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[defrog]

ITEM: Fox News Sexpert Yvonne K. Fulbright has developed a list of eight signs yr partner is addicted to porn, and according to Fleshbot (link NSFW), it’s sparked off a mini-row in the Blogosphere over whether looking at Interwub pr0n counts as adultery.

And I’m thinking, “Didn’t we have that argument, like, sometime during Web 1.0?” But that, come to think of it, was more to do with virtual affairs via IRC or email, not watching Gene Simmons’ sex tape on PornTube or whatever.

In any case, the argument that “viewing porn = cheating” is bizarre to me. It’s not even interaction with a real person. If the person in question is viewing porn and hiding that fact from the other, it’s at most dishonest, which might be signs of bigger problems (although as much as people try to stigmatize and demonize porn and anyone who watches it, is it any wonder lots of porn fans would have trouble admitting it even with people they're sleeping with?). But it’s not the same kind of dishonesty as, say, fucking yr secretary.

Still, this is what happens when Fox News tries to offer sex advice.

To be fair, Fulbright only mentioned “porn = adultery” in passing, and pointed out this was a common perception that was also wrong. But her “eight signs of pr0n addiction” isn’t a big help. All eight of them individually or collectively could be explained by any number of things that have nothing to do with porn.

Seems like another case of teaching people to make porn a convenient scapegoat for whatever problems yr having.

It wasn’t me,

This is dF

Comments

[dinopollard.livejournal.com]

Any time Fox News calls someone an expert, I raise an eyebrow. Because nine times out of ten, they're not an expert at all, just someone Fox paid to claim to be an expert and push their own viewpoint.

[def-fr0g-42.livejournal.com]

Interestingly, Fulbright's one of the few Fox creatures whose credentials hold up – which is to say, she has real degrees from real universities (i.e. ones not run by Pat Robertson) on human sexuality. But Bush went to Yale, so that may not mean much. Personally, I think the only reason Fox hired her at all is because Neil Cavuto thinks she's hot, and it's an excuse to talk about sex on a news channel.