Porn Can Hurt the Quality of Your Relationships Article
How does watching porn fit in with our biological instinct to connect with others? The fact is—not so well.
How does watching porn fit in with our biological instinct to connect with others? The fact is—not so well.
According to their findings, researchers suggest that porn can directly affect women’s real-life sexual behaviors, showing that porn-consuming women tend to take on sexual scripts of submissiveness.
Body types, body hair, relationship types—some of the most normal things about people are disproportionately represented and packaged as “fetish” genres in porn.
Society says it’s fine for partners to watch porn, but research says otherwise. Learn the facts here about how porn can affect relationships.
According to a 2019 study, more than 3.3 million American women ages 18 to 44 were raped the first time they had a sexual encounter.
“I gathered up information, took a breath in, and talked to him… He expressed gratitude for me bringing all the information to light for him. And he quit cold turkey that day.”
Each fact below summarizes relevant research on a specific topic surrounding the effects of watching porn. Consider before consuming.
April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month, so let’s talk about child sexual abuse, how it can be prevented, and where you can seek help and healing if you experienced sexual abuse as a child.
This study found that the majority of kids are exposed to porn by the time they’re 13, and that many report feeling that porn has negatively affected them and/or their peers.
Among young adults, 29.5% of those who reported that they had never had a helpful conversation with parents about sex said that porn was their primary source of information about sex.
Young people who consume porn often expect their partners to act out what they’ve seen, even if it’s painful, degrading, or dangerous.
“I don’t feel beautiful, and I don’t feel sexy. Because in the back of my mind, I know he has a ‘type’—and it isn’t anything close to what I look like.”