Porn. Pornography is the McDonald’s of sex —… | by Scott Galloway | Medium

Pornography is the McDonald’s of sex — fast, convenient, and utterly divorced from nutrition. — Anonymous I was at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona earlier this month. A young man, married with two kids, who founded a tech firm, approached me and asked if I’d mentor him. “Boss, you should mentor me. I mentor young men who are struggling, and you are clearly thriving,” I told him. “I have an addiction,” he said. “What’s the addiction?” “Porn.” As soon as the words left his mouth, I sensed shame — within 15 seconds he couldn’t look me in the eye, and within 60 seconds he’d fled. All addictions are wrapped in some shame, but not in equal amounts. Tell someone you’re sober from pills or booze, and you’ll get praise and admiration. The same is not true for people with a porn addiction. In the past six months a half-dozen men have told me their drug of choice is porn. I suspect they aren’t outliers, but canaries sounding an alarm from the most opaque sector of the addiction economy. At the

Pornography is the McDonald’s of sex — fast, convenient, and utterly divorced from nutrition. — Anonymous I was at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona earlier this month. A young man, married with two kids, who founded a tech firm, approached me and asked if I’d mentor him. “Boss, you should mentor me. I mentor young men who are struggling, and you are clearly thriving,” I told him. “I have an addiction,” he said. “What’s the addiction?” “Porn.” As soon as the words left his mouth, I sensed shame — within 15 seconds he couldn’t look me in the eye, and within 60 seconds he’d fled. All addictions