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Fun facts about Porn
Fun facts about Porn
Fun facts about Porn
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Mental Health
Mental Illness
Porn use has link to mental illness
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19772438
Depressive symptoms are associated with higher rates of masturbation among women
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12545415/
A significant relationship also exists among teens between frequent pornography use
and feelings of loneliness, including major depression.
https://sci-hub.se/10.1089/cpb.2005.8.473
High rates of impersonal sex are related to separation from parents during childhood,
relationship instability, STDs, tobacco smoking, substance abuse, and dissatisfaction
with life in general
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16502152/
One older study found that "introversion and depression show significant correlations
with autoerotic stimulation and arousal, but not with heterosexual activity."
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1275690/
"After adjusting for demographics, porn users reported greater depressive symptoms,
poorer quality of life, more mental & physical-health diminished days, and lower health
status"
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20946159/
Having an orgasm from purely penile stimulation of the vagina as opposed to orgasms
from masturbation is associated with greater satisfaction (with sex life, mental health,
relationships with both partners and friends, and life in general)
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/244887038_Vaginal_orgasm_is_associated_with_b
etter_psychological_function
The earlier you begin using pornography, the more likely you are to form a drug
addiction
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16232040
Adolescents exposed to high levels of porn have lower levels of sexual self-esteem.
https://sci-hub.se/10.3149/jms.1402.209
Longitudinal study found that " For both men and women, excessive pornography use
at 3 months was associated with increased depression at 6 months. "
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10720162.2019.1645061
Psychology
Defence Mechanisms
Greater use of immature psychological defence mechanisms is associated with lesser
vaginal orgasm consistency, with any orgasm from clitoral masturbation during PVI, and
with greater frequency of masturbation orgasm
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19889144/
Other
“According to APA’s own criteria, contradictions of APA’s reasoning are shown and scientific
and logical reasons are presented that show masturbation and homosexuality should be
considered as abnormal behaviours. We reviewed “statistical”, “well-being”, “dysfunction”,
“anatomo-physiological” and “social norm” criteria for healthy sexual behaviours and
showed that, according to the real healthy criteria, masturbation and homosexuality are not
normal behaviours.”
https://www.clinicalschizophrenia.net/articles/review-of-removing-homosexuality-and-mastu
rbation-from-the-list-of-sexual-dysfunctions-in-dsm.pdf
Insecure attachment styles are associated with lesser vaginal orgasm consistency, and
are directly related to greater frequency of other sexual behaviours such as masturbation
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21676179/
Watching pornography is significantly associated with higher grey matter in amygdala
(this is an indicator of and leads to behavioural disorders)
And is also significantly associated with worse connectivity between the left amygdala
seed and bilateral dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (basically: brain works less good :<)
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5324617/#hbm23447-bib-0051
Pornography use leads to less white matter in the brain and other changes for the
worse
http://umu.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1750886/FULLTEXT01.pdf
Although some antipsychotic medications might cause sexual dysfunction and low desire (for
some, at least in part through prolactin-ergic mechanisms), there is also evidence that
untreated schizophrenics have low desire for sex with a partner, and other studies also
indicate that schizophrenics have low rates of partnered sexual activity but elevated
rates of masturbation
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19453927/
Penile-vaginal intercourse (PVI) but not other sexual behaviour is associated with better
psychological and physiological function.
Persons who report PVI (but no other sexual activities) have better stress responses
than persons reporting other or no sexual behaviours.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15961213/
Everyone knows this but some people are sick enough to deny it: pornography addiction is
a real scientifically-documented psychological phenomenon.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4600144/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8461095/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5561346/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8394473/
A longitudinal study following Internet users has found that accessing pornography online
is predictive of compulsive computer use after 1 year.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16497122/
Pornography use is a behavioural addiction (in case you somehow didn't know already
haha)
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24693354/
Benefits of Abstinence
"Clinical reports suggest that terminating Internet pornography use is sometimes
sufficient to reverse negative effects"
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/6/3/17/htm
Testosterone
Abstaining from masturbation has a measurably positive impact on testosterone levels
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11760788
After 3 weeks, when comparing results before and after abstinence (from masturbation),
higher testosterone concentrations are observed following the period of abstinence.
