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) by kurenai.tsubasa on Tuesday May 12 2015, @04:25AM
I'm sorry, I don't know what a man tax is. Would you please elaborate?
I was assigned the male gender at birth and unfortunately am having a difficult time amending my birth certificate to female. I have a fully functional female reproductive system. Would the man tax apply to me? What are the legal proposials. I'm sorry in my ignorance of feminism, I honestly have never heard of this before.
(Score: 2) by naubol on Tuesday May 12 2015, @04:42AM
google, first link?