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is porn really that bad for us?

  • 30-03-2014 04:32AM
    #1
    carzony
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,852 ✭✭✭carzony


    well, is internet porn bad for our minds and will my generation suffer from fewer boners as a result?


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  • #2
    J_E
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,734 ✭✭✭J_E


    Any excess of anything is bad for you really. If you're going to be mashing yourself to a pulp 3+ times a day over unrealistic pictures, obviously it's going to start to affect your sexual encounters.


  • #3
    carzony
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,852 ✭✭✭carzony


    unrealistic?


  • #4
    stefan idiot jones
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,518 ✭✭✭stefan idiot jones


    Only if you get caught.


  • #5
    AlanS181824
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,575 ✭✭✭AlanS181824


    Everything in moderation my friend :)


  • #6
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 25,909 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Cydoniac wrote: »
    mashing yourself to a pulp

    If you're lasting that long you're doing it wrong.


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  • #7
    Mr Blobby
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,752 ✭✭✭Mr Blobby


    One sec.. *zip*

    What's the your question?


  • #8
    Super-Rush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,473 ✭✭✭✭Super-Rush


    Any opinion of your own?


  • #9
    orangesoda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,223 ✭✭✭orangesoda


    no i quite enjoy it, especially latina and inter-racial porno.
    i'm a great man for the facials as well


  • #10
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,499 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    Before the internet became widescale males would pump off to womens magazines and shopping catalogues, there's no harm in it at all. It's natural instinct for a male Homo sapien to work the flute and pleasure himself.

    Women folk likewise. :eek:


  • #11
    grenache
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,477 ✭✭✭grenache


    DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »
    Before the internet became widescale males would pump off to womens magazines and shopping catalogues, there's no harm in it at all. It's natural instinct for a male Homo sapien to work the flute and pleasure himself.

    Women folk likewise. :eek:
    ^^^^^^^^
    Appropriate user name :D


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  • #12
    Nodin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 46,938 ✭✭✭✭Nodin


    carzony wrote: »
    well, is internet porn bad for our minds and will my generation suffer from fewer boners as a result?

    Not at all.

    Dogs and cats will have sex with each other, and your penii will fall off.


  • #13
    Galwayguy35
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,052 ✭✭✭✭Galwayguy35


    Sure who says it is bad for us, let everyone make their own minds up on whether they want to watch porn or not.

    Too many busybodies in the world telling others what to do.


  • #14
    Penny Tration
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,687 ✭✭✭✭Penny Tration


    In excess, yes. Porn addiction is becoming fairly common.

    In general, no. Sure who doesn't like a bit of porn? :)


  • #15
    Arthur Beesley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,537 ✭✭✭Arthur Beesley


    I have a mate called Tommy who is constantly Tommy Tanking. He is addicted.


  • #16
    maguic24
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,790 ✭✭✭maguic24


    It only becomes a problem when you're flogging the log to porn 24/7, rather than engaging in real sex. Every now in again is grand.


  • #17
    Larry Wildman
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,460 ✭✭✭Larry Wildman


    I reckon that it is harmful (unless it's in moderation).

    Teenagers now think that porn is a realistic depiction of sex.

    There's a generation of males and females coming up that remove all of their pubic hair (males and females) and that think that anal sex is absolutely plain vanilla and straightforward.

    I'd also be concerned at how young men view young women given how they're depicted in porn.


  • #18
    Sunglasses Ron
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,180 ✭✭✭Sunglasses Ron


    Larry Wildman wrote: »
    I reckon that it is harmful (unless it's in moderation).

    Teenagers now think that porn is a realistic depiction of sex.

    There's a generation of males and females coming up that remove all of their pubic hair (males and females) and that think that anal sex is absolutely plain vanilla and straightforward.

    I'd also be concerned at how young men view young women given how they're depicted in porn.

    Very conservative views from someone called Larry Wildman it must be said :P


  • #19
    greasepalm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,289 ✭✭✭greasepalm


    trouble is there is loads out there to view ,landed on boy-boy must have been the highlight of the show must have been 20 men having a good time:eek::pac: all the others were showing a picture of remote control or gone off air:D


  • #20
    Gbear
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,775 ✭✭✭✭Gbear


    Larry Wildman wrote: »
    I reckon that it is harmful (unless it's in moderation).

    Teenagers now think that porn is a realistic depiction of sex.

    There's a generation of males and females coming up that remove all of their pubic hair (males and females) and that think that anal sex is absolutely plain vanilla and straightforward.

    I'd also be concerned at how young men view young women given how they're depicted in porn.

    That's down to terrible sex education.

    It's not the fault of the porn; it's that there's nothing to balance it.
    People get weird notions about their bodies and how sex works even without porn if you don't explain it to them at some stage.

