Such a thing as too much porn?

[lustygal]

I wasn't quite sure as to where to post this, so forgive me if I'm in the wrong area

I've been fascinated with pornography for quite some time - not necessarily watching it, but researching it.

My question is: is there such a thing as too much porn? Can it become an unhealthy addiction?

[dancingdoc2]

> I've been fascinated with pornography for quite some time - not necessarily watching it, but researching it.

Out of curiosity, what are you researching?

> My question is: is there such a thing as too much porn? Can it become an unhealthy addiction?

There have been cases on TV and on radio psychology shows in which some women have thought that their husbands/boyfriends were addicted. Whether or not they were, or were just not into them and the care and feeding of their relationship is the real question. This obsession might not be too much different from the guy who spends hours playing video games to the exclusion of being involved with his family.

[lustygal]

"Out of curiosity, what are you researching?"

Mainly just the industry itself - recently, I've become interested in the role it plays in feminism/sexism. There are others, like references in literature. For a while, I was researching the differences between porn stars - like a male who partakes in gay porn makes a significant amount more than straight men.

It's just always a topic I've been interested in, even throughout high school when my class would (audaciously) debate whether porn should be banned altogether. I was raised in a very conservative area.

"There have been cases on TV and on radio psychology shows in which some women have thought that their husbands/boyfriends were addicted. Whether or not they were, or were just not into them and the care and feeding of their relationship is the real question. This obsession might not be too much different from the guy who spends hours playing video games to the exclusion of being involved with his family."

I have seen a documentary on addictions to sex itself - people who would literally have sex with strangers. But I have never seen a documentary on addiction to pornography. I would love to see one. I do see the connection between a guy who spends his time playing video games and one who watches porn.

I'm just curious to see where others "draw the line."

Thanks so much for taking the time to reply

[maupassant]

I am not keen on the fact that this is possibly another case of female subjugation. However, there are men (and maybe women) for whom pictures, videos or the printed word are there only form of stimulus. maybe I am wrong, but if it is legal and the subject consents, then I cannot see a lot of harm.

[dkrk8706]

my husband and i watch porn together sometimes and it never bothers me. he will get home from work and sit on the couch next to me with his laptop and just pull it up. but the other day he looked up teenage girls. like jailbait.com or something and it really bothered me. does that make much since? im also pregnant and showing now so i think that is part of it, i dont exactly feel like the prettiest thing ever lol. so when he looks at stuff like that it makes me so mad. and even just pictures of hot girls alone without a guy it makes me mad. any idea why i feel this way, sometimes i feel stupid later for getting mad when i can watch regular porn with him. idk. advice please.

[lustygal]

"I am not keen on the fact that this is possibly another case of female subjugation"

Oh, no, haha. I am not here to lecture that pornography is degrading to women.

[notthatjay]

Originally Posted by lustygal

I wasn't quite sure as to where to post this, so forgive me if I'm in the wrong area

I've been fascinated with pornography for quite some time - not necessarily watching it, but researching it.

My question is: is there such a thing as too much porn? Can it become an unhealthy addiction?

I'm sure some people CAN develop an addiction to porn, just as people can develop an addiction to just about anything. But that probably has more to do with a person's mental and emotional states than anything. A friend, whose business is substance abuse counseling, says that some of her clients have addictive personalities -- not that people become addicted to them, but that they repeatedly find something to which they develop an unhealthy obsession: drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, someone else, sex, porn, food...you name it.

Since sex is such a basic human need and pornography is essentially a replacement for or supplement to sex, I could see how someone could become could become fixated on porn.

If someone is concerned about possibly being addicted to pornography (or caring for someone who might be), I'd look into Sex Addicts Anonymous (their website is http://www.sexaa.org/ ). They have a brief self-assessment that might be enlightening.

[Pu55y Lover]

It really turns me on hearing about a girl watching porn

[EvilEvilKitten]

I am not surprised that your husband looking at teenaged girls irritated you - I would be upset as well and I'm not pregnant. I do not worry about pornography since I know it does not depict real sex - if it did you'd see a lot of flaccid penises and totally bored women asking for a V-8 and complaining about their pay.

Pregnant women are becoming mothers. Mothers bear, raise, and protect children. To you, teenage girls are children and so are 'out of bounds' so you should give him hell. After all, he's going to be a father soon. And his attitude toward pornography will change even more once he has a daughter of his own to worry about.

AS far as women and pornography - I find it BORING.
I'd much rather enjoy sex than watch others having sex.

If you'd rather watch than do - then you have a problem.