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The Independent reports:
Psychologist and professor emeritus at Stanford University Phillip Zimbardo (who led the team of researchers who conducted the Stanford Prison Experiment) has made the warnings, which form a major part of his latest book, Man (Dis)Connected.
Zimbardo says (in this TED talk) there is a "crisis" amongst young men, a high number of whom are experiencing a "new form of addiction" to excessive use of pornography and video games. Citing the research he and his team conducted for the book, he says: "It begins to change brain function. It begins to change the reward centre of the brain, and produces a kind of excitement and addiction."
An article from Psychology Today, however, argues that there are no demonstrable scientific links between porn consumption and the disputed phenomenon called 'Porn-Induced Erectile Dysfunction.'
Could this problem be manifesting itself as the rise of the Hikikomori?
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 11 2015, @04:22PM
I would have said that it is only you who is confused, but then I saw that you have apparently been upmodded (as "interesting", of all things). I can assure you that my penis and scrotum are not irrelevant. Neither are the vaginas and labias of the women I am attracted to. Your confusion is to suppose that a man can become a woman through surgery. Newsflash: he can't. He might be able to mimic the part, but he is still just a man dressed in drag. I'm sure this will get me downmodded but it is still true.