S9E10: Ask a Sex Therapist: What If I Think I Am (or My Partner is) a Porn Addict? With Dr. Eric Sprankle

This summer, we're reflecting on the ten most common questions we hear from our relationship and sex therapy clients. We often hear folks talk about their sexuality in negative ways, comparing their sexuality, consumption of porn, and masturbation practices to that of addiction.    We self-diagnose as sex addicts, or we diagnose our partners as sex or porn addicts. And in doing so, we eliminate the opportunity for curiosity, to learn about our fantasies, our curiosities, our erotic templates, and our hopes.    In this episode, we talk with Dr. Eric Sprankle (@drsprankle on IG), author of DIY: The Wonderfully Weird History and Science of Masturbation, about what we miss when we rely on the language of "porn addiction".

• The historical roots of anti-masturbation and moral panics.
• The value of our relationships with ourselves as sexual people.
• Media literacy.
• Effective ways of managing disgust.
• The distinction between privacy and secrecy.
• Navigating rejection and other emotions when our partners choose a sexual interaction with themselves over us.

Check out this episode and other episodes of Sexvangelicals on our website, www.sexvangelicals.com.