Also, what about women? This study involved only men…but what about women who engage in Internet sex activities? This is a very neglected, under-researched group. Probably because society still takes a view that women should be “prim and proper”, that porn is only something men watch / porn addictions only afflict men.

What I’m seeing here is that the REAL problem is folks who like this stuff being afraid of being judged . .being afraid of other’s opinions. The depression comes from shame not from enjoying porn. I suspect if watching football became socially unacceptable, men who watched it would be depressed as well.

http://www.covenanteyes.com/blog/2008/11/12/breaking-free-of-porn-addiction/

As co-founder of My Internet Doorman, a company dedicated to educating parents and teens about the True Dangers of Internet Porn, I have heard many first hand accounts of adults who have lost their jobs, their spouses, and their self respect because of this porn parasite. These risks obviously would be a huge source of stress and anxiety, clearing data, wondering when you will be found out! Several clients have compared porn to cocaine, in that they will risk anything to get a fix; this clearly indicates a loss of control.

It is important to filter the internet and avoid exposure to inappropriate material. The average age of exposure is only 11 years old… and in most cases occurs while doing homework! Kids and adults are forced to navigate their way around a minefield of porn traps such as kidpicks, a misspelled porn portal that catches kids and parents looking for http://www.kidspicks.com. The fact that traditional filters are not doing the job, should be a clue as to how difficult it is to hit this moving target (hundreds of new porn sites per day).

Seeing that educating parents and teens was only half the job; we developed the first fully managed internet filter service. This service has been greatly welcomed and has proven to be a powerful assistance in protecting oneself and one’s family from inappropriate material on the web—and for some, a crucial step in breaking a porn addiction. An encouraging trend we are witnessing is that a growing number of adults want to block porn for themselves. They are finding that our fully managed filter service is exactly what they were looking for.

Mr. M – My Internet Doorman

To the point of:
With respect to pornography addiction, an individual probably maintains some degree of control over the addiction.

As co-founder of My Internet Doorman, a company dedicated to educating parents and teens about the True Dangers of Internet Porn, I have personally spoken to many adults who have lost their jobs, their spouses, and their self respect because of this porn parasite. Several clients have compared porn to cocaine, in that they will risk anything to get a fix; this seems to indicate a loss of control.

It is important to filter the internet and avoid exposure to inappropriate material. The average age of exposure is only 11 years old… and in most cases occurs while doing homework! Kids and adults are forced to navigate their way around a minefield of porn traps such as kidpicks.com– a misspelled porn portal that catches kids and parents looking for http://www.kidspicks.com. The fact that traditional filters don’t do the job, should be a clue as to how difficult it is to hit this moving target (hundreds of new porn sites per day).
Seeing that educating parents and teens was only half the job; we then launched the first fully managed internet filter service. This service provides the necessary assistance in protecting oneself and ones family from inappropriate material on the web and for some it has been the first step in breaking the porn addiction. This growing trend of adults who want to block porn for themselves is encouraging.

Mr. M – My Internet Doorman My Internet Doorman