What Negative Affect(s) does Pornography Have?

[PinkFloyd]

I don't se how it can hurt anyone mentally or physically. In fact, I will honestly not care if my kids watch it when they're my age and ready for it... What do other people think?

[Kuurachan]

I don't think it would cause much of anything, just they should probably be at least 14 or 15 or something, and making sure they were not obsessed with it...
It can even help with finding out what sexuality they r.

[Horatio Nelson]

LOL, I think it is *okay*. But as with everything else in life: do it in moderation. People can easily be consumed by things like pornography, alcohol, drugs and the like.

[Harry Smith]

I watch it but one of my mates doesn't go near the stuff because he claims it causes erectile dysfunction later in life and causes people to have an unhealthy attitude towards sex and that people end up getting addicted. For me I just use it as a stress relief really, I'm quite selective to be honest with it but some guys can get off to literally everything.

[xmojox]

The problems I see with porn are that tends to objectify people and it depicts unrealistic sex and unrealistic bodies.

[LouBerry]

Well, it's not that it's harmful, but that it's addicting. Like everything else, if you can keep it in control and know when enough is enough, it's fine. But like all other addictions, sometimes it takes over a persons life. That's when it becomes harmful.

[Cicero]

It helps cause ED, you can have unrealistic expectations, it can be an addiction then result in an ED (you'd have to keep escalating

[Rayquaza]

You say that now, but maybe wait until when you have children and have matured, and maybe then you'll realise. Pornography distorts perceptions on actual sex, no love and emotion involved. It makes woman look like shit, really. It desensitizes them to sexual intercourse and encourages pleasure-seeking behaviour, which can cause knock on effects. Addiction to pornography can lead to social withdrawal. Heck, I think it's the reason sexual cammers exist, they are too scared and lazy to find love, so they get someone on the net to strip for them, or something stupid like that, it's awful.

At the end of the day, not many of our teen opinions will really matter here. We're all hormonal and stuff. We shouldn't be thinking about what our children will have when we're not adults ourselves.

It helps cause ED, you can have unrealistic expectations, it can be an addiction then result in an ED (you'd have to keep escalating

Helps case erectile dysfunction? What on earth are you talking about? Since when did visual stimuli have negative biological feedback. And If you're talking about ED as in Eating Disorders, then no, that doesn't happen happen. Eating disorders are too broad to find causes, there aren't things that "help" it, it's too hard to put a finger on it. I have never heard of anyone having an Eating Disorder through watching pornography.

[Horatio Nelson]

You say that now, but maybe wait until when you have children and have matured, and maybe then you'll realise. Pornography distorts perceptions on actual sex, no love and emotion involved. It makes woman look like shit, really. It desensitizes them to sexual intercourse and encourages pleasure-seeking behaviour, which can cause knock on effects. Addiction to pornography can lead to social withdrawal. Heck, I think it's the reason sexual cammers exist, they are too scared and lazy to find love, so they get someone on the net to strip for them, or something stupid like that, it's awful.

At the end of the day, not many of our teen opinions will really matter here. We're all hormonal and stuff. We shouldn't be thinking about what our children will have when we're not adults ourselves.



Helps case erectile dysfunction? What on earth are you talking about? Since when did visual stimuli have negative biological feedback. And If you're talking about ED as in Eating Disorders, then no, that doesn't happen happen. Eating disorders are too broad to find causes, there aren't things that "help" it, it's too hard to put a finger on it. I have never heard of anyone having an Eating Disorder through watching pornography.

Scratch what I said above. ^This.

[Emerald Dream]

I could see where someone with extremely low self-esteem would want to get into that industry after seeing a lot of porn. They've already been desensitized to it, and the appeal of the attention...even at the expense of sacrificing their morality (if they have it) may be overwhelming.

The porn itself i don't have a problem with. It's the possibility of a poor girl who doesn't think she is worth anything more than that. That's disheartening.

[Cicero]

You say that now, but maybe wait until when you have children and have matured, and maybe then you'll realise. Pornography distorts perceptions on actual sex, no love and emotion involved. It makes woman look like shit, really. It desensitizes them to sexual intercourse and encourages pleasure-seeking behaviour, which can cause knock on effects. Addiction to pornography can lead to social withdrawal. Heck, I think it's the reason sexual cammers exist, they are too scared and lazy to find love, so they get someone on the net to strip for them, or something stupid like that, it's awful.

At the end of the day, not many of our teen opinions will really matter here. We're all hormonal and stuff. We shouldn't be thinking about what our children will have when we're not adults ourselves.



Helps case erectile dysfunction? What on earth are you talking about? Since when did visual stimuli have negative biological feedback. And If you're talking about ED as in Eating Disorders, then no, that doesn't happen happen. Eating disorders are too broad to find causes, there aren't things that "help" it, it's too hard to put a finger on it. I have never heard of anyone having an Eating Disorder through watching pornography.

Not eating disorders.

Source 1 (http://yourbrainonporn.com/erectile-dysfunction-and-porn)
Source 2 (http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/can-porn-cause-erectile-dysfunction-pt-1)

[PinkFloyd]

I could see where someone with extremely low self-esteem would want to get into that industry after seeing a lot of porn. They've already been desensitized to it, and the appeal of the attention...even at the expense of sacrificing their morality (if they have it) may be overwhelming.

The porn itself i don't have a problem with. It's the possibility of a poor girl who doesn't think she is worth anything more than that. That's disheartening.

I guess that makes sense. I think I would put a stop to it if
A) the kid became addicted
B) they wanted to become a porn star.
C) If they had false thoughts about what sex its self is. I mean sex is NOTHING like porn, so that'd be a major issue.

