In the past few years, billions of internet users have gotten their sexual information and sexual entertainment from free tube sites. But what seems free really isn’t. The first finding, that the men use porn, should not surprise anyone research tells us that most people who do research of all internet searches seek some form of erotic content. It is a true finding that heavy porn use can lead to sexual dysfunction with real world partners. There is also no surprise at least not to clinicians who work with compulsive porn users on a regular basis. Such clients, many of them young men in their sexual prime, repeatedly tell their therapists and primary care physicians that they’re able to perform perfectly well with online stimulation but struggle with their real world partners.
Could get you victimized
Watching pornography is not inherently harmful to men or women. But I would offer some caveats. There are people who probably shouldn’t view porn, like those with poor body image or those who have been sexually victimized. Depending on your choice in viewing, you can develop unrealistic expectations about sex or what people like or how you’ll be expected to “perform.” And watching with someone requires true consent.
Mood changing
Porn can deliver you there at best, or disgust you at worst. It all depends on what you choose to watch. With the availability of porn online like live webcam porn, it’s possible to sample enough porn quickly that you don’t have to find yourself watching wall-to-wall hard-core sex if its plot driven erotica that appeals to you. You’re only a victim of bad porn if you let yourself be and a word about sex or porn addiction I don’t believe in it. Unlike a chemical substance, like opiates, you can’t become “addicted” to sex or porn; you can become a compulsive viewer. In this case, it’s not the porn that’s the problem; it’s the compulsive personality. If it weren’t porn being used to act out one’s compulsive nature, it might be food or some other behaviour.
Rebooting mechanism
When none of these red flags are up, pornography can certainly have benefits. Counsellors sometimes suggest it to help people become comfortable with a particular fantasy they or their partner may have. Pornography can reboot a couple’s sex life. It can give you ideas, or help you get in touch with what turns you on.
