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Erectile Dysfunction and Porn

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  • Registered Users Posts: 25,243 ✭✭✭✭Jesus Wept


    Video is silly.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,451 ✭✭✭Delancey


    The video may have faults. But the underlying idea is actually sound and is similar to other views held by people in various related fields. Comparing the people who are being open minded to the possibility of it being true to those with closed minds and who refused to believe the earth was round is a little ironic.

    Touche ;)

    I see your point but I equate this with the pronouncements that masturbation gives you warts or makes you go blind.


  • Registered Users Posts: 237 ✭✭greengiant09


    i'm kinda surprised by a lot of the negative opinions posted on this thread. a lot of people seem to think this is some kind of sneaky anti porn proganda.

    well, as someone who suffers from ED, i actually found this video/theory months a go. i was looking for potential causes of ED.....nothing to do with anti porn material.

    i can honestly say that in the midst of my porn fixed days, i could jack off to porn up to 10 times on some days. and what i noticed was i was looking for more and more extreme stuff to look at....stuff i would never do in real life.....

    and then when it came to getting down and dirty in real life, i wasn't getting as much of a thrill and i couldn't get very hard erections.

    i think this video has a lot of valuable info for ED suffers, i completely A- okay with people watching porn but you need to do so in moderation....when you start spending a few hours a day watching it, then it starts to become a problem!

    finally, the proof will be in the pudding because on my searches for potential causes of ED, i came across a good few posts from people saying they believed their was a link between their ED and porn use.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,289 ✭✭✭parker kent


    Delancey wrote: »
    I see your point but I equate this with the pronouncements that masturbation gives you warts or makes you go blind.

    But surely you can accept that there will be people with problems due to excessive masturbation to porn? As in the people who become severely addicted to porn. Sex therapists frequently state that the younger people who present themselves with ED are heavy porn users.

    I'm not saying that merely watching porn leads to ED (If it did, I'd be fecked anyway :pac:), I'm just saying there will be people with problems. I'm not defending the video, just the idea that porn use can lead to problems for some people.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,912 ✭✭✭HellFireClub


    when you start spending a few hours a day watching it, then it starts to become a problem!

    But sure is that not (1) obvious and (2) the same with everything in life?!?!? If you spend too much time on boards.ie, you will run into problems in your life, if you drink too much milk, you will have health problems in your life, if you watch too much TV, same story...


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,289 ✭✭✭parker kent


    But sure is that not (1) obvious and (2) the same with everything in life?!?!? If you spend too much time on boards.ie, you will run into problems in your life, if you drink too much milk, you will have health problems in your life, if you watch too much TV, same story...

    Then what is your problem? Surely they are right then?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 570 ✭✭✭Count Duckula


    Well yes, but we don't need a thread stating that.

    The very nature of creating a thread surely suggests there's something at play beyond the obvious - otherwise what's the point of it?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,912 ✭✭✭HellFireClub


    Well yes, but we don't need a thread stating that.

    The very nature of creating a thread surely suggests there's something at play beyond the obvious - otherwise what's the point of it?

    That's my point up there... ^^^ We all know that a regular and unhealthy excess of anything is going to cause some sort of a defect, whether it be medical, financial, psychological, or whatever.

    I personally do not think any teenager with an interest in porn is going to end up with ED, it's what you do at that age! You're genetically programmed to be absolutely all over the shop sexually in your teens, this extremely wooly analysis that attempts to push a kind of a "careful now Ted" attitude upon teenage lads, I think is just absolutely laughable.

    We all do certain things at certain times in our lives. When you are 16, I think the least of your worries should be Erectile Dysfunction and you shouldn't be unnecessarily burdened at that age I think with seriously questionable media that is not grounded in any medical fact or analysis.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 152 ✭✭Feckfox


    It is in no way like saying that. I don't get why people are so dismissive of the idea that porn may lead to some problems for some people.

    Sounds like you are being too general. X may lead to some problems for some people. X could be anything, chairs, popcorn, sun and *gasp* even porn.

    EDIT: Damn this point was already covered by too people. Oops.


  • Registered Users Posts: 166,026 ✭✭✭✭LegacyUser


    I watch porn regularly. no problems with ED but one thing I've noticed is not being able to ejaculate with women or it takes much longer than it used to. Especially slightly overweight/unattractive women. I often find myself thinking about a girl I'd watched in a porn clip whilst having sex in order to ejaculate . . . which does often help. Though at the same time I previously often thought of previous sexual partners whilst trying to ejaculate.

    I haven't started looking at more extreme porn. That's been the same for years. The main thing I look for when porn browsing is girls that fit my "type". In my case slim white girls with dark hair.