This data demonstrates that abstinence does produce elevated levels of testosterone in
males
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11760788/
In a 2007 animal study, researchers found that androgen receptors in the brain (which help
your body make use of testosterone) were lower with frequent masturbation (thus would
be higher with less masturbation)
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Alonso-Fernandez-Guasti/publication/6536830_Relation
ship_between_Sexual_Satiety_and_Brain_Androgen_Receptors/links/54b6c2970cf2e68eb2
7f0321/Relationship-between-Sexual-Satiety-and-Brain-Androgen-Receptors.pdf
Effect on Semen
Semen volume, sperm concentration, and total sperm count increase significantly with
abstinence length
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27196032/
After abstinence from masturbation the sperm volume and concentration increases
gradually with the length of abstinence from masturbation, being approximately 2 times
higher after 10 days of abstinence than after 1 day of abstinence. The total sperm count
increased about 4 fold from 1 day of abstinence to 10 days of abstinence. The WBC
(white blood cell) count showed a small increase with longer abstinence periods. The pH
remained essentially the same
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1426327/
This study finds the same as the above (except the last sentence), with the addition of:
Condom use appears to impair some benefits of penile-vaginal intercourse
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20088868/
Lengthy sexual abstinence was found to increase semen volume and concentration
and total sperm count, whereas motility (unconscious muscle contractions) and normal
morphology decreased significantly
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7820161/
Relationships
Controlling for covariates, U.S. army soldiers in 2018 who watched porn were between
1.72–3.56 more likely to report any lifetime perpetration of IPV (Intimate Partner
Violence)
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-021-01924-x
Porn has been shown to increase marital infidelity by 300 percent, according to a 2004
study in Social Science Quarterly.
https://sci-hub.se/10.1111/j.0038-4941.2004.08501006.x
“Adults who had watched an X-rated movie in the past year were more likely to be
divorced, more likely to have had an extramarital affair, and less likely to report being
happy with their marriage or happy overall.
For men, pornography use reduced the positive relationship between frequency of sex
and happiness.
The negative relationship between pornography use and marital well-being has, if
anything, grown stronger over time, during a period in which pornography has become
both more explicit and more easily available."
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10834-014-9391-6
"Numerous studies have examined the connection between pornography viewing and marital
quality, with findings most often revealing a negative association.
In general, married persons who more frequently viewed pornography in 2006 reported
significantly lower levels of marital quality in 2012, net of controls for earlier marital
quality and relevant correlates.
Pornography's effect was not simply a proxy for dissatisfaction with sex life or marital
decision-making in 2006.
[...] frequency of pornography use in 2006 was the second strongest predictor of marital
quality in 2012."
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27388511/
Studies report that people who use porn feel less love for their spouse/partner and are
more dissatisfied with their spouse/partner than people who do not use porn.
http://www.socialcostsofpornography.com/Bridges_Pornographys_Effect_on_Interpersonal_
Relationships.pdf
The study of more than 50,000 participants who had taken part in 50 previous porn
studies, found men who watch porn in an intimate relationship are more likely to be less
satisfied with their sex life and their partner.
https://sci-hub.se/10.1111/hcre.12108
68% of divorce cases involve one party meeting a new paramour over the internet while
56% involve one party having an “obsessive interest” in pornographic websites.
https://downloads.frc.org/EF/EF12D43.pdf
"Binary logistic regression analyses showed that married Americans who viewed
pornography at all in 2006 were more than twice as likely as those who did not view
pornography to experience a separation by 2012, even after controlling for 2006 marital
happiness and sexual satisfaction as well as relevant sociodemographic correlates."
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-017-1080-8
"Americans who viewed pornography at all in 2006 were nearly twice as likely as those
who never viewed pornography to report experiencing a romantic breakup by 2012, even
after controlling for relevant factors such as 2006 relationship status and other
sociodemographic correlates."
