Porn Nation Uncovers the Sexualization of America

5 May 2008 16:31 Africa/Lagos


Porn Nation Uncovers the Sexualization of America

Recovering sex addict Michael Leahy tells his personal story and seeks to put a warning label on the industry

CHICAGO, May 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --

It is accessible from anywhere. It has permeated our world, our campuses, our places of work, and even our homes. An estimated 40 million American adults regularly visit pornographic websites, and at $13.3 billion, the 2006 revenues of sex and the porn industry in the U.S. were bigger than the revenues of the NFL, NBA and Major League Baseball combined.


Author Michael Leahy spent the greater part of his life quietly addicted to pornography and sex. He only came to terms with the magnitude of his choices after destroying his 15-year marriage and losing his two boys. Michael sought treatment, rebuilt his life, and now he's committed everything to helping others who struggle to get free from the web of pornography. But this is bigger than just one man, millions of people struggle. It is also the story of the rampant sexualization of our culture, our children, our workplaces, churches and more. Young and old are impacted. It is the story of our country, our America -- our very own Porn Nation.


But how did it come to this? How has porn become so ubiquitous and commonplace that it passes almost unnoticed in homes across the country? Michael Leahy answers these questions in Porn Nation (Northfield Publishing, 256 pp., $18.99), the moving narrative of one man's journey to sex addiction and back. The story begins with Michael's first exposure to porn as a child, and follows his life as salacious images and experiences become his uncontrollable secret. Readers will also hear from Michael's ex-wife Patty, who contributed her journal entries from some of Michael's darkest moments. After losing his job, his family, and all that was important to him because of his insatiable addiction, Michael finally started down the long road to recovery.


That road has led him to speaking at college campuses across the country, where his presentations and debates have become a national phenomenon. He has appeared on ABC's 20/20, The View, in USA Today, and countless other platforms to tell his story of hope and recovery. But now, for the first time, Michael reveals the inside story of how his secret life of porn and sex turned into a dangerous addiction, and how millions more are risking the same fate.


Release Date: May 2008
ISBN: 0-8024-8125-6
EAN: 978-0-8024-8125-2
Price: $18.99, Hardback
www.pornnationthebook.com

Source: Northfield Publishing

CONTACT: David Fouse, +1-703-994-4902, +1-703-938-6430 (mobile),
fouse@pinkstongroup.com, for Northfield Publishing


Web Site: Porn Nation: The Book

Painful Sex in Women: Studies Show High Prevalence, but New Hope

4 Mar 2008 11:10 Africa/Lagos


Painful Sex in Women: Studies Show High Prevalence, but New Hope

GAINESVILLE, Fla., March 4 /PRNewswire/ --

Painful sex has afflicted half the women in the US, but recent scientific studies show relief may be in sight for many women.


Two recent published studies show that a manual physical therapy that feels like a deep massage, the Wurn Technique(R), reduced or eliminated intercourse pain in up to 96% of the women. See www.clearpassage.com


The treatment uses neither drugs nor surgery. Physical therapists Belinda Wurn says, "We believe tiny adhesions form on the vaginal walls, or deep within the urogenital organs. This therapy appears to detach those adhesions strand by strand, decreasing pain and increasing function."


"American Family Physician" and "Obstetrics and Gynecology" indicated that 46% to 60% of sexually active US women suffer, or have suffered, from painful intercourse. However, very few medical approaches address the condition.


"Until now, our medical toolbox has been extremely limited in treating intercourse pain," said research gynecologist Richard King, MD. "Pain relievers and desensitizing agents offer a poor solution for this common and debilitating condition."


Citations in "Fertility and Sterility" and "Medscape General Medicine" showed significantly decreased or eliminated intercourse pain for women with endometriosis and for those in the general population after they received the new therapy.


Two related studies showed that the therapy increased sexual function in several areas, including desire, arousal, lubrication, and orgasm in most study participants. In other studies, the therapy increased pregnancies in women diagnosed infertile.


Belinda and her husband, massage therapist Larry Wurn, developed the patent-protected therapy, called the Wurn Technique(R) over the last 20 years. Initially developed to address pain Belinda experienced after pelvic cancer and surgery, the therapy can be completed in three to five days at Clear Passage Therapies(R) clinics in several US locations. See www.clearpassage.com


Source: Clear Passage Therapies

CONTACT: Larry Wurn, Clear Passage Therapies, +1-352-336-1433,
cptherapy@aol.com


Web site: http://www.clearpassage.com/


NOTE TO EDITORS: Physician, therapists, patients available for interview