    Haven't been able to ejaculate with oral sex in years. That bothers me a bit. Maybe it is to do with porn - not sure entirely. Part of it is also the fear a girl would be upset if I ejaculated in her mouth. When I first started having sex I didn't know girls had a problem with that - which seems a bit stupid now!

    There is perhaps merit to this video but can't be sure. It does mention my problem of taking too long to ejaculate. I have reason to believe I have naturally high testosterone levels and I also work out regularly so maybe I'm somewhat resistant to it.

    One thing for sure is I can ejaculate whilst masturbating to porn very quickly. now I could also ejaculate almost as quickly from masturbation without porn - but even still - maybe having this ultra fast ejaculation could confuse the brain.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,073 ✭✭✭sam34


    Count Duckula, after this post of yours on page 1:

    What a surprise that a known anti-porn poster trundles in with a Youtube video telling us all how porn will mean we no longer get erections.

    i issued the following clear and simple warning:
    sam34 wrote: »
    leave out the personal sniping please

    but you ignored that and subsequently posted:
    There's a clear bias in this thread from those who are known to despise porn supporting this video and it's meagre evidence with all their worth

    therefore you are banned for one week.


  • Registered Users Posts: 10,511 ✭✭✭✭28064212


    Well yes, but we don't need a thread stating that.
    Why not? So you're accepting that excessive use of porn may cause problems. That statement is enough, is it? Or do you think that exploring the reasons behind it and looking at possible solutions might be a positive thing?
    I personally do not think any teenager with an interest in porn is going to end up with ED, it's what you do at that age! You're genetically programmed to be absolutely all over the shop sexually in your teens, this extremely wooly analysis that attempts to push a kind of a "careful now Ted" attitude upon teenage lads, I think is just absolutely laughable.
    You still don't get what the purpose of the author is. It's not to warn teenagers not to use porn in case they develop ED. It's to help teenagers who have developed ED because of too much porn.

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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,912 ✭✭✭HellFireClub


    28064212 wrote: »
    It's to help teenagers who have developed ED because of too much porn.

    And I don't accept that this situation really exists. I'm not saying that it NEVER happens, but I don't accept that there is any real basis for saying that it could be a problem for people of this age.


  • Registered Users Posts: 10,511 ✭✭✭✭28064212


    And I don't accept that this situation really exists. I'm not saying that it NEVER happens, but I don't accept that there is any real basis for saying that it could be a problem for people of this age.
    It doesn't exist, but it does happen sometimes.... What the hell are you talking about?

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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,912 ✭✭✭HellFireClub


    28064212 wrote: »
    It doesn't exist, but it does happen sometimes.... What the hell are you talking about?

    It happens so rarely as to not warrant a video clip claiming that it happens regularly or is an increasing problem for teenagers. It doesn't exist as a problem for the vast vast majority of young men, does that clear it up for you?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,265 ✭✭✭SugarHigh


    It happens so rarely as to not warrant a video clip claiming that it happens regularly or is an increasing problem for teenagers. It doesn't exist as a problem for the vast vast majority of young men, does that clear it up for you?
    But most problems don't exist for the vast majority of people, if they did they kind of stop being problems and just become the norm.

    If porn can have the potential to cause E.D than to suggest it's an increasing problem for youngsters isn't that outlandish when the consumption of porn is obviously increasing. There has never been a generation with more porn than the current. I'm only 22 but when I was 13 all these video search sites weren't yet available so it was still mostly images. We also only had a family computer up until I was about 15, but today at lot of young kids have their own laptop from as young as 10.


  • Registered Users Posts: 10,511 ✭✭✭✭28064212


    It happens so rarely as to not warrant a video clip claiming that it happens regularly or is an increasing problem for teenagers. It doesn't exist as a problem for the vast vast majority of young men, does that clear it up for you?
    Firstly, where's the "happens regularly" claim?

    Secondly, you're missing the point of the site again. If there's only 10 people in the world that this happens too, then the target audience of the site is a total of 10 people. It's relevant to 100% of their target audience

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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,289 ✭✭✭parker kent


    Feckfox wrote: »
    Sounds like you are being too general. X may lead to some problems for some people. X could be anything, chairs, popcorn, sun and *gasp* even porn.

    EDIT: Damn this point was already covered by too people. Oops.

