McIlhaney has co-authored over six books including Hooked: New Science on How Casual Sex is Affecting Our Children, and 1001 Health-Care Questions Women Ask. He also serves on the Advisory Committee to the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. McIlhaney was appointed to the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS. MCILHANEY JR., M.D., is a board-certified obstetrician/gynecologist. Learn about your brain, the positive effects of sex within permanently committed relationships, and how you can protect yourself (especially your brain) from the dangers of casual sex. Regardless of what we wish were true, the facts tell us “safe sex” isn't as safe as it seems. PLUS! This updated edition also includes a brand new chapter about the effects of pornography on the brain.Īll this data about bonding, sex, and pornography has important implications in a casual sex culture. The continual forming and breaking of these bonds can have permanent effects on a person’s brain.Once formed, however, breaking these bonds can have damaging effects on the brain such as depression and difficulty bonding with someone else in the future.

Sexual activity releases chemicals in the brain, creating emotional bonds between partners.With scientific data put in layman’s terms, this book demonstrates that: Hooked is about what’s happening to your brain when you’re having sex. What does a three-pound brain have to do with one’s sex life? A lot, actually. How sex is rewiring your brain-for good and for bad

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