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'''Gary Bruce Wilson''' (1956–2021) was a teacher, author, and public health advocate focused on the effects of pornography.
'''Gary Bruce Wilson''' (May 12, 1956 – May 20, 2021)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gary Wilson's Life |url=https://www.garywilson.life/ |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=www.garywilson.life}}</ref> was an American writer and anti-] campaigner.


== Biography == == Biography ==
Wilson was a writer who lived in ].<ref>{{cite news |last=West |first=Perry |date=July 15, 2018 |url=https://cruxnow.com/life/2018/07/as-study-claims-benefits-to-porn-atheist-author-raises-questions-on-methodology |title=As study claims benefits to porn, atheist author raises questions on methodology |newspaper=Crux}}</ref><ref name="ap" /> He was formerly an ] of biology at ] and also taught at vocational schools.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Luscombe |first1=Belinda |title=Porn and the Threat to Virility |url=https://time.com/4277510/porn-and-the-threat-to-virility/ |magazine=] |language=en |date=March 31, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Cowell |first1=Tom |title=No fapping, please, it's making us ill |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/10288240/No-fapping-please-its-making-us-ill.html |work=] |date=September 17, 2013}}</ref> Together with his wife, Marnia Robinson, he was an instructor of ], and the couple shared an antipathy towards ]s.<ref name="Donaldson">{{cite web |last=Donaldson James |first=Susan |date=9 July 2012 |title=Karezza: Men Say Best Sex Comes Without Orgasm |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Health/karezza-lovemaking-orgasm-strengthens-marriages-advocates/story?id=16743124 |access-date=14 August 2021 |website=ABC News}}</ref><ref name="Salon 2015">{{cite web |last=Hamilton |first=Jill |date=30 September 2015 |title=From "kosher sex" to love maps, 5 tips for keeping your sex life hot |url=https://www.salon.com/2015/09/30/from_kosher_sex_to_love_maps_5_tips_for_keeping_your_sex_life_hot/ |access-date=15 August 2021 |website=Salon}}</ref><ref name="ABC7 New York 2021">{{cite web |date=26 August 2009 |title=Sex & Relationships: The truth about orgasms - ABC7 New York - ABC7 New York |url=https://abc7ny.com/archive/6982144/ |access-date=15 August 2021 |website=ABC7 New York}}</ref><ref name="HuffPost 2009">{{cite web |last=Robinson |first=Marnia |date=16 October 2009 |title=Another Way To Make Love |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/another-way-to-make-love_b_272759 |access-date=15 August 2021 |website=HuffPost}}</ref> He became widely known from his 2012 ] talk entitled "The Great Porn Experiment" in which he argued exposure to pornography changes brain chemistry.<ref name="Manavis" /> The talk has been viewed over 16 million times.<ref name=":0" />
Wilson was born in ] and taught human ], ], and ], and was especially interested in the ] of addiction.<ref name=ap>. ''AP''. May 26, 2021.</ref>


He started the website YourBrainOnPorn.com with his wife Marnia Robinson, which argues that pornography is an addiction the same as overeating, compulsive gambling, etc.<ref name=Abel>Isaac Abel (June 7, 2013). . ''The Atlantic''.</ref> The site is "a clearinghouse for the latest research, media, and self-reports on pornography’s effects and potential harms" according to the ].<ref name=ncose/> Fifteen years of research analysis on the science of porn's effects on the brain and nine years of listening to recovering porn addicts went into creating the site.<ref name=ftnd>. ''Fight the New Drug''. March 29, 2018.</ref> Four years after the site's launch, he published the book ''Your Brain On Porn: Internet Pornography and the Emerging Science of Addiction'', on the same topic; which has since been translated into Arabic, Dutch, German, Hungarian, Japanese, and Russian.<ref name=ap/> Wilson started the website YourBrainOnPorn.com with his wife which argues that ] the same as ] or ].<ref name="Abel">{{cite magazine |first=Isaac |last=Abel |date=June 7, 2013 |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/06/was-i-actually-addicted-to-internet-pornography/276619/ |title=Was I Actually 'Addicted' to Internet Pornography? |magazine=The Atlantic}}</ref> Four years after the site's launch, he published the book ''Your Brain On Porn: Internet Pornography and the Emerging Science of Addiction'', on the same topic and had it translated into Arabic, Dutch, German, Hungarian, Japanese, and Russian.<ref name="ap">{{cite web |url=https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-483ff533319698f9bfcb4f1adba9a899 |title=Best-selling author of Your Brain on Porn, Gary Wilson, has passed away |website=APnews.com |date=May 26, 2021}}</ref>