    You miss the point. The website is aimed at those people. It is aimed at the people who suffer from it. Whether people fall off chairs or whatever other facetious examples you wish to give, the website is aimed at people who suffer from ED. Everybody else who does not suffer from it is irrelevant. Hence my above post. There are people with ED. Many of these may be heavy porn users. There will be a correlation for some of those men. Hence the existence of the site and the video in the OP.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 152 ✭✭Feckfox


    You miss the point. The website is aimed at those people. It is aimed at the people who suffer from it. Whether people fall off chairs or whatever other facetious examples you wish to give, the website is aimed at people who suffer from ED. Everybody else who does not suffer from it is irrelevant. Hence my above post. There are people with ED. Many of these may be heavy porn users. There will be a correlation for some of those men. Hence the existence of the site and the video in the OP.
    Well yes, but we don't need a thread stating that.

    The very nature of creating a thread surely suggests there's something at play beyond the obvious - otherwise what's the point of it?

    Also.. the OP doesn't suffer from Erectile Dysfunction and didn't imply it even affects them. (A partner having it). They even claimed not to have watched the video! :confused::confused:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,912 ✭✭✭HellFireClub


    I've given up on this thead, it's just going around in circles...


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,289 ✭✭✭parker kent


    Feckfox wrote: »
    Also.. the OP doesn't suffer from Erectile Dysfunction and didn't imply it even affects them. (A partner having it). They even claimed not to have watched the video! :confused::confused:

    I don't really see why you feel the need to point that out or how it is relevant. I know Liah is female, so it's pretty obvious she doesn't suffer from ED.

    Why would you even think I was suggesting that? :confused: Whether Liah had E.D, had a partner with ED or had watched the video makes little difference to my point.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,491 ✭✭✭Yahew


    I havent watched the video - but its been well documented in history that rich men who ran Harems needed more and more exotic sex to get an erection.

    And note to some posters: not all anti-porn activists are religious. Some opposed are feminist, and others just think porn degrading in general to women. Particularly modern porn.

    Not that it would prove the legitimacy of the video one way or the other. If you think that saying " That Video was funded by religious people" is an argument, think again, it i s no different from a religious person mocking an anti-Rapture video by saying " That video was funded by non-believers". Either the thing can be argued on it's merits, or not.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,289 ✭✭✭parker kent


    Yahew wrote: »
    And note to some posters: not all anti-porn activists are religious. Some opposed are feminist, and others just think porn degrading in general to women. Particularly modern porn.

    Just to make another note, not everybody saying that there may be a link between ED and porn are anti-porn either.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,491 ✭✭✭Yahew


    I've given up on this thead, it's just going around in circles...

    And, also:


    your argument was defeated.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,912 ✭✭✭HellFireClub


    Yahew wrote: »
    And, also:


    your argument was defeated.

    I don't think so, anyone who believes that 16 year old lads suffer from ED as a result of watching porn and nothing else, I think should continue to debate that here. However I have better things to be doing with my time than to be discussing irrational rubbish without a fact available to back it up.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,912 ✭✭✭HellFireClub


    Yahew wrote: »
    I havent watched the video - but its been well documented in history that rich men who ran Harems needed more and more exotic sex to get an erection.

    And note to some posters: not all anti-porn activists are religious. Some opposed are feminist, and others just think porn degrading in general to women. Particularly modern porn.

    Not that it would prove the legitimacy of the video one way or the other. If you think that saying " That Video was funded by religious people" is an argument, think again, it i s no different from a religious person mocking an anti-Rapture video by saying " That video was funded by non-believers". Either the thing can be argued on it's merits, or not.

    If a woman wants to use her body to make a porn movie, that's her own business. It's bizarre that women through active feminism try to take this freedom away from her, in the name of furthering the agenda of women's rights, I find that to be absolutely weird.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,289 ✭✭✭parker kent


    I don't think so, anyone who believes that 16 year old lads suffer from ED as a result of watching porn and nothing else, I think should continue to debate that here. However I have better things to be doing with my time than to be discussing irrational rubbish without a fact available to back it up.

    Nobody has said on here that they suffer from ED due to just watching porn. It would be helpful if you argued against what people are actually saying instead of discrediting arguments in that manner.


  • Registered Users Posts: 10,511 ✭✭✭✭28064212


    I don't think so, anyone who believes that 16 year old lads suffer from ED as a result of watching porn and nothing else
    ...
    I'm not saying that it NEVER happens

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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,912 ✭✭✭HellFireClub


    28064212 wrote: »
    ...

    A 16 year old could experience ED if drunk, or could have a medical condition that specifically relates to ED so therefore will have this problem throughout a lifetime, but I don't accept that it happens exclusively due to watching porn, not as a medical condition in itself.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,289 ✭✭✭parker kent


    A 16 year old could experience ED if drunk, or could have a medical condition that specifically relates to ED so therefore will have this problem throughout a lifetime, but I don't accept that it happens exclusively due to watching porn, not as a medical condition in itself.

    Nobody is saying it happens exclusively due to porn.


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