Porn... Student Perspective

How Porn Affects your Sex Life

¨According to the science, porn is a “supranormal” stimulus — it activates the normal reward mechanisms in our brains, but it does so at such a high level that we perceive it to be way more pleasurable than the average arousing stimulus. But our brains become desensitized and develop a need for even more novel stimuli in order to reach the same level of arousal and excitement.¨ (https://markmanson.net/pornography-can-ruin-your-sex-life). 40 million people in the US visit porn websites on a regular basis. Although you may not believe me, porn can actually affect your sex life.

To start with, porn can or cannot play a role in a future romantic relationship. 70.8% of men and 45.5% of women thought they would watch and play a role in a romantic relationship. But, only 22.3% of men and 26.3% of women thought pornography had no role in romantic relationship. This is an issue because if both partners are okay with porn, maybe that can open doors to experiment more things during sex. But if both partners disagree if they should watch porn, the one that does, can be thought less by the other.

Porn actually raises the numbers of infidelity. Porn can remind you about all the people you are missing out with. Porn reminds you about all the people out there and you are stuck with your partner. Research done by Nathaniel Lambert, Sesen Negash and others show that porn does raise infinitely numbers and decrease commitment numbers and that people who watch porn more often are more likely to flirt with others.

Porn can also make you have unreasonable standards about sex. For example, porn for men show that men in sex have a strong position and it shows that sex is all about them. But in reality it is nothing like how porn shows and that is why porn is linked to unhappiness, unsatisfied partners, depression, anxiety, and loneliness. But if you start having this problems it is not the end of the world. Studies actually show that people who joined the “no fap” movement 67% of the people that joined say that it improved their energy levels and productivity. (study conducted by Scott Christian).

Porn is made to help you masturbate and, in a way, for entertainment (males sometimes watch it in group and make fun of a scene). But you have to understand that porn is not the reality. Porn is nothing like the real sex. You can watch porn, but keep in mind to not let it interfere with you sex life and that it does not become and addiction. And if it is, rty to regulate it, because it will make you feel much better. Porn is not the real thing, keep in mind that always.

Author: Lucas Gr8 student