Adults Watching Porn
It has come to the point in this world that if you are of age there is absolutely nothing wrong with watching pornography. If you take this approach I suggest you proceed with caution. In the article, "The Problem with Porn," written by Brett and Kate McKay, they find several issues with porn.
This cite makes it clear that it is not out of the realm of possibility that porn could rune your life. There has been countless relationships severed because of this obsession. Instead of doing into depth with the individual cases I am going to keep a more broad approach. The first think porn does is it objectifies women. When guys are watching porn they do not see women as an individual they just see her as a thing. "Porn eliminates any need to connect with a woman emotionally or intellectually" (Brett and Kate McKay, Article 1). Not being able to interact with the person but yet acting like you are is a physiological problem that I am going to touch on later. The second problem is it will mess with your expectations of sex. Porn stars are professionals in their field, and watching it to much makes viewers think their partner is not good enough to satisfy them. Not every girl is going to be perfect and want to have sex 100% of the time. Most porn films just jump right into the sex. The men in the film never have to beg or talk to the women, which makes porn completely unrealistic. |
The third problem is porn slowly diminishes your sexual pleasure. While people that are in the porn industry may claim they the more you get turned on the happier you will be. "Eventually you overwhelm and numb your pleasure receptors. Studies have shown that when looking at porn you get used to the level of graphics-ness that is portrayed and then need to ratchet up that level to get the same thrill from it" (Brett and Kate McKay, Article 1). In essence your expectations of sex keep going up yet those levels will never be reached with a real-life person.
Lastly, porn saps your confidence. When a person feels lonely they should go out and interact with people. Instead when excessive porn viewers get lonely they will just sit alone on the computer and masturbate. When they are done most of the time they will be even more depressed because they have to resort to a artificial way of pleasure. This is the start of a vicious cycle. Yes, porn may give viewers a short amount of time that they feel good about themselves, but in the long run, porn is nothing but a cane for them to lean on. Some how pornography has wiggled its way into more and more of the average person's life. With all of the issues surrounding it, it's still is alive and well. Make the choice to live the better more realistic way of life. |