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12119-017-9444-8
"We found that the probability of divorce roughly doubled for married Americans who
began pornography use between survey waves"
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00224499.2017.1317709
"Results from our analyses revealed significant and positive associations between
pornography use and loneliness for all three models."
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28448246/
Penile-Vaginal intercourse (PVI) frequency is directly associated with all life & sexual
life satisfaction measures, whereas masturbation frequency is independently inversely
associated with almost all life & sexual life satisfaction measures, and non PVI sex
frequencies independently inversely associated with many satisfaction measures
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19453891/
People who watch porn regularly are less likely to get married than those who do not
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/eej.2015.7
People who view porn regularly are less likely to get married than those who do not and
this is because users see porn as a substitute for marital sexual gratification.
https://sci-hub.se/10.1057/eej.2015.7
Frequency of pornography use was more strongly associated with feeling out of
control when relationship and sexual satisfaction were lower
Couple dissatisfaction puts the individual at risk of reporting out-of-control
pornography use
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29281588/
The longer you watch porn, the more likely you are to watch minor intercourse
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/257253220
More frequent exposure to sexually explicit material is associated with greater sexual
uncertainty and more positive attitudes toward uncommitted sexual exploration (i.e.,
sexual relations with casual partners/friends or with sexual partners in one-night
stands).
https://sci-hub.se/10.1177/0093650208321754
Elevated rates of impersonal sex are associated with a range of negative health
indicators in the general population, including hypersexuality & paraphilic sexual
interests (exhibitionism, voyeurism, masochism/sadism, homosexuality)
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16502152/
According to one 2016 study, 46.9% of respondents reported that, over time, they began
watching pornography that had previously disinterested or even disgusted them.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0747563215302612
According to a 2016 survey of children aged 11-16, over half of the boys (53%) and over a
third of the girls (39%) believed that porn was a realistic depiction of sex
https://repository.uel.ac.uk/item/850v2
Repeatedly watching an erotic stimulus makes it not only as less sexually arousing each
time, but also as less appetitive and absorbing
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10846806/
Review of 20 papers found that "[...] sexually explicit material is associated with sexual
behaviour, sexual norms and attitudes, gender attitudes, self-esteem, sexual
satisfaction, uncertainty and preoccupancy."
The studies also reported "developmental effects on adolescents' behavioural, cognitive
and emotional well-being."
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28433892/
When looking at porn, men ejaculate more & faster for new women as opposed to the same
women more times
https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Men-Ejaculate-Larger-Volumes-of-Semen%2C-More-
Motile-Joseph-Sharma/c11f45d5b73724059b481b34a49d79102b2d65e5
Sexual Aggression
In both males and females watching porn is significantly associated with more verbal
and physical sexual aggression in US and internationally, as revealed by meta analysis
of 22 studies
https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2015-58817-001
The more people watch porn, the more likely they are to believe that violence against
women is acceptable, research suggests. The study also noted an increase in overall
aggression that came with pornography use.
https://sci-hub.se/10.1002/ab.20328
LGBT
The more you watch porn, the more likely you are to identify as LGBT, almost 35% of people
who watch porn several times a day are LGBT
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/02/28/more-porn-watch-more-likely-bisexual/
Gay and bisexual men watch porn 3 times more than heterosexual men (U.S., May 1st
2019)
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5842099/
Gay men on average watch 3 hours of porn every week compared to only 70 minutes for
heterosexual men
Homosexuals watch almost 3 times more pornography on average
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3719400/
https://www.urotoday.com/conference-highlights/eau-2020/press-releases/123014-more-por
n-worse-erectile-function.html
Sexual/gender minority (i.e. gay, trans) women first view porn at a significantly younger
age than heterosexual women
Sexual/gender minority males have highest frequency of consuming porn out of all
groups
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32169576/
Gay men consume 2–3 times more SEM (Sexualy Explicit Media) (Porn) than
heterosexual men
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15451703/
Porn, over time, has the ability to alter sexual tastes so that the users believe the
acquired tastes are natural. Thus, porn essentially rewires the brain with frequent use,
according to a study published in the Journal of Adolescent Health in 2000.
