Customer Reviews:
 Who Are Interested In The Internet As A Social Phenomenon July 2, 2008
"Al Cooper, Ph.D., is Director of the San Joe Marital and Sexuality Center in San Jose, California, and Training Program Coordinator for the Cowell Student Health Center's Counselling and Psychological Services at Stanford University.
Dr. Cooper is a Certified Sex Therapist and Sex Therapy Supervisor, and is a member of the American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT).
He is widely recognized as one of the leading researchers, authors, and experts in the growing area of Internet sexuality.
He has been called the "Masters and Johnson of Cyberspace."
".....This groundbreaking examination of cybersex was originally published as a special issue of the journal Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity.
It is a crucial resource for sex therapists, who until now had no rigorous study of the effect of online pornography on the patients they treat.
It will also be of great interest to general marriage and family therapists who find themselves dealing with this issue with their clients, as well as others WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THE INTERNET AS A SOCIAL PHENOMENON."
[fron the book of the back cover]
 For all men in denial; or, "It's Really Not About A Simple, Inconsequential Preference" January 23, 2007
6 out of 9 found this review helpful
The book is a special issue of a mental health field journal concerning sexual addiction and compulsivity. As such, men in denial will, of course, instantly conclude that such professionals are biased.
Online pornography is a growing social issue. As a psychotherapist, I am concerned about its surreptitious use in relationships by partners who deceive and manipulate their unsuspecting, significant others, permitting damage to the latter's self-esteem, confidence, and ultimately, destroying the meaning of intimacy. The articles contained in this compilation represent attempts at capturing the issue quasi-empirically via field data, providing conceptual and reality-based frameworks to both quantify and qualify the damaging effects of porn on people.
I don't recommend this book for the non-professional as an initial reading source, but I would for those who would like to look the other way by dismissing the significance of porn. It might, therefore, be a good read for the porn user. Including his friends, colleagues, and parents, educated or otherwise, who may be disturbed at the choice of their loved one, but willing to dismiss its long-term effects on the person and the partners he hurts.
Maybe it takes a village - maybe it's time to start speaking out when one knows that a loved one is contorting his thinking, attitudes, and behavior with the basest of acts.
As researchers, the authors follow a codified format, presenting results of their findings, summary of pre-existing background knowledge, and discussion of their results. Given the paucity of research and the great disinclination to acknowledge that this problem exists, such a journal could exert positive influence by attracting attention, always the first step in a social issue.
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