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I recall speaking with someone who became addicted to porn at a young age. It destroyed his life, his relationships and he became severely depressed. Furthermor

I recall speaking with someone who became addicted to porn at a young age. It destroyed his life, his relationships and he became severely depressed. Furthermore, the porn industry has one of the highest rates of suicide. Perhaps the vast majority of people don't have a good idea precisely because they have watched porn from a young age. I know that's the case with the young adults of my generation (26 years). So to answer your question => Yes; not watching porn is much healthier than watching.

saagarjha 7y ago
I'm not sure I'd agree, unless you have statistics to back it up. Sure, porn may be unrealistic, but it does help normalize sexuality and might provide information to those who may otherwise not get it.
- lm28469 7y ago
  Might also normalise unhealthy sexual behaviors and spread misinformation. I don't think anyone can backup their claim with stats on that subject though.
  - saagarjha 7y ago
    It probably does that too. They’re not mutually exclusive by any means.
- svieira 7y ago
  Porn normalizes sexuality in the same way dog fighting toughens youths. The viewer experiences sex / violence completely removed from its context (since there is an intensely inter-subjective nature to both). Without counter-teaching external to the medium the presentation of these acts teaches the viewer that these acts exist for the sake of pleasing the viewer, and for no other reason. > [porn] might provide information to those who may otherwise not get it Porn doesn't teach you how to have sex, it teaches you that sexual feelings are a commodity you can take.
  - saagarjha 7y ago
    Just like movies and video games teach you that you can solve problems with senseless violence?
temporaryvector 7y ago
Are you sure you don't have the causation backwards? Speaking from personal experience, stress with life and relationships and depression leads to porn, not the other way around. I used to buy into the whole "porn addiction" idea and though I was, but when I dropped it cold turkey back in college I just found other unhealthy coping mechanisms. Until I went to a professional and got on track towards fixing my health issues, then my "porn addiction", "video game addiction", "work addiction" or "browsing memes/hn addiction" or whatever else I had just went away, and I can now do all those things without overdoing them and without damaging other aspects of my life. As such, I don't think any kind of porn addiction is the source of problems, but more of a symptom. I think this is generally true with any kind of addiction, but substance abuse has a harsher physical component to it with withdrawal. All the other "addictions" without a physical element are rooted in attempts to get some form of pleasure (dopamine, etc.) because of other problems (stress, depression, anxiety, loneliness), and once those other problems are solved the "addiction" tends to go away on it's own, unlike with substance abuse.

saagarjha 7y ago

I'm not sure I'd agree, unless you have statistics to back it up. Sure, porn may be unrealistic, but it does help normalize sexuality and might provide information to those who may otherwise not get it.

lm28469 7y ago
Might also normalise unhealthy sexual behaviors and spread misinformation. I don't think anyone can backup their claim with stats on that subject though.
- saagarjha 7y ago
  It probably does that too. They’re not mutually exclusive by any means.
svieira 7y ago
Porn normalizes sexuality in the same way dog fighting toughens youths. The viewer experiences sex / violence completely removed from its context (since there is an intensely inter-subjective nature to both). Without counter-teaching external to the medium the presentation of these acts teaches the viewer that these acts exist for the sake of pleasing the viewer, and for no other reason. > [porn] might provide information to those who may otherwise not get it Porn doesn't teach you how to have sex, it teaches you that sexual feelings are a commodity you can take.
- saagarjha 7y ago
  Just like movies and video games teach you that you can solve problems with senseless violence?

temporaryvector 7y ago

Are you sure you don't have the causation backwards? Speaking from personal experience, stress with life and relationships and depression leads to porn, not the other way around. I used to buy into the whole "porn addiction" idea and though I was, but when I dropped it cold turkey back in college I just found other unhealthy coping mechanisms. Until I went to a professional and got on track towards fixing my health issues, then my "porn addiction", "video game addiction", "work addiction" or "browsing memes/hn addiction" or whatever else I had just went away, and I can now do all those things without overdoing them and without damaging other aspects of my life. As such, I don't think any kind of porn addiction is the source of problems, but more of a symptom. I think this is generally true with any kind of addiction, but substance abuse has a harsher physical component to it with withdrawal. All the other "addictions" without a physical element are rooted in attempts to get some form of pleasure (dopamine, etc.) because of other problems (stress, depression, anxiety, loneliness), and once those other problems are solved the "addiction" tends to go away on it's own, unlike with substance abuse.