Is Porn Damaging our Relationships?
Admitting to watching porn was once unheard of. It was highly secretive and before the days of the internet people were forced to buy it in specialist shops.
Now, porn is highly prolific with it being part of everyday life for many people and with the help of the internet it is readily available within a few clicks.
Cosmopolitan questioned a large number of leading sex and relationship experts and found that 70 per cent of men between 18 and 34 admitting to using porn at least once a month.
Of the 68 experts, 86 per cent said that they believed porn to be having negative effects on relationships, with 90 per cent saying they’ve seen a rise in relationship problems due to it.
Khloe Kardashian famously said that she would much rather watch porn than read Fifty Shades to spice up her sex life but is this doing more damage than good?
The experts believed that by men watching porn, it gave them unrealistic expectations for their partner to live up to.
Surely men understand that porn is staged and highly unrealistic and that’s why they watch it, because they’re not getting it at home?
Unfortunately, porn addiction is on the rise with 94 per cent of the experts saying they have seen a sharp rise in porn addiction.
It’s true, porn addiction is definitely on the rise, especially with it being so easy to get hold of now but watching porn doesn’t have to be unhealthy.
Porn is part of a fantasy and so long as the fantasy doesn’t become confused with reality then it’s quite healthy to exercise in the bedroom.
Of course, becoming hooked on it is only part of the downward spiral. Men suffer from low self-esteem as they can’t please a woman like porn stars do and women feel under pressure to ‘perform’ as porn stars do.
The important thing to remember is that porn stars are actors. They are paid to glorify sex and to perform.
It’s purely a heightened reality of what sex is like so couples should remember that there’s no point trying to recreate it in their bedrooms on a daily basis.
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