Ford, Durtschi & Franklin (2012) researched the adverse outcomes of pornography use in marriage, and how to use structural therapy to restore the damaged relationships caused by porn addiction. They describe the concepts of tolerance and withdrawal, connecting the nature of pornography with that of illegal drugs, such as heroin or cocaine. Their article presents a solution to this problem using a process called structural therapy. Using a case example, the article explores the therapy process of an actual married couple, and documents their journey to relational healing. (Ford, Durtschi & Franklin, 2012).
The first main point of the Ford, Durtschi & Franklin (2012) article is revealing statistics about the number of people who are addicted to pornography. They explain that nearly 70,000,000 Internet users in the United States and Canada visit porn sites. Perhaps the most shocking of all the statistics is the fact that “approximately 9% of the several million users of Internet pornography spend over 11 hours a week searching for and accessing pornographic websites.” (Ford, Durtschi & Franklin, 2012, p.338)
Moreover, many therapists showed that …show more content…
Tolerance with pornography is compared to the kind of tolerance to drugs like heroine. The user will initially achieve a high, but then the dosage needed to experience that same high would increase. This notion of tolerance is what leads users to not only more extreme drugs, and more extreme quantities of those drugs. When it comes to pornography, the user will begin with mildly suggestive images. As tolerance is built, this enjoyment will fade, and the user will seek more explicit material to obtain the desired effect. Tolerance is then built again; the satisfaction fades, and the process will continue. This process is the reason people eventually pursue dangerous and taboo forms of sexuality. (Ford, Durtschi & Franklin,
The first main point of the Ford, Durtschi & Franklin (2012) article is revealing statistics about the number of people who are addicted to pornography. They explain that nearly 70,000,000 Internet users in the United States and Canada visit porn sites. Perhaps the most shocking of all the statistics is the fact that “approximately 9% of the several million users of Internet pornography spend over 11 hours a week searching for and accessing pornographic websites.” (Ford, Durtschi & Franklin, 2012, p.338)
Moreover, many therapists showed that …show more content…
Tolerance with pornography is compared to the kind of tolerance to drugs like heroine. The user will initially achieve a high, but then the dosage needed to experience that same high would increase. This notion of tolerance is what leads users to not only more extreme drugs, and more extreme quantities of those drugs. When it comes to pornography, the user will begin with mildly suggestive images. As tolerance is built, this enjoyment will fade, and the user will seek more explicit material to obtain the desired effect. Tolerance is then built again; the satisfaction fades, and the process will continue. This process is the reason people eventually pursue dangerous and taboo forms of sexuality. (Ford, Durtschi & Franklin,