Clinical research shows that pornographic images create chemically encoded messages on the brain that can remain through adulthood. Human memory is formed in part by the release of the chemical epinephrine which, upon emotional arousal, leaves behind an imprint on the brain. Advertisers know how compelling images are, especially to children, and pornographers do, too. Advertisers don't spend billions of dollars each year for nothing. In Superbowls 29 and 30, companies paid 1.3 million dollars for a 30-second shot at your attention on the way to the kitchen or bathroom.
Images affect attitudes and thinking, and images affect behavior and choices.
Pornography has a compulsive or addictive nature. Escalation - The need for more explicit, rougher, and more deviant images for the same sexual effect. Desensitization - Materiel once viewed as shocking or taboo is seen as acceptable or commonplace. Dr. Victor Cline, clinical psychologist at the University of Utah, said that pornography is the gateway drug to sexual addiction. B. Internet pornography is both prevalent and easily accessible by children.