Wilson argued, counter to relevant experts in the subject, that porn addiction is a ] issue,<ref name=":0">{{cite news |last=Van Boom |first=Daniel |date=December 1, 2020 |url=https://www.cnet.com/culture/features/porn-addiction-is-ruining-lives-but-scientists-arent-convinced-its-real/ |title=Porn addiction is ruining lives, but scientists aren't convinced it's real |work=CNET}}</ref> and said it led to negative effects such as ] and ].<ref>{{cite news |last=Rockett |first=Darcel |date=April 3, 2018 |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/parenting/sc-fam-porn-addiction-in-youth-0417-story.html |title='I was absorbed in pornography for hours and hours': How porn is affecting kids |work=Chicago Tribune}}</ref> According to Jason Winters, a lecturer on human sexuality in the department of psychology at the University of British Columbia "There is no research showing that Internet pornography causes mental disorders — none".<ref>{{Cite web |title=UBC lecturer debunks the anti-pornography myth |url=https://www.theinterrobang.ca/article?aID=9407 |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=www.theinterrobang.ca |language=en}}</ref> Wilson's material prominently undergirds the ] "]" and "]",<ref name="Hartmann pp. 409–430">{{cite journal | last=Hartmann | first=Marlene | title=The totalizing meritocracy of heterosex: Subjectivity in NoFap | journal=Sexualities | publisher=SAGE Publications | volume=24 | issue=3 | date=28 June 2020 | issn=1363-4607 | doi=10.1177/1363460720932387 | pages=409–430 | s2cid=225765798 | quote=The most influential account of the causal relationship between PMO and the emergence of masturbatory subjectivity, which I mainly refer to in the following, is given by Gary Wilson ... Nevertheless, Wilson's talk is of vital importance to NoFap.| doi-access=free }}</ref> with his ] talk often linked in relevant fora in spite of the note posted by TED at the top of the recording: “This talk contains several assertions that are not supported by academically respected studies in ] and ]. While some viewers might find advice provided in this talk to be helpful, please do not look to this talk for medical advice.”<ref name="Manavis">{{cite news |last=Manavis |first=Sarah |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/science-tech/2018/11/no-nut-november-insidious-internet-challenge-encouraging-men-not |title=No Nut November: the insidious internet challenge encouraging men not to masturbate |work=New Statesman |date=November 13, 2018}}</ref> According to historian Brian M. Watson, Wilson "with no scientific training or background ...has made a career peddling ]."<ref name="BWatson">{{cite journal |last= Watson |first=Brian |date= 2020 |title=The New Censorship: Anti-sexuality Groups and Library Freedom|journal= Journal of Intellectual Freedom and Privacy |volume=4 |issue=4 |pages=19–28 |doi=10.5860/jifp.v4i4.7177 |hdl=2022/25773|s2cid=238069109|hdl-access=free}}</ref>
Wilson's ] entitled “The Great Porn Experiment” had over 14 million views at the time of his death.<ref name=ftnd/><ref name=ncose>. ''National Center on Sexual Exploitation''. May 25, 2021.</ref> He also co-authored two academic papers with seven US Navy doctors.<ref name=ap/> Wilson argues that porn addiction is a public health issue,<ref>Van Boom, Daniel (Dec. 1 2020). . ''CNET''.</ref> and says it leads to negative effects such as depression and erectile dysfunction.<ref>Rockett, Darcel (Apr 03, 2018). . ''Chicago Tribune''.</ref>
<ref name="Hartmann pp. 409–430">{{cite journal | last=Hartmann | first=Marlene | title=The totalizing meritocracy of heterosex: Subjectivity in NoFap | journal=Sexualities | publisher=SAGE Publications | volume=24 | issue=3 | date=28 June 2020 | issn=1363-4607 | doi=10.1177/1363460720932387 | pages=409–430 | s2cid=225765798 | quote=The most influential account of the causal relationship between PMO and the emergence of masturbatory subjectivity, which I mainly refer to in the following, is given by Gary Wilson ... Nevertheless, Wilson's talk is of vital importance to NoFap.}}</ref>


