For guys! Do you think porn ruins your expectations when it comes to sex

Didn't effect me at all(or my girlfriend...she does have a pretty damn high sex drive...so there is that.XD). But, can porn be detrimental to ones mentality/understanding of sex and anatomy? Yup. I don't think there's much more to add. All things in moderation and such... Really though, I think this ends up like the argument about whether violent video games make for violent kids, sometimes the person was a little messed up before they found their particular vice.

I'm always kind of suprised when people say that porn makes them disappointed with the actual thing... I watched porn. And I just find it disgusting and honestly I have yet to come across someone who found it "hot" the first time they watched it. It doesn't heighten our expectations it twists our expectations. Especially since many people my age watched porn before they even ever touched somebody else's body. Which is why I completely stopped bothering (romantically) with people who watch it on a regular basis. Nor do I see a point in trying to argue about it since once you're in there... You're in there. It's a drug. Might make me a prude in porn fans' eyes but I honestly don't give a fuck.. Much like you liking it is none of my business me being repelled by it is none of yours.

I wonder how you become addicted to porn, cause at some point your gonna run out of jizz and then what? Game over, you gotta reload.

apparently not cause a kid from my gym class apparently couldnt go to sleep unless he did the nasty before bed #things people tell you. but seriously i find it boring like to sit there and watch two people do it, eventually it gets boring your looking at the same thing just with different people. obviously porn and sex irl arent gonna be the same becausw they have to do things the audience wants to see and your partner might not like those things because its their choice whether they wanna do something or not. i really dont see how it raises your expectations tbh

compelling story and plot twist? in the massage parlor getting a massage and the guy's junk magically pops out so the girl takes it upon herself to do stuff to it yep nice plot twist ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

@xynox, porn runs the whole gamut from the most disgusting things you can't imagine to actually some sweet and romantic. Sure, most porn is aimed at men and made to be base and animalistic and devoid of any romanticism and often degrading and rapish to women. But there are more and more women porn producers and some material that is not like that. For example, hentai is generally aimed at a similar audience and often as bad, but check out Sono Hanabira for example, very sweet and romantic vanilla yuri. I could probably find some rl porn that is similar. I would also differentiate serious porn addicts from those that just use porn as a masturbatory aid when they aren't in a relationship. If you have to look at porn just about everyday even if you are in a healthy sexual relationship, then that would usually qualify you as an addict. When you generally only use porn when you aren't in a relationship, and it doesn't cause problems in your daily life, you probably aren't an addict. I would also say that porn might be more of an issue in the last 25yrs with young people often learning more about sex from browsing porn online which is far more accessible and explicit and degrading than "dirty" magazines that young people came across before the internet. I was first exposed to porn from a Playboy magazine A friend showed me when we were 10 that he stole from his dad's collection. My first masturbatory porn was actually erotic stories from online in the early days of the internet because it was easier to find than pics (no graphical web browsers then). So with young people being exposed to the most extreme forms of porn online it is more likely to create unreal expectations and stunt their understanding and expressions of romanticism that is far more important to proper courtship. But I think most are smart enough to grow out of it and learn what a healthy relationship is about. But a few never will and unfortunately the rape culture and "boys will be boys" attitude will continue.

Just listening to some comments here makes me very curious what kind of porn comes to mind when someone thinks "porn" on here. Because there are many different kinds of adult entertainment out there but so many people here are talking as if they believe all porn is the same.