What are the negatives of watching porn?

[The_Roc248 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close The_Roc248]

What are people's views on this?

I personally watch porn while edging, as I feel it allows me to stay erect for longer plus it's entertaining. The key I believe is to understand what is real and whats fake, this way it wont affect your sexual relationship.

This reason I ask this question, is because I saw a topic titled 'Porn Detox' and wondered why some guys were so bother about how much porn they watch.

Thoughts please...

[kingpole Retired ModeratorPEGym Hero Find all posts View Profile Close kingpole]

Porn is fake.

[buttheadyeah Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close buttheadyeah]

There are many reasons that I am opposed to pornography. I'll list some to help you better understand my vantage point. Obviously one not supported by most. See these statistics.

Pornography Time Statistics
Every second - $3,075.64 is being spent on pornography
Every second - 28,258 Internet users are viewing pornography
Every second - 372 Internet users are typing adult search terms into search engines
Every 39 minutes: a new pornographic video is being created in the United States

#1) Pornography is extremely addictive. Anything that you need to get a fix or high is not healthy.

This is a what a psychologist had to say about just how addictive porn is.

"The effects of porn on the brain were called "toxic" and compared to cocaine. "prolonged exposure to pornography stimulates a preference for depictions of group sex, sadomasochistic practices, and sexual contact with animals."

Who wants to depend on something? This is definitely a form of weakness. Do you really want something to have so much control over you?

I know of cases where porn has led to divorce.

#2) Porn really is dangerous.

Here is another psychologist.

"One of the key features of addiction, she says, is the development of a tolerance to the addictive substance. In the way that drug addicts need increasingly larger doses to get high, she thinks porn addicts need to see more and more extreme material to feel the same level of excitement they first experienced."

Porn can turn you into someone you don't want to be. I've seen it happen. You might end up asking your wife or girlfriend to do crazy things she's uncomfortable with or even scarring her for life. I think this psychologist speaks with some authority, because I have witnessed this happening to many of my friends.

She goes on.

"Most of the addicts will say, well, here's the stuff I would never look at, it's so disgusting I would never look at it, whatever that is -- sex with kids, sex with animals, sex involving feces," she says. "At some point they often cross over."

Truly, looking at porn is a gamble that I myself don't want to risk.

Also, there are cases where pornography has been considered to lead to violent acts like murder.

Can pornography really be this dangerous? From the friends I've seen change and from accounts I've researched the answer is definitely, Absolutely.

Will it do this to you? Who knows, but do you really want to go down this path?

[kingpole Retired ModeratorPEGym Hero Find all posts View Profile Close kingpole]

Great post Butthead to bad i can't give you a rep point for it. I have ran out of turns, i guess, maybe another member can give you one. This should be an article in the articles forum.

[eompow Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close eompow]

The Rock 248

PORN is a difficult subject. I think it has been well stated by other members in the thread you referred to that PORN has many built in negatives. If you have not experienced them yet then luck is on your side. Trust me and the other men that found that PORN is not the answer long term. It can impair quality erections, sex drive and hurt relationships. Trust in your own ability to create sexual excitement with that special person for you or the one you dream of.

Hope this helps, take what you want and leave the rest.

As always thanks to all on this sight.

[The_Roc248 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close The_Roc248]

Great post buttheadyeah, I think I'm going to try and rely on my imagination more. You've cleared things up for me.

Thanks

[C.Phantasy Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close C.Phantasy]

If you can handle porn and use it smart,then it´s no problem at all.
I love Porn

[Lazy 8 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Lazy 8]

Great post Butthead to bad i can't give you a rep point for it. I have ran out of turns, i guess, maybe another member can give you one. This should be an article in the articles forum.

Just gave him one, KP. He deserved it.

[Lazy 8 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Lazy 8]

The Rock 248

PORN is a difficult subject. I think it has been well stated by other members in the thread you referred to that PORN has many built in negatives. If you have not experienced them yet then luck is on your side. Trust me and the other men that found that PORN is not the answer long term. It can impair quality erections, sex drive and hurt relationships. Trust in your own ability to create sexual excitement with that special person for you or the one you dream of.

Hope this helps, take what you want and leave the rest.

As always thanks to all on this sight.

Go for PONR, not PORN!

[kingpole Retired ModeratorPEGym Hero Find all posts View Profile Close kingpole]

Go for PONR, not PORN!

That a good one!

[Iguana Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Iguana]

There are many reasons that I am opposed to pornography. I'll list some to help you better understand my vantage point. Obviously one not supported by most. See these statistics.... Will it do this to you? Who knows, but do you really want to go down this path?

I have to agree whole-heartedly. I avoid porn like the plague. To me it's immoral, degrading to women, and reduces them to just a piece of meat.
In my eyes, it reduces sexual intimacy, something that should be held with honor and hight esteem, to nothing more than a recreational sport.

It's just one more sign of how morally depraved this sick world has become...

[meh03 Banned Find all posts View Profile Close meh03]

I personally feel that porn is a fake fix on a otherwise bigger issue itis like putting a 1" band-aid on a 3" gash.

[SnowYeti Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close SnowYeti]

I personally watch a lot of Porn. At least when I am single. I do find however that I don't watch any porn or have any interest in porn when I have a serious girlfriend. My last girlfriend I had for 2 years and we had a great sex life and I had no desire to watch porn. Yea sure I would watch it once and a while but it had no effect on our relationship.

[ReetB Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close ReetB]

I also like to watch porn whilst I jelq / edge. For me it's nothing but recreational. I have a great solid 10 year relationship with my wife and I'm emotionally stable enough to enjoy porn for what it is - entertainment. Nothing more, nothing less.

I can see how people become addicted to it, but it's the same with anything really. I mean I love a glass of wine every now and again, but you could say that alcohol is dangerous and addictive. Well it can be, but a lot of people still enjoy it safely and responsibly and for me, it's the same theory as porn.

[eompow Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close eompow]

I can see how people become addicted to it, but it's the same with anything really. I mean I love a glass of wine every now and again, but you could say that alcohol is dangerous and addictive. Well it can be, but a lot of people still enjoy it safely and responsibly and for me, it's the same theory as porn.

I do not know if the comparison is equal or fair. I to like beer, wine and mixed drinks but wine is a fruit beverage. Pornography is human(persons), that unlike wine when used or consumed have to live with the consequences.

Something to consider,