Pornography isn’t something new, and it isn’t even a novel issue in relationships! The increased penetration of the Internet appears to have boosted porn viewing, and worsened pre-existing tendencies. Many people never consider or think that watching porn will have a detrimental impact on their life, yet it frequently does, affecting the user as well as his or her family, job, and community. Pornography has the greatest damaging consequences on couple relationships in particular.
When it comes to watching porn online, women are slowly bridging the gap. Surveys show that more males than females view porn, yet, a relatively high percentage are female. One study found that 76 percent of females between the ages of 18 to 30 years old watch pornographic material. Some women amongst these become porn viewers because they feel uninformed, while others started watching it to gratify their sexual needs, and so forth.
With this increasing trend, it is also inevitable that this will have negative consequences amongst heterosexual couples, and standards about men will drastically escalate towards new heights, wherein they will be eventually be viewed as sexually inadequate.
When it comes to porn, it can turn an intimate connection into a rehearsed performance that’s less about the emotional bonding that happens when people have sex. Porn fails to emphasize the most real parts of relationships. It doesn’t depict real people with real bodies. In fact, it tries to sell the complete opposite—a photoshop fantasy that reality should never have to compete with.
It only makes sense that those who are exposed to porn can have their perceptions of sex twisted and warped. Soon, real people don’t measure up, and partners are considered less exciting when compared to an exaggerated production on a computer screen.
Repeated exposure can lead a woman to develop a tolerance to and, ultimately, a dependence on porn. This may look like needing more and more exposure to pornography to help her feel the same levels of pleasure. Or when they are not viewing porn, they may feel down or depressed, causing them to keep searching for porn. This can escalate and cause them to eventually gravitate toward viewing more extreme erotic material.
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