Porn as a Control Weapon: You Stay Submissive and Dependent. This pornography’s hold results from its manipulation of the brain’s reward pathway, which mimics drug addiction and gambling. A lot of dopamine is released to further enforce this behavior. It becomes difficult to stop due to easy reach, constant novelty (the Coolidge Effect) and neuroplasticity that are characteristic of addictions like this. This may result in desensitization, escalating behaviors as well as having negative influences on real-life sexual relationships. .…