[Southside]

Well..I rather a kid be watching porn than actually going out there and having sex. A negative affect would have this fake sex/love that the porn industry puts out there. The average girl doesnt want to have a nut busted all over her face, and the average man's dick isnt 8 inches.

[crepesuzette]

i mean, pornography depicts a lot of stuff that are super routine. LIke once you find out how fake it is, it starts to lose its appeal. but then again, when the urge arises, you tend to fall into that darn trap that ensnares you, which is what i really hated. i mean, all we need to do is find something useful to do during the day, like going out. if one feels like using the computer, they should at least do it in a public place so that temptations aren't so strong.

[randomnessqueen]

i think its effects on the viewer arent terribly significant. but to actors, i think its a terrible thing. its dehumanising and corrupting, it wears at ones mind and loses ones ability to control oneself.

[likemike]

I would let my kids watch but i would talk with them first because there is some crazy porn out there

[Ghareth]

And you can go blind :D

And I want Cordell to be my dad.

[Synyster Shadows]

I only use it as occasional stress relief when I'm really worked up. But other than that, it's not good. It's unrealistic, dehumanizing, and immoral.

[PinkFloyd]

I only use it as occasional stress relief when I'm really worked up. But other than that, it's not good. It's unrealistic, dehumanizing, and immoral.

Thanks for the post. That was what I was thinking of. I mean people that rely on THAT in real life are in for a world of hurt!

[Synyster Shadows]

well its true Rob.

[Left Now]

Porn always has serious mental problem like addiction as one of the serious stages...
And also it can cause bad options about sex....

[crepesuzette]

I only use it as occasional stress relief when I'm really worked up. But other than that, it's not good. It's unrealistic, dehumanizing, and immoral.

how is porn unrealistic?

[Rina]

I don't think it's harmful. If the child already knows about everything (which every child this day knows over the age of 10), I don't see how watching it would be a big deal. I wouldn't let someone under the age of 15 watch it, of course there has to be some limits, but other than that, as long as it doesn't become an obsession, I don't think there are any real negative effects of teens watching it.

[Silicate Wielder]

I watch it but one of my mates doesn't go near the stuff because he claims it causes erectile dysfunction later in life and causes people to have an unhealthy attitude towards sex and that people end up getting addicted. For me I just use it as a stress relief really, I'm quite selective to be honest with it but some guys can get off to literally everything.
watching it too much can sometimes cause a person to have issues having erections, which i think is due to the mind becoming too used to it, I watch it alot when I'm having a, I guess you could call it a man period which is when I'm ALOT hornier than usual and end up watching porn alot.

Porn induced erectile dysfunction can be fixed by going about a week or sometimes a month without porn or masturbation and then your good to go again.

as for addictions, yeah it can happen.

[HahaWaitWhat]

I've been told that watching porn and masturbation can impair your social abilities.

[Atonement]

Pornography isn't inherently bad. I'll preface my post with that. There is porn that doesn't do a lot of the things I'm about to describe. However, the vast majority of it does.

1. Porn can create an unrealistic expectations of sex. What people do in porn videos is rarely an accurate depiction of how sex looks. If you're already having sex, you probably have made this connection. People (usually) don't pick people up in the air and screw in such positions. Those simply aren't pleasurable. People don't bend like that! The reality of porn is that people do what looks good on camera because it's interesting, not because it's pleasurable.

Imagine a teenager, like many of us, enjoying porn before we begin to have sex and then get to losing our virginity and are incredibly disappointed because we've built up these expectations. That would create unrealistic expectations and potentially ruin a really great aspect of a relationship. The age limits in many places, in my opinion, don't restrict minors from seeing porn because they can't handle seeing sex. They restrict minors from seeing porn because the minors haven't yet fully understood that porn is very unrealistic and don't yet have an appreciation for what real sex is, because it's good.

2. Porn can create unrealistic expectations of bodies, just like many advertisements and many parts of our culture. The kicker here is that it distorts our view of normal of rather private parts of our body. A line of thinking like, "Oh, that porn star has a 10" dick. Since I don't have a 10" dick, I'm inadequate," is unfair to youth; especially when they're still developing. Look at the insecurity on VT! People flock in here so we can reassure them that they're normal because parts of our culture, like porn, instill self-doubt about things they really shouldn't have to worry about, especially at age 13.

3. Porn is getting more and more extreme and due to that actually becoming very racist, violent and degrading. Again, I say that all porn isn't like this. Ironically, the most successful porn is rather "extreme" material. Women (and men alike, but most this research is focuses on heterosexual porn) are objectified (think of sex dolls), sexually submissive and even abused and act like they like it! Most women prefer to be respected, especially in a part of their life that is private and personal. Sex is a great time for two people to connect and I feel comfortable suggesting that doing anything violent, submissive, and objectifying (at least at first) will not go well and probably hurt that relationship. Many porn lines also exploit racist feelings with simply absurdly racist and stereotypical titles.

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Of course, watching porn isn't going to automatically give you unrealistic expectations of sex, bodies, and relationships with others. However, as many say, it desensitizes people to extreme sex, violence in the bedroom and inappropriate connections between violence, race, bodies and sex. Therefore, for teenagers, who are developing their conceptions of sex, can keep away from the stuff until they are old enough to realize that porn isn't real and they recognize what is real.

If needed, I can give you my sources to each of my points, but a lot of this is kind of just thinking through it. So, I'll leave them off for now because I'd have to go back into my research, which just isn't fun...