The journal Sexual and Relationship Therapy has published a statement announcing that it will no longer accept articles that utilize unscientific terms like “sex addiction” or “porn addiction,” and will only allow “compulsive sexual behavior” under strictly limited conditions. This announcement is buttressed by a detailed historical overview of these concepts by a distinguished international team of scholars from seven countries, which concludes that this terminology and its underlying theoretical framework are devoid of scientific merit and should be avoided by “any professionals in psychotherapy, counselling, psychology, sexual health, systemic family therapy, and psychosexual and relationship therapy.”
Sex / Porn Addiction Is Not a Thing
