Could Porn Be Bad For Your Health?

Here's some interesting videos that argue against the use of porn and the fact that it might be bad for sexual health.

What do you think?

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I haven't watched the videos, but I think that it probably can be, if viewed too often or if used as a replacement for real intimacy.

 

I would rather watch porn than those videos. If you studied anything enough they would find a reason it's bad for you. If it something you enjoy and it doesn't harm anyone else then live life the way you want.

 

too much anything is bad for health but it probably not if you are with in your own way. Bad in the sense, some time it makes men/women very aggressive which can be hurts his/her mates.

 

I can't think of anyone who has died from watching it. So my answer would be no.

 

So, im not a big porn watcher, but there is a fine line between love and hate, and if you hate porn, dont watch it, simple!
Ok, as a phycology student, i studied eroticism, and how it worked on the brain..
Men are liars when it comes to looking at peoples bits, they even look at guys bits...not sexualy, although, ok some do...but they all loved Erotic pictures more that vids...
They are also under better control watching it with a willing partner...
A bunch of guys over 35 were like 11 year olds, very funny it was...
But that guy in the vids, well its not really about porn, he is just trying to make a name for himself...
Natural as anything sex is...his parents did it! Honest...

Oh, and another poll that was done, was how many more people did something the more you told them not to!
I wonder if he is connected to a new porn company?

 

Well porn and sex are not the same thing...I don't think you could really argue that porn is natural.

Sex is natural, porn...I don't think so. His parents didn't necessarily have access to porn, not everyone does.

It's performance sex, it's not realistic, it's all about being shocking and making sex more interesting to watch from the outside. Just like movies and reality TV are not real, same with porn...except some people (younger people) don't know that because that is their first introduction to sex and then it becomes their only experience in some cases and then they become addicted to it, etc.

It's not the same as the experience of actually having sex...I mean there's a huge gap between porn and an actual sexual relationship...but I think the problem comes from people learning about sex through porn.

I can promise you it causes a lot of confusion. Now, maybe there are some people who can find someone kinky enough or submissive enough to meet their ideas of sex based on porn but for those people whose expectations are based on porn and they are not really willing to go the extra kinky route...I'd say it can be very bad for self-esteem and self-worth, etc. all that mental health, social and relationship stuff.

 

I think it's only bad for your health if it kills you. So far I seem to be immune

 

i didn't see the end of the videos, i came ten minutes in.

 

Nearly Splorted A Mouthfull Of Red Wine Reading That...:2thumbsup:



Cheers Glen.

 

There was this guy in Brazil who jacked off 40-50 times in a row. He died due to a heart attack. I can't get 'him' up anymore after 5 times in a row I think.

 

Most of us I think if not all.

 

This is a good question…

 

Yes, it could. Especially for young men who haven't established a regular sex life yet.

Getting used to watching porn as a replacement for real intimacy can have negative consequences when they do find a woman to engage in sexual activities with, ranging from distorted and unrealistic expectations, to not being able to orgasm through sex. The 'boyfriend can't cum' threads are basically caused by this. You get conditioned to orgasming from watching porn while stroking yourself in a certain way that doesn't mimic sexual movements at all, and will fail to orgasm from sex until you quit the porn and masturbation for a while. This happened to me when I was younger. There's also the possible issue of fixating on some particular fetish in porn that doesn't correspond very well with your available options in real life, which again can cause relationship problems.

Not to mention that knowing they can always rub one out while watching sexy girls on their screens makes young guys passive and discourages them from going through the effort to look for real action in the first place.

When consumed 'wisely' and sparingly though, porn can be a wonderful thing. I mostly watch it together with my girl when we are planning on having sex, and it's great for spicing up the session.

 

^Some valid points there but ultimately I don't think any of these things are life-threatening or irreversible.

I do think that to some extent it's turning guys off of real sex in extreme cases... it is a lot easier and in some ways more satisfying to jerk off to porn than to put heaps of time and effort into seducing someone or trying to prove yourself to them/impress them.

But really, do you think it's the porn or do you think that women are becoming more demanding? It's harder to work up enthusiasm for a relationship when you don't feel like you have anything of value to offer... and if the porn is there and your prospects are pretty dire, why wouldn't you?

 

Life-threatening no, but something can be bad for your health without being life-threatening.

I wouldn't say that women are becoming more demanding; I get the impression that guys are becoming more and more helpless and alienated from the real world these days (something that porn could possibly be contributing to). No man should feel like they have nothing of value to offer, and I certainly couldn't relate to that statement in a million years.

 

I really don't think that porn is contributing to alienation... it's more like there's really not so much incentive to get married. The social pressure isn't there, women don't need men to give them the lifestyle they want, and a lot of the traditionally male jobs have been shipped overseas or cut out of the equation in the name of 'efficiency'.

The value of a man has always been his ability to provide a certain standard of living for his family... if he doesn't have that, or if he doesn't have the ability to add socioeconomic value to a woman's life, then he loses his appeal.

 

you should ask Ice Cube.

 

If It Was I Would Have Died At The Tender Age Of 12....



Cheers Glen.

 

I definitely don't think women are becoming more demanding. Women are a lot less demanding these days than they were 20, 30, 40, 50+ years ago.

I would say it is very damaging though, it might not be the case for everyone, but there are tons of men who are overstimulated by porn and have no idea what to do with a real woman and they have sexual problems and insecurity with real women. Older men too, there are old men who have never had a sex life, whatsoever. It's sad and you rarely hear these stories, but it's true.

There are also younger ones who have extreme expectations and are therefore awkward around women and put women off.

I'm not talking about marriage, I'm talking about sex. There's plenty of women, at least in the western world who could care less about marriage and they are very easy to get into bed, given someone with confidence comes around.