Is porn unhealthy

[StarStruck]

What do you guys think? In my opinion porn is like synthetic food. Why eat the fake one when you can eat the real one. 

[Abe27]

Well, if it look at it from my model of needs from an evolutionary perspective. The most suggesting way to do it for me. Then porn comes to be a easy quick fix for the need of sex, and therefore not ideal in the perspective of actually getting sex, and well honestly makes a harder thing to easy.

It can today be quite easy to furfill one imidiate needs, while not actually furfilling the rest, and have a honestly terrible life.

But porn it many things. Or well, sexual pleasure is many things.

[Princess Arabia]

Depends on the type of porn and how you use it.

[Spiritual Warrior]

Yes. 

My dating life has significantly improved after dropping it. 

[koops]

I heard this last week:

'Men used to do greater things when it was more difficult to see boobs'

[Felliks]

More like sugar coated in poison.

Edited March 14 by Felliks

[bebotalk]

i don't get nor agree with the analogy. Not all sexual exploration has to be in person. 

porn is fine, if it's used as a way to express one's sexuality or just relieve horniness. 

yes, it can be addictive in part, but not when used responsibly. 

 

[Dauntment]

though the topic is just about porn, I'd going to relevantly tie it with Sex/PMO with this: 

 

Begs an interesting (and unanswered) question: "Why should anyone bother?" (referring to the instant, free, and unlimited "access" that porn offers).

In a binary forced response: I would say technically Porn IS unhealthy (within the context of Human Survival) because of its "zero-sum" like effects (example/analogy: Dessert, in isolation or moderation, its "not that bad", but if moved to a primary position, its clearly toxic and UNHEALTHY)

Porn "replaces" procreation similar to how Junk food "replaces" Nutrition.

[Asia P]

Porn makes people think that the female figure, and sex in general, can be bought and consumed. This aspect it's not acceptable for me.

REAL sex should be free, not filmed and sold to other people. We aren't products, we just want to spread love through sex.

But maybe in this society porns turns to have also 'good' aspects that you can find, because people cannot have enough and good sex (for many reasons, lack of time, too much work, too much thoughts, mental illness...)

Edited March 17 by Asia P

[byte]

On 14/03/2024 at 8:42 PM, Princess Arabia said:

Depends on the type of porn and how you use it.

/thread

 

1 hour ago, Asia P said:

Porn makes people think that the female figure, and sex in general, can be bought and consumed. This aspect it's not acceptable for me.

Does porn have that effect on you personally, or is it more of a fear you have regarding how it might affect others?
 

On 14/03/2024 at 2:46 PM, StarStruck said:

What do you guys think? In my opinion porn is like synthetic food. Why eat the fake one when you can eat the real one. 

Watching a recording of good sex is like watching a recording of someone eating good food.

Watching a recording of junk sex is like watching a recording of someone eating junk food.

How someone reacts and interacts with such a recording can be different from person to person.

And watching a recording is (obviously) fundamentally different from doing it yourself (regardless of whether you watch someone eat or have sex).

Edited March 17 by byte

[EdgeGod900]

On 3/14/2024 at 7:46 AM, StarStruck said:

What do you guys think? In my opinion porn is like synthetic food. Why eat the fake one when you can eat the real one. 

Reframe: you can now interact with a woman without needing sex from her.  

Also, why not eat both? Yall keep making these false dilemmas and its honestly cringey.

Also, girls are extremely moody, so you can use porn as backup when she doesn't want your 2 inch pecker atm.

Edited March 17 by EdgeGod900

[StarStruck]

@EdgeGod900 not all girls like fat dicks but happy if you have small one. One size fits all. 

[Schizophonia]

Porn is disgusting. 

I want have sex, not watch someone else having it.

[Schizophonia]

You deserve no respect if you willingly watch other people have sex without cringing.

[Princess Arabia]

28 minutes ago, Schizophonia said:

Porn is disgusting. 

I want have sex, not watch someone else having it.

This doesn't say anything good. You think it does, and you're saying it with a lot of "yeah, I'm the real deal give me the real deal". What happens when you're horny, what happens when there's no compliant person around, what happens when you don't have a gf or even when she doesn't want to atm, what happens when you get sexually frustrated, what happens when......I mean you can use porn as a substitute for when the real deal isn't available. You're either not getting it a lot or have a partner who has the same sex drive as you or just not that into sex.

I'm saying this because it sounds like the guys who hate strip clubs and call it a tease and prefer to go to prostitutes to get the real deal instead of having some innocent fun without directly cheating on their other half. 

Also I notice you're always calling something disgusting. Watch that mind of yours, it's doing some disgusting filtering.

Edited March 17 by Princess Arabia

[Schizophonia]

18 minutes ago, Princess Arabia said:

This doesn't say anything good. You think it does, and you're saying it with a lot of "yeah, I'm the real deal give me the real deal". What happens when you're horny, what happens when there's no compliant person around, what happens when you don't have a gf or even when she doesn't want to atm, what happens when you get sexually frustrated, what happens when......I mean you can use porn as a substitute for when the real deal isn't available. You're either not getting it a lot or have a partner who has the same sex drive as you or just not that into sex.

Currently I don't have a girlfriend yes, well I have almost no libido.
I can force myself to masturbate, the machine works fine lol, but the orgasm will be weak, and I can only use my imagination or at worst a pov porn, because I can't stand seeing another man with a woman.
That's just what I was saying.

18 minutes ago, Princess Arabia said:

I'm saying this because it sounds like the guys who hate strip clubs and call it a tease and prefer to go to prostitutes to get the real deal instead of having some innocent fun without directly cheating on their other half. 

Also I notice you're always calling something disgusting. Watch that mind of yours, it's doing some disgusting filtering.

I think the big problem with people today is that they agree to jerk off while watching people fuck.
It's nonsense, it's an advanced form of lack of self-respect.

[Princess Arabia]

1 hour ago, Schizophonia said:

Currently I don't have a girlfriend yes, well I have almost no libido.
I can force myself to masturbate, the machine works fine lol, but the orgasm will be weak, and I can only use my imagination or at worst a pov porn, because I can't stand seeing another man with a woman.
That's just what I was saying.

I think the big problem with people today is that they agree to jerk off while watching people fuck.
It's nonsense, it's an advanced form of lack of self-respect.

It's lack of self-respect to put people down. Understand that and you'll stop judging. Watch this. The opposite is also true.

 

Edited March 17 by Princess Arabia

[Basman]

It can be. Porn is in the category of technology that gives you a sense of fulfilling a desire without the tangibility of fulfilling that desire in physical reality. Gaming and parasocial relationships are in the same boat as porn in that sense. The danger is wasting your time on things that give you minimal returns.

Porn isn't inherently bad however. Personally, I like porn. I think it can be beautiful and artistic when done right. And it feels good.

The bigger issue is that people are less social now due to technology, our economy and infrastructure. Car-centric city design isolate people ironically enough for example. Overuse of porn is a symptom of a bigger societal issue IMO on a big-picture scale.

[Applegarden8]

On 3/14/2024 at 3:46 PM, StarStruck said:

What do you guys think? In my opinion porn is like synthetic food. Why eat the fake one when you can eat the real one. 

I think porn is unhealthy for the most part. From one point it's like an exploitative get rich quick scheme that targets our basic desire and because of that influence many things between men and women don't click due to misalignment from that very exploitation. People don't have that much sex also. Period. No pun intended tho. I like that I quit jerking off.

[Raze]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oFVOJf0TzY