https://sci-hub.se/10.1016/S1054-139X(00)00137-3
Watching porn can cause more mental health issues in both men and women, these
include anxiety, depression, insecurity, and body image issues (like gender dysphoria),
to name a few.
https://sci-hub.se/10.1037/a0028845
In 2017, 69% of males ages 15-29 said that they were exposed to porn when they were
13 or younger
In same study median age of seeing porn was 13 for men and 16 for women
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28664609
Porn is regularly watched by 45% of 14 years olds
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/9679160.html
Scary study on universities showed about 20% of males have porn addiction
https://www.healthandbehavior.com/article.asp?issn=2772-4204;year=2021;volume=4;issue
=3;spage=122;epage=127;aulast=Kadavala
Why are we not taught about how dangerous and harmful porn is? Because the porn
industry brings more money than NFL, NBA, and MLB combined.
https://www.plunkettresearch.com/statistics/Industry-Statistics-Advertising-Agencies-Public-
Relations-Agencies-Direct-Mail-Advertising-Estimated-Sources-Of-Revenue-Expenses-US-2
015-2020/ and https://enough.org/stats_porn_industry_archives#
Porn has taken over our society so much that today, porn sites receive more website
traffic in the U.S. than Twitter, Instagram, Netflix, Pinterest, and LinkedIn combined (24
May, 2021)
https://www.semrush.com/blog/most-visited-websites/
Physical Health
Sexual Dysfunction
Watching porn is significantly linked with erectile dysfunction and inversely related to
sexual function
https://www.urotoday.com/conference-highlights/eau-2020/press-releases/123014-more-por
n-worse-erectile-function.html
Masturbation is associated with sexual function problems and promiscuity among women
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17333329/
Prostate Cancer
Masturbation is Related to Psychopathology and Prostate Dysfunction
https://repositorio.ispa.pt/bitstream/10400.12/2375/1/ASB_41_539-540.pdf
Scientists have debunked media lies about the study that supposedly found
masturbation reducing the risk of prostate cancer by 20% (it didn't)
https://sci-hub.se/10.1111/j.1464-410x.2004.4630_1.x
A review of several studies found that in general, men who developed prostate cancer
had lower rates of penile-vaginal intercourse at age ≥50 years than age-matched
controls, and a greater frequency of masturbation
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3066144/
Those with the first ejaculation at earlier age (≤12 years), those with the first intercourse
at younger age (≤15 years), and those with the habit of masturbation are more likely to
have prostate cancer
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/289968821_Prostate_diseases_sexuality_and_pro
state_cancer_A_case-control_study
Studies the media use as evidence for masturbation having 20% decreases in risk of
prostate cancer do not show that at all. They show that frequent ejaculation can
decrease risk of prostate cancer, but this does not apply for masturbation as shown by
the large body of research which examines differences between sex and masturbation
and their effect on prostate cancer
https://sci-hub.se/10.1111/j.1464-410x.2004.04581.x
Masturbation, as well as frequent sexual activity in youth such as 20s and 30s is
associated with higher risk of prostate cancer, while in men 50+ it may have a neutral or
positive effect
https://bjui-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1464-410X.2008.08030.x
Other
Penile-vaginal intercourse frequency is associated with longitudinal predictors of better
cardiovascular health, but not other sexual behaviour such as masturbation
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10725567/
Persons who only masturbated have more systolic BP (blood pressure) reactivity than
those who had Penile Vaginal Intercourse but not the other behaviours.
Masturbation is correlated with worse blood pressure
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15961213/
When comparing exercise value (oxygen uptake, and blood pressure and heart rate
stimulation) of men engaged in: masturbation, masturbation by a partner, and two
intercourse positions (man on top and woman on top);
Penile-Vaginal intercourse produced greater duration of heart rate elevation and
substantially greater oxygen uptake at orgasm than the other activities
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6476990/
One old study found that successful nonhormonal treatment of erectile dysfunction led
to an increase in FSI (frequency of Penile-Vaginal intercourse), a concomitant decrease in
masturbation frequency, and a decrease in psychiatric symptoms
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2444712/
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