    We never had sex education in my school that wasn't anti-abortion propaganda or scare-stories about stds and this was 2003-2008.
    Christ knows what absolute bollocks I believe about sex.


  • #21
    Setun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,804 ✭✭✭Setun


    Larry Wildman wrote: »
    I reckon that it is harmful (unless it's in moderation).

    Teenagers now think that porn is a realistic depiction of sex.

    There's a generation of males and females coming up that remove all of their pubic hair (males and females) and that think that anal sex is absolutely plain vanilla and straightforward.

    I'd also be concerned at how young men view young women given how they're depicted in porn.
    ^Yes to the above^

    I think it's pretty feasible (if not certain) that porn creates an image of what 'real sex' looks like for teenagers who are not sexually active yet. For the vast majority of teens, it's much easier for them to log on to a porn site to 'educate' themselves than it is to have a nice cup of tea and a sit down with their parents for 'the chat'. And let's face it, not very many of them are going to go and hunt for porn that has a more nuanced understanding of gender politics ;)


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  • #22
    CK73
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 410 ✭✭CK73


    I think certain genre of porn is not that healthy. As in back in my day (I'm getting on a bit), anal was not something most people did. It was classed as deviant and not really talked about. Now nearly every porn clip on the net includes anal and for the young people who are often introduced to sex via porn it is now an expectation and girls think it is something they should do.

    Personally I'm not sure that is a good thing, as it is one of those sexual acts that needs to be done with great care and does not suit everyone and if done too much, can lead to problems in later life, as the anus is not designed to have things go up it. It is also more likely to lead to an STI if a condom breaks etc, as the walls are very thin and prone to breaking.

    So I suppose in terms of expectations, it isn't always great, but porn in general I don't think is a problem at all, apart from what has been said before, where someone watches it so often, they become dependent on it in order to achieve their goal. When that happens the idea of having straight sex with a lady and no other stimulus goes out the window and can that be a good thing?


  • #23
    Santa Cruz
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,126 ✭✭✭Santa Cruz


    Mr Blobby wrote: »
    One sec.. *zip*

    What's the your question?

    J Cloth, wipe screen. What was that again?


  • #24
    Son Of A Vidic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,370 ✭✭✭✭Son Of A Vidic


    DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »
    ...It's natural instinct for a male Homo sapien to work the flute and pleasure himself...

    A comment that even James Galway himself would be proud of.


  • #25
    Carlos Orange
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,499 ✭✭✭Carlos Orange


    Larry Wildman wrote: »
    There's a generation of males and females coming up that remove all of their pubic hair (males and females)

    Much like the generations before who removed their facial hair.


  • #26
    porsche959
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,499 ✭✭✭porsche959


    FWIW:
    Pornography Happens to Women

    by Andrea Dworkin

    Copyright © 1993, 1994 by Andrea Dworkin.
    All rights reserved.
    [Andrea Dworkin delivered this speech at a conference entitled "Speech, Equality and Harm: Feminist Legal Perspectives on Pornography and Hate Propaganda" at the University of Chicago Law School March 6, 1993.]


    http://www.nostatusquo.com/ACLU/dworkin/PornHappens.html


  • #27
    hsianloon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 66 ✭✭hsianloon


    As a right handed person, it has helped me develop a degree of ambidexterity.


  • #28
    porsche959
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,499 ✭✭✭porsche959


    Gbear wrote: »
    Christ knows what absolute bollocks I believe about sex.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpNZTv6Dayo


  • #29
    Penny Tration
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,687 ✭✭✭✭Penny Tration


    porsche959 wrote: »
    FWIW:




    http://www.nostatusquo.com/ACLU/dworkin/PornHappens.html

    'Men use sex to hurt us.'

    Fcuk sake.


    Here's the thing - us women aren't all delicate little flowers that only like missionary position. Sometimes, some of us like being objectified sexually by the person we're with.

    Men are objectified in porn too. Plenty of dom/sub porn with the women as the dominant partner out there.

    Yes, porn can give young people unrealistic expectations. No denying that. It can also be fun, give people new ideas for things to try, and, like anything you see on tv that is fictional, should be taken with a large pinch of salt.

    If a woman or a man doesn't like something, they have the ability to say no.

    Most of my exes were obsessed with the idea of anal, presumably due to porn. I tried it, didn't enjoy kit, so refuse to do it. Only one person has had a problem with me saying no, and he wasn't worth my time anyway.


  • #30
    pajor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,576 ✭✭✭pajor


    hsianloon wrote: »
    As a right handed person, it has helped me develop a degree of ambidexterity.

    I laughed too much. :D


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  • #31
    porsche959
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,499 ✭✭✭porsche959


    green_screen wrote: »
    Men are objectified in porn too. Plenty of dom/sub porn with the women as the dominant partner out there.

    Yes although to be fair to Dworkin, that genre probably barely existed when she was campaigning against pornography.


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