivity, which I mainly refer to in the following, is given by Gary Wilson ... Nevertheless, Wilson's talk is of vital importance to NoFap.
  8. ^ Watson, Brian (2020). "The New Censorship: Anti-sexuality Groups and Library Freedom". Journal of Intellectual Freedom and Privacy. 4 (4): 19–28. doi:10.5860/jifp.v4i4.7177. hdl:2022/25773. S2CID 238069109.
  9. ^ a b Donaldson James, Susan (9 July 2012). "Karezza: Men Say Best Sex Comes Without Orgasm". ABC News. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  10. ^ Hamilton, Jill (30 September 2015). "From "kosher sex" to love maps, 5 tips for keeping your sex life hot". Salon. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  11. ^ "Sex & Relationships: The truth about orgasms - ABC7 New York - ABC7 New York". ABC7 New York. 26 August 2009. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  12. ^ Robinson, Marnia (16 October 2009). "Another Way To Make Love". HuffPost. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  13. ^ West, Perry (Jul 15, 2018). "As study claims benefits to porn, atheist author raises questions on methodology". CRUX.
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