Is it normal that i hate the fact that my boyfriend likes porn?

So I have this weird hatred towards porn, I absolutely hate the fact that my boyfriend would enjoy watching it, or looking through the magazines. Though, since we've been together he hasn't really done these things yet, but we had a conversation about it and he said that he likes it, and would would watch it with me if I wasn't weird about it. He thinks that I'm abnormal for hating it, because I get oddly emotional when he tells me that he likes it or when we talk about it. I honestly wish I didn't feel this way because I guess I understand that it's a guy thing and I shouldn't worry about it, but there's something that just disgusts me when it comes to porn. My boyfriend even told me it's not the fact that he wants to see other naked women, but that it gets the mood started and makes him think sexually about me. I still just don't understand the reason, it's simply the fact that he's watching other people have sex and seeing women's sexual organs. So if watching porn should be okay, should watching two people in real life have sex right in front of you be okay too? I don't think so, and that's what gets me..

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  • Angel_in_a_Glass_Dress

    i think it does reveal insecurities.

    and yes - romance books are chickporn. so yeah if we can read those to get off then men can watch porn.

    otherwise it's a double standard

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  • UnrecognizableMan

    Porn makes my willy go pointy.

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  • NeuroNeptunian

    It's normal to hate porn but it's not normal to get so emotional about it.

    It sounds like you have an emotional problem and the porn is just acting as a trigger to that problem. I would suggest on one hand, that you try speaking to a professional about this problem.

    I would suggest on the other hand that, if you feel so strongly about this, you find someone that is as sexually conservative as you are.

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  • Infxmous

    You can get that in real life. Thats why prostitutes exist. Im serious though, its the same concept where someone is being paid to have sex...

    Do you feel intimidated by the girls at all? Like you feel like your boyfriend should only need you for sexual fantasies etc? If so, you should ask yourself if you can honestly say that the whole time youve been with your boyfriend youve never once fantasized about something other than having sex with him? Youve never even closed your eyes and wondered what it would be like to have sex with a celebrity or something? Porn is just a fantasy that takes a physical shape. If i watch porn i dont watch the other men or women as people, i just get turned on by watching the act itself. I dont become attracted to those people, i dont start to think "oh i wish my boyfriend had a prick the size of this guys silicone-injected penis." i really dont see how porn is such a bad thing. If my boyfriend said i couldnt watch porn id be absolutrly furious. Thats like taking away something thats a very personal experience. Its like saying i cant have dessert after dinner. I know after a while i would get very angry at the person who wouldnt be letting me have dessert. Then we would have some problems.

    If you believe its wrong because youre intimidated thats a problem. I really dont believe that him watching porn would make him love you less. If you just find it disgusting you should just turn a blind eye and let your boyfriend be himself. No one says you have to be involved with it in any way or see him do it.

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  • floodimoo123

    You're probably insecure about your body. Tell yourself that you're beautiful everyday, because you are. When he sees the new confidence about you, you and your boyfriend will have more sexy-times ;)

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  • BlackDays

    I've already said my piece on this matter. Simply put, women read the words, men look at the pictures ;D

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  • GuessWho

    All guys have & watch porn, some just hide it better than others.
    It's very considerate of him to hold off on it for your sake.

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    • silverdawn.

      It is very considerate, but I feel bad for him doing that in the first place just because I have mixed emotions towards it :/ Maybe I'll come to terms with it, because honestly, I can't really say that I have truly sat down and thoroughly watched it. I guess I just never gave it a full chance.

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    • Captain_Kegstand

      You pretty much covered my whole thoughts on this!

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  • shadowchild

    If porn doesn't work for you, that's fine, but I don't think it's normal to care about whether or not it works for your partner. There's nothing inherently unhealthy, corrupting or even immoral about porn. I could almost understand where the dislike for certain fetishes might come into a relationship, but so heatedly disliking standard, straight, by-the-numbers porn? Abnormal.

    Are you insecure about it? Do you feel like he's comparing you to the actresses? Unless there's any actual evidence of that beyond the viewing of porn, that's your issue to work through, not his, and it's one you desperately need to handle, because you're likely to find other things (models, magazine covers, other women in the street) just as distressing.

    It's very important to be sexually compatible with your partner. This is a make-or-break question for your relationship, whether you know it yet or not. Like NeuroNeptunian said, you should either work this out or find someone sexually conservative like you. Though it's likely to be a difficult task these days, with porn's ubiquity.

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    • silverdawn.

      I mean I don't have an insecurity problem, but I'm sixth months pregnant and my body is changing to carry a baby. Now that I think about it, it may be that I look at myself and then the perfectly fit, naked women who have bodies men die for and believe that I'm becoming unattractive. Maybe this feeling will go away after the baby gets here and I get my body back? Anyways, thanks for your comment, you put it into perspective for me.

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      • Infxmous

        Sorry didnt notice the reply before i posted. Dont feel bad - youre going to give him one of the most wonderful things in this world soon! He couldnt get that without you. I think because of that no porn actress could ever compare to you. Ive heard some men are scared of hurting the baby or teir wife during pregnancy and stop having sex entirely. Your situation is not abnormal, and i dont think that in this case porn is substituting you!

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        • silverdawn.

          Thanks so much, very uplifting! Definitely makes me feel a bit better about my situation :)

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