If anyone still had doubts about the addictive dangers of pornography, Anthony Weiner should have put paid to them with his repeated, self-sabotaging sexting.<\/p>\n
And if anyone still doubted the devastation that porn addiction wreaks on those closest to the addict, behold the now-shattered marriage of Mr. Weiner and Huma Abedin, a breakup that she initiated, reportedly, in shock at the disgraced ex-congressman\u2019s inclusion of their 4-year-old son in one lewd photo that he sent to a near-stranger.<\/p>\n
From our respective positions of rabbi-counselor and former Playboy model and actress, we have often warned about pornography\u2019s corrosive effects on a man\u2019s soul and on his ability to function as husband and, by extension, as father. This is a public hazard of unprecedented seriousness given how freely available, anonymously accessible and easily disseminated pornography is nowadays.<\/p>\n
Put another way, we are a guinea-pig generation for an experiment in mass debasement that few of us would have ever consented to, and whose full nefarious impact may not be known for years.<\/p>\n