This gist of his argument is the ] (desensitization due to seeing many new naked bodies), but scholars have expressed doubts that it applies to humans.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Staehler |first1=Tanja |last2=Kozin |first2=Alexander |title=Between Platonic Love and Internet Pornography |journal=] |date=December 2017 |volume=21 |issue=4 |pages=1120–1139 |doi=10.1007/s12119-017-9440-z|s2cid=255507715 |url=https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/23449100 }}</ref>
Wilson was an instructor of ], together with his wife, Marnia Robison, and the couple shared an intense animosity towards ]s.<ref name="Donaldson">{{cite web | first=Susan | last=Donaldson James | title=Karezza: Men Say Best Sex Comes Without Orgasm | website=ABC News | date=9 July 2012 | url=https://abcnews.go.com/Health/karezza-lovemaking-orgasm-strengthens-marriages-advocates/story?id=16743124 | access-date=14 August 2021}}</ref><ref name="Salon 2015">{{cite web | first=Jill | last=Hamilton | title=From "kosher sex" to love maps, 5 tips for keeping your sex life hot | website=Salon | date=30 September 2015 | url=https://www.salon.com/2015/09/30/from_kosher_sex_to_love_maps_5_tips_for_keeping_your_sex_life_hot/ | access-date=15 August 2021}}</ref><ref name="ABC7 New York 2021">{{cite web | title=Sex & Relationships: The truth about orgasms - ABC7 New York - ABC7 New York | website=ABC7 New York | date=26 August 2009 | url=https://abc7ny.com/archive/6982144/ | access-date=15 August 2021}}</ref><ref name="HuffPost 2009">{{cite web | first=Marnia | last=Robinson | title=Another Way To Make Love | website=HuffPost | date=16 October 2009 | url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/another-way-to-make-love_b_272759 | access-date=15 August 2021}}</ref> An article published by ABC News quotes Wilson, and suggests that having orgasms will ruin one's relationship.<ref name="Donaldson"/>


Wilson died on May 20, 2021, after years of illness.<ref name="ncose">{{cite web |url=https://endsexualexploitation.org/articles/the-national-center-on-sexual-exploitation-remembers-gary-wilson/ |title=The National Center on Sexual Exploitation Remembers Gary Wilson |website=National Center on Sexual Exploitation |date=May 25, 2021}}</ref>
Wilson died on May 20, 2021 after years of illness.<ref name=ncose/>


== Personal life == ==Publications==
⚫ * {{cite book |last=Wilson |first=Gary |year=2015 |title=Your Brain on Porn: Internet Pornography and the Emerging Science of Addiction |publisher=Commonwealth Publishing |isbn=978-0993161605}}
Wilson lived in ].<ref name=ap/> He was an atheist.<ref>West, Perry (Jul 15, 2018). . ''CRUX''.</ref>

== Published works ==
⚫ * ''Your Brain On Porn: Internet Pornography and the Emerging Science of Addiction''


== References == == References ==
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== External links == == External links ==
* Gary Wilson's website * {{official|https://www.yourbrainonporn.com/}}
* TED Talk


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American writer (1956–2021)

Gary Bruce Wilson (May 12, 1956 – May 20, 2021) was an American writer and anti-pornography campaigner.

Biography

Wilson was a writer who lived in Ashland, Oregon. He was formerly an adjunct professor of biology at Southern Oregon University and also taught at vocational schools. Together with his wife, Marnia Robinson, he was an instructor of karezza, and the couple shared an antipathy towards orgasms. He became widely known from his 2012 TEDx talk entitled "The Great Porn Experiment" in which he argued exposure to pornography changes brain chemistry. The talk has been viewed over 16 million times.

