The changing face of porn: Adult entertainment is altering adult relationships

Technology and the internet have radically transformed the debate over the effects of porn, writes TP O’Mahony

JUST days after the recent surprise intervention by former Playboy cover girl Pamela Anderson in the on-going debate about pornography and its effects on individuals and society, the Rutland Centre in Dublin warned that Ireland was facing a “tsunami” of sex and porn addiction.

When the former Baywatch star co-authored an article for the Wall Street Journal, a number of commentators stressed the oddity of Ms Anderson’s intervention, given that she has built a career on the exploitation of her body rather than her mind.