That moment provides an important reminder: pornography, at its core, is a market transaction in which women’s bodies and sexuality are offered to male consumers in the interests of maximising profit. In the end, it’s about attracting the most “wankers” possible.

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We should be taking porn very seriously. Studies show that the more porn men watch, the more they want to play out porn sex in the real world. They become bored with their sex partners because they don’t look or act like the women in porn. What troubles many of these men most is that they need to pull up the porn images in their head in order to have an orgasm with their partner. They replay porn scenes in their minds, or think about having sex with their favourite porn star when they are with their partners.
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The addicted young men I speak to do indeed end up in serious trouble. They neglect their school work, spend huge amounts of money they don’t have, become isolated from others, and often suffer depression. They know something is wrong, feel out of control, and don’t know how to stop. Some of the most troubling stories I hear are from men who have become so desensitised that they have started using harder porn and end up masturbating to images that had previously disgusted them. Many of these men are deeply ashamed and frightened, as they don’t know where all this will end
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via Pornland | Effects of Porn On Men | Gail Dines.