Wilson started the website YourBrainOnPorn.com with his wife which argues that pornography is an addiction the same as overeating or compulsive gambling. Four years after the site's launch, he published the book Your Brain On Porn: Internet Pornography and the Emerging Science of Addiction, on the same topic and had it translated into Arabic, Dutch, German, Hungarian, Japanese, and Russian.

Wilson argued, counter to relevant experts in the subject, that porn addiction is a public health issue, and said it led to negative effects such as depression and erectile dysfunction. According to Jason Winters, a lecturer on human sexuality in the department of psychology at the University of British Columbia "There is no research showing that Internet pornography causes mental disorders — none". Wilson's material prominently undergirds the internet fads "NoFap" and "No Nut November", with his TED-X talk often linked in relevant fora in spite of the note posted by TED at the top of the recording: “This talk contains several assertions that are not supported by academically respected studies in medicine and psychology. While some viewers might find advice provided in this talk to be helpful, please do not look to this talk for medical advice.” According to historian Brian M. Watson, Wilson "with no scientific training or background ...has made a career peddling pseudoscience."

This gist of his argument is the Coolidge effect (desensitization due to seeing many new naked bodies), but scholars have expressed doubts that it applies to humans.

Wilson died on May 20, 2021, after years of illness.

Publications

  • Wilson, Gary (2015). Your Brain on Porn: Internet Pornography and the Emerging Science of Addiction. Commonwealth Publishing. ISBN 978-0993161605.

References

  1. "Gary Wilson's Life". www.garywilson.life. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
  2. West, Perry (July 15, 2018). "As study claims benefits to porn, atheist author raises questions on methodology". Crux.
  3. ^ "Best-selling author of Your Brain on Porn, Gary Wilson, has passed away". APnews.com. May 26, 2021.
  4. Luscombe, Belinda (March 31, 2016). "Porn and the Threat to Virility". Time.
  5. Cowell, Tom (September 17, 2013). "No fapping, please, it's making us ill". The Telegraph.
  6. Donaldson James, Susan (9 July 2012). "Karezza: Men Say Best Sex Comes Without Orgasm". ABC News. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  7. Hamilton, Jill (30 September 2015). "From "kosher sex" to love maps, 5 tips for keeping your sex life hot". Salon. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  8. "Sex & Relationships: The truth about orgasms - ABC7 New York - ABC7 New York". ABC7 New York. 26 August 2009. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  9. Robinson, Marnia (16 October 2009). "Another Way To Make Love". HuffPost. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  10. ^ Manavis, Sarah (November 13, 2018). "No Nut November: the insidious internet challenge encouraging men not to masturbate". New Statesman.
  11. ^ Van Boom, Daniel (December 1, 2020). "Porn addiction is ruining lives, but scientists aren't convinced it's real". CNET.
  12. Abel, Isaac (June 7, 2013). "Was I Actually 'Addicted' to Internet Pornography?". The Atlantic.
  13. Rockett, Darcel (April 3, 2018). "'I was absorbed in pornography for hours and hours': How porn is affecting kids". Chicago Tribune.
  14. "UBC lecturer debunks the anti-pornography myth". www.theinterrobang.ca. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
  15. Hartmann, Marlene (28 June 2020). "The totalizing meritocracy of heterosex: Subjectivity in NoFap". Sexualities. 24 (3). SAGE Publications: 409–430. doi:10.1177/1363460720932387. ISSN 1363-4607. S2CID 225765798. The most influential account of the causal relationship between PMO and the emergence of masturbatory subjectivity, which I mainly refer to in the following, is given by Gary Wilson ... Nevertheless, Wilson's talk is of vital importance to NoFap.
  16. Watson, Brian (2020). "The New Censorship: Anti-sexuality Groups and Library Freedom". Journal of Intellectual Freedom and Privacy. 4 (4): 19–28. doi:10.5860/jifp.v4i4.7177. hdl:2022/25773. S2CID 238069109.
  17. Staehler, Tanja; Kozin, Alexander (December 2017). "Between Platonic Love and Internet Pornography". Sexuality & Culture. 21 (4): 1120–1139. doi:10.1007/s12119-017-9440-z. S2CID 255507715.
  18. "The National Center on Sexual Exploitation Remembers Gary Wilson". National Center on Sexual Exploitation. May 25, 2021.

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