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What to do about pornography

By Alliance Alert

Zenit: "Peter Kleponis, a Catholic psychotherapist who specializes in marriage and family therapy, . . . spoke with ZENIT about his extensive work with pornography users and their families, the success stories and how virtue plays a role in recovery. ... Zenit: 'What problems do you see in single men and how to you counsel them?' Kleponis: 'We tell single young men that by engaging in pornography they're giving into profound selfishness, which is undermining their ability to relate in a healthy way to young women . . . Also, pornography use contributes to overreacting in anger as men lose a sense of refinement and true manly confidence in how to relate to a woman. The women they see in pornography don't have feelings, needs and opinions. When the men leave their fantasy world and meet a real woman who does have emotions and opinions, they often don't know how to deal with her, and withdraw due to insecurity or overreact in anger.'"

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on June 28, 2010 (boomark / email).