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Research has shown that those who don’t consume porn report higher relationship quality—on every measure— than those who viewed pornography alone.
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(Park, Wilson, Berger, Christman, Reina, Bishop, Klam, & Doan, 2016; Sun, Bridges, Johnson, & Ezzell, 2016)
Some frequent porn consumers can become so accustomed to the exaggerated forms of sex they see in porn, that they may have a difficult time becoming aroused in real-life sexual encounters unless porn is also present.
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Fast Fact #48
(Szymanski, Feltman, & Dunn, 2015)
Research shows that even individuals who are accepting of pornography tend to experience psychological distress when their own partners consume pornography.
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Fast Fact #57
(Carroll, Busby, Willoughby, & Brown, 2017)
Only 4% of women who were casually dating men reported that their partner regularly consumed porn, when in reality, 50% of the men who were casually dating reported that they regularly consumed porn.
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