Daniel asked Do you believe that watching porn is harmful? | Retrospring

Daniel · 15 answers · 5y

Do you believe that watching porn is harmful?

i think it's harmful, maybe not to everybody, but honestly who can say it does more good than bad? wtf can you gain from porn? how is it useful in any way? i would not like to ban it because it would be a bad move, like it would be going back instead of forward, BUT what i am gonna say is that a healthy society SHOULD NOT NEED porn, do you understand what i'm saying? i really really doubt that for almost everyone porn is going to make you feel better

luca · 5y

It can be, especially for people who have never had sex because they're presented with a very unrealistic depiction of what sex looks/sounds like. it can also densensitize you to sex if you watch it too often

Teo · 5y

It might be harmful for some people on the consumer side, depending on their mental health and cultural upbringing. But in general there is no harm. On the producer side there might be harm caused by the way we consume porn, but not by consuming porn in general. Harm comes, when the exploitation of actors and actresses is a calculated part of the business model. So I guess we should be more willing to actually pay for the content that satisfies some of our basic needs - weird thought! On the other hand, I do not really know about how these producers monetize their content. But I know that exploitation of actresses is a hot topic.

Qafka · 5y

On the whole, no, but I have reservations. It’s a skewed version of sex. Over the last few years your average porn fuck has gotten rougher, more mechanical, and very formulaic - can I even say, boring? It follows the same pattern: man goes down on woman; woman blows man; man pounds woman in four to five different positions; woman makes lots of appreciative noises; man comes on woman’s face. All done at ferocious speed. (Like sprinters. The fastest one wins!) And all about male satisfaction. The woman is merely an attractive sex toy.

If watching porn is your only reference to what sex between two people should be like (as it is for young people) then you end up thinking having sex is like an Olympic sport rather than an act of mutual gratification. Men end up thinking that throwing a woman into different positions while hammering her at full ramming speed is what she likes, because the women on the internet seem to love it. And women put up with it, and maybe do things (or get pressured into doing things) they might not enjoy, because the internet tells them they should be screaming their heads off in ecstasy.

Penelope · 5y

it's pointless . why watch other people do it when you can have sex in person

anonymouscoward · 5y

nope, recreational

J1smith · 5y

No.

AJS · 5y

Yeah, oh boy can it chafe.

Landeigestalt · 5y

While Driving, yes.

Spudella · 5y

I think, like others have said, it's not necessarily harmful but watching too much or the "right" kind can be harmful. It can desensitize you to real sex, it can give you unrealistic expectations, etc. Some people get into a spiral where they have to watch harder and harder porn to get off. Just imagine how far away they come from being able to get off to real sex.

inhahe · 5y

I think it's like anything else - the way you use it, letting it control your life and/or the life of others around you - that's what makes it harmful

Sean ⚡🤖 · 5y

Yes, anything in excess can become harmful. People with porn addictions don't have normal or healthy sex lives.

Alice 💋 · 5y

[05-12-19]

It can be.

For the performers … It may not always be causally bad, but there's defintely a high correlation of bad outcomes.

For the viewers… One thing there is 'porn addiction' (or some sort of compulsive behavior), probably not most people, but it's certainly harmful to some.

Obviously it needs to be kept in mind, these are mostly/usually performances. These are typically not normal people doing normal things. The idea of kids seeing some of this stuff is pretty unsettling.

There are good effects too. I don't know how it all shakes out in total, but those who indulge should certainly be mindful of it.

_ · 5y

[Regular] porn is one of the most tame content you can find online, no?

#4001 · 5y

Too much and and the "right" kind of porn is.

Wasserpistole · 5y