Humans and pornography, overall good or bad?

Has porn had an overall net benefit or negative effect on the human race? Most would agree it has both pros and cons, but which do you think overwhelms the other? You can use your personal expirience but try not to rely soly on it.

So imagine if society had for whatever reason, never had porn of any kind. Would society be better? What I mean by 'would it be better?' is how much more or less satisfaction and happiness in life and relationships would people have? Please vote and discuss in the comments!

Significantly positive net effect. 3
Slight net positive effect. 3
Even, the pros and cons balance out. 3
Slight negative net effect. 6
Significant negative net effect. 4
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  • CapriSun

    Porn is dehumanizing, and is proven to cause long issues overtime like losing sex drive or getting into deeper crazier shit because vanilla porn gets boring overtime. I personally (20 f) have been watching porn since 13, but even at 13 I turned to harder shit like bdsm real quick. By now I’ve seen “everything” and it’s genuinely hard for me to get turned on by normal stuff irl or to get turned on in general, I’d say it’s rare although I masturbate or have sex anyways. I’m not addicted or anything but it has taken a hit on my sex life. My ex boyfriend was an actual porn addict and I can’t even describe how bad the sex was because of it and how disappointing life felt at the time. He took 2 minutes to cum everytime and never thought twice about anybody but himself so I was lucky if I got any forplay at all. Looking back I don’t know why I even let him touch me. People say that porn helps with diversity but all it does is discriminate or dehumanize people even more. You’re not going to see a black guy on porn and not see something like “GIANT BLACK COCK ANNIHILATES PETITE TEEN SLUT”. It’s always bigger, harder, faster. You’re not going to see something with trannies and be empowered... you’re going to view them as a fetish.

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    • Kind of an extreme way of putting it, but I do agree on all your negatives. I think use in moderation is possinle without negative effects, however, it is definitely addictive. Even though I would agree, and I would personally vote 'slight negative' in my poll, I do have a soft spot for all the lonely guys who use it to get off in the absence of women. I mean pornhub gets more internet traffic than Wikipedia! One site is porn, and one is literally everything else! That is a lot of orgasms and as a result, a lot of satified people, especially young men.

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      • CapriSun

        Well, that’s just my case anyways. Ted bunny was also a porn addict, but that doesn’t mean it’ll turn you into a serial killer. But point being I think it does more good than bad with the psychological damage it causes, and I’ve found that you’re less appreciative when it comes to real beauty like sex with your lover or seeing them naked in person. But I hate the stereotype that only boys watch porn (like your last sentence) you’d probably be surprised to know how many girls watch it. It’s not like girls don’t like sex or orgasms

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        • Ummitsstillme

          Who is Ted bunny? He sounds cuute!

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          • CapriSun

            Hahah

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          • Ummm...About that...

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        • Sorry about the guys thing, Its kind of a stereotype I suppose. I didn't watch a whole lot as a women though, but that may be in part because it was a lot different when I was growing up.

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  • SKDM007

    depends on the person, if they watch for some entertainment and a quick wank every once in a while its fine but for others its a lot worse

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    • True but what is the net outcome overall on humanity? Does it do more negative harm than good? Do more individuals get harmed by ut than benefitted?

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      • SKDM007

        well those stats will be near impossible to work out but id say porn has a slight good since millions watch it but i dont see millions going sex-crazed

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        • Okay. Thanks for your thoughts, I know there is no evidence or peer reviewed voodoo shit to make a meta-analysis of this, I just wanted to hear people's perception.

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          • SKDM007

            it would only be bad in terms of relationships, most people know porn is fake and women dont actually look like pornstars even though it would be perfect if that was the case but some people think that porn is real and want to live their life like that which is horrible for relationships, so its bad in that case, mainly to do with the individual

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  • curious-bunny

    Definitly positive. Alot of negatives like trans porn n junk

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    • What about people who get addicted and it fucks them up or also people becoming less likely to pursue actual relationships? Have you considered these potential downsides?

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      • Mrown

        if you fuck up your relationship because of watching porn then that's your fault not porn's

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        • But the temptation would not be there. Like an alcoholholic does blame alcohol either, but he still would be better of without it. Porn is just one more temptation to resist for people in terms of not getting addicted.

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          • Mrown

            the temptation wouldn't be there if you didn't have your genitals too, maybe we should cut off our cocks then?

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            • Those have other uses.... including but not limited to ACTUAL FUCKING SEX!!! Get that strawman shit outta here!

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      • curious-bunny

        Yea. I hope the human population shrinks so I would consider that a pro

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        • When I meant relationships, I meant sexual ones, not nesscearily families. But that is a good point about a potential pro. Didn't think of that!

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          • curious-bunny

            Fair, having a sexual relations ruined would suuuck

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            • Of course it would! The question here, is does the existence of pornography facilitate that decline? I personally think it can only decline so far because people will never take porn over people all the time. Porn gets to feeling kinda fake over time to lots of people.

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    • Doesnormalmatter

      I recently finished using some, and I can confirm. Positive!

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  • Yea, without it, New Zealand's population of people would be a weird curly haired race that have a strange sheepish appearance

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    • WTF!?! please explain your comment it sounds like voodoo to me!

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      • I think you need to be Australian or NZ to understand this.. It's a quick sharp joke at new zealand people, us Australians know them as sheep fuckers!

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        • Well I'm American so I am dumb as shit then I guess. So essentially new zealanders fuck sheep?

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          • It's been alleged NZ fuck sheep.

            I don't think Americans are dumb. I think you guys are a little entitled, to quick to pull y'all cameras out an film something because you guys think its hindering some amendment. Where I am from we would laugh and take your phone/camera. where I am from, you would get bashed in front of a camera and be told "what ya gonna do".

            No one will save you, police take time to get there. And all yall fail because you only film what you want seen, y'all don't film everything. That's why phones fail and security cameras win, ya dig

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            • Yes I dig that a lot of americans are retards like that, and as a result, I don't mind you much when people rib America. If its bot personal, I don't care, and your probably right anyways.

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  • Doesnormalmatter

    I would say positive. Without it, lonely dick syndrome would be a global epidemic.

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