Is it norm to watch porn?

Pornography creates a false ideal that can impact men psychologically and, by proxy, physiologically. It creates a feeling of extreme inadequacy due to all of the male actors having giant members, which only a small portion of the male population possess, and the extreme intensity and length of duration that the actors seem to be able to achieve. And it also teaches men to be poor lovers by rushing things, paying little attention to oral copulation, assuming every girl is always ready for backdoor, etc.

Men are essentially portrayed as a giant penis with legs, giving the impression that they dont matter and are only good for the pleasure of the female gender.

Make me go without for 24 hours and that's pretty much dead on. :ohwell:

You make jokes, but there are male actors out there daily being told to stfu and being forcefed viagra and drugs to perform to the directors standards.

Magnesium

ACTUALLY most of the time it's the women that get portrayed as submissives. The most common thing for women getting into the industry is for them to be taken into a seedy back room where they are filled in every hole without consent for hours while the male actors get to change over, if she cries she has to start again until they get a great film.

Umm that sounds like rape to me. And if your describing at type of porn, it's the type I've never seen.

Does plugging yourself silly with a plastic, battery operated phallus after reading 50 Shades of Grey count?

No. Watching may be normal but, it is not good. This is because it develops unrealistic expectations in a relationship. The viewer probably will not be able to look as good or do the things the actors are doing.

Besides, it's a moral issue as well. Why should a married man fantasize about sex with another woman?

Pornography creates a false ideal that can impact men psychologically and, by proxy, physiologically. It creates a feeling of extreme inadequacy due to all of the male actors having giant members, which only a small portion of the male population possess, and the extreme intensity and length of duration that the actors seem to be able to achieve. And it also teaches men to be poor lovers by rushing things, paying little attention to oral copulation, assuming every girl is always ready for backdoor, etc.

Men are essentially portrayed as a giant penis with legs, giving the impression that they dont matter and are only good for the pleasure of the female gender.

Make me go without for 24 hours and that's pretty much dead on. :ohwell:

You make jokes, but there are male actors out there daily being told to stfu and being forcefed viagra and drugs to perform to the directors standards.

Magnesium

ACTUALLY most of the time it's the women that get portrayed as submissives. The most common thing for women getting into the industry is for them to be taken into a seedy back room where they are filled in every hole without consent for hours while the male actors get to change over, if she cries she has to start again until they get a great film.

Umm that sounds like rape to me. And if your describing at type of porn, it's the type I've never seen.

It doesn't look like rape on tape, ever. That's just how it is, you can do your research if you like. There is a lot of stuff out there, some people have great experiences but there are a great lot that don't and unfortunately that's the majority, not to mention the studies to back up what I said earlier but hey, MFP doesn't do social justice and intelligent conversations, it just say ooh yes I like sex or I don't. It's just the way the majority of the world is, everyone lives with their head in the sand. I am just putting another side out there, as I do with somethings.

But porn is harmless right? Just watching people have sex...

That's not an argument against porn, it's an argument in favour of stricter control and safeguards, e.g. legislation to ensure that people know what they're getting into, that they consent, etc. Which is also an argument in favour of legalising it, because you can't have that kind of control over the black market of anything. I believe Germany legalised prostitution for this reason, i.e. prostitutes can have legal protection, legal representation, and the government can make regulations for the safety of everyone concerned and intervene if pimps/brothels aren't treating the prostitutes right.

Perhaps, my point is just that the very legal porn industry is run this way in many parts of the LEGAL world. No black market here. New Zealand has legal prostitution too, I have seen what that has done, there are now 14 year old prostitutes, not that this is legal, but it became easier. Just sticking another side to the coin out there. I am saying I don't watch porn and this is why, there are whole communities of people who do not watch porn not for religious reasons but for others. The question was asked, so I answered.

I also pointed out the studies that have shown the links to porn and rape culture.

But as I have said before and will say again My fitness pal even in Chat is not ready and not open to intellectual and social justice type issues. I also know that it's my buzz and I probably should just keep away.