Cybersex: The Dark Side of the Force - A Special Issue of the Journal Sexual Addiction and Compulsion (Paperback)

The exponential growth of the Internet in recent years has given individuals immediate and virtually anonymous access to all types of information, including explicit sexual content. While many celebrate the personal freedoms made possible by the Internet, others consider unfettered access to online sexual material to be an unhealthy, if not dangerous phenomenon. Expanding this debate, Cybersex: The Dark Side of the Force presents for the first time an empirical foundation for the discussion of cybersex compulsivity and its effect on the mental health of individuals, couples, teens, and young children.
While pornographic material has long been available to the consumer in print and video form, these purchases are inherently limited by the individual's degree of comfort with the public exposure (however minimal) that they they require. In contrast, the Internet provides a forum where children can access unsuitable material without parental supervision, and where individuals with existing sexual compulsions can acces material that can exacerbate their struggle to maintain control over their desire. Even among individuals who are not as susceptible to such material, cybersex can create distorted associations or compound negative or unrealistic expectations about sexuality.
This groundbreaking examination of cybersex was originally published as a special issue of the journal Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity. It is a crucial resource for sex therapists, who until now had no rigorous study of the effect of online pornography on the patients they treat. It will also be of great interest to general marriage and family therapists who find themselves dealing with this issue with their clients, as well as others who are interested in the Internet as a social phenomenon.

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General

Imprint:	Brunner-Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 2000
First published:	2000
Editors:	Al Cooper
Dimensions:	254 x 178 x 8mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	156
ISBN-13:	978-1-58391-305-5
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Sexual behaviour Books > Computing & IT > Social & legal aspects of computing > Health & safety aspects of computing Books > Computing & IT > Social & legal aspects of computing > Impact of computing & IT on society Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Ethical issues & debates > Pornography & obscenity Promotions
LSN:	1-58391-305-X
Barcode:	9781583913055

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