Does watching pornography have a positive effect on sex?
It is said that pornographic content is mainly produced for male users, but in reality, not only men but also women consume pornographic content. A French and Swiss researcher surveyed more than 100,000 subjects on the relationship between consumption of pornographic content and sexual life, and found that the relationship between pornographic content and sexual life differs between men and women. did.
Porn use and men's and women's sexual performance: evidence from a large longitudinal sample | Psychological Medicine | Cambridge Core
Pornography use is associated with a decline in the quality of men's sex lives and an improvement in women's | LIVES Center
https://www.centre-lives.ch/en/actualite/pornography-use-associated-decline-quality-mens-sex-lives-and-improvement-womens
Porn use linked to lower sexual performance for men – but higher sexual performance for women, study finds
https://www.psypost.org/2022/05/porn-use-linked-to-lower-sexual-performance-for-men-but-higher-sexual-performance-for-women-study-finds-63059
There have been studies on 'the relationship between pornographic content and sexual life' for some time, but most of them are based on a small sample size, and most of them are cross- sectional studies that analyze data at a specific point in time. thing. So Nicolas Sommet, a social psychology researcher at the University of Lausanne in France, and Jacques Berent at the University of Geneva , Switzerland, collaborated with the popular YouTuber in France to gather a large number of subjects and consume pornographic content for three years. We conducted a longitudinal study that tracked sexual life.
A study investigating the effects of pornography on the sexual life of men and women told PsyPost, a scientific media, that 'the high sexual performance contained in pornography creates anxiety about one's sexual performance. Although it can be divided into two categories: 'pornography is a source of sexual inspiration and can be used to be a good sexual partner,' the small sample size and the nature of cross-sectional studies prevent us from drawing credible conclusions. Pointed out that it was. 'Therefore, we decided to conduct a large study that followed tens of thousands of subjects over a three-year period to clarify the link between male and female pornography use and sexual performance.' I am.
The study involved 101,572 French-speaking men and women who applied from five countries, of whom 8,608 participated as couples with heterosexual partners. The research team conducted a follow-up survey in which the frequency of watching pornography, one's sexual performance, and sexual function were evaluated every year for three years. A total of 21,898 people have completed the three-year survey.
As a result of analyzing the results, it was confirmed that 'the more frequently men use pornographic content, the worse their sexual life becomes, but the more women use pornographic content, the better their sexual life'. For men, those who watch porn frequently are more likely to question sexual performance and report problems with erections and sexual arousal, while heterosexual couples are more sexually dissatisfied with women. It turns out that the tendency becomes stronger. On the other hand, it was found that the more often women watch pornography, the more confident they are in their sexual performance, the less often they report sexual problems, and the more likely they are to be sexually satisfied with men in heterosexual couples. rice field.
A series of results show that the research team has age, education, nationality, sexual orientation, number of sexual partners, state of sexual relations, duration of sexual relations, frequency of masturbation, frequency of sexual intercourse, knowledge of sexual intercourse, etc. Even considering the factors, it was consistently seen.
'It's important that these gender differences were observed over time, which means that increased pornography over time is associated with decreased sexual performance in men and improved sexual performance in women,' the researchers said. This makes it more relevant that there is a causal relationship between the consumption of pornographic content and sexual performance, but this is not always the case. '
In this study, the average age of the subjects was 21.45 years, which was relatively young, and most of them were heterosexual. As a result, the research team points out that more research is needed to understand the impact of pornographic content on non-heterosexual and sexual minority people.
The research team also pointed out that while the link between pornographic content consumption and sexual performance was solid, the overall link was modest. 'Contrary to certain popular beliefs, pornography cannot be blamed as the main cause of sexual problems in men, nor can it be considered a kind of sexual panacea for women.' doing.
The research team told PsyPost, 'Overall, the results of this survey show that pornography, which is a male-dominated industry mainly aimed at male viewers, has worsened male sexual life and improved female sexual life. It can be seen as revealing the irony of being connected. '
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