Researchers at New York University find men who prefer porn to sex in real life, are more likely to suffer from sexual dysfunction.
Source: Excessive Porn Watching May Cause Sexual Dysfunction In Men, But Not Women
Your porn habits may be taking a serious toll on your IRL sex life. A survey conducted by researchers at New York University found that men who watched an excessive amount of porn were more likely to suffer from sexual dysfunction, or simply put, any problem that inhibits sexual satisfaction. Alternatively, there was no correlation between pornography watching and sexual dysfunction in women.
… But men who preferred masturbating while watching other people have sex, as opposed to you know, actually doing it, were more likely to be sexually dissatisfied. That’s probably not the biggest shocker you’e heard all day. However, only 3.4 percent of the respondents preferred porn over the real thing.
Avid viewership, 6-10 viewings a week, was reported by five percent of the guys, and only 4.3 percent porn at least 11 times a week.
“Visual stimulation will often increase sexual arousal in both men and women, but when the majority of their time is spent viewing and masturbating to pornography, it is likely they will become less interested in real-world sexual encounters,” says study co-author Dr. Joseph Alukal, M.D. and professor at New York University, in a statement. “These studies suggest the issue may be trivial in women, but not so for men, and could lead to sexual dysfunction.”
Alukal further explains that sex isn’t all about the physical. A large part of sexual satisfaction is psychological and he says it’s important for doctors to factor that in when treating patients for sexual dysfunction. Alukal presented his research at the 112th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Urological Association last Friday.
Alukai May be correct but don’t necessarily agree with him. I am a life long masturbator, also married and have a grown family, I loved sex and also masturbation and pornography. We enjoyed sex until my wife got to about 65 and then she lost all interest. I continue to enjoy pornography and masturbation. While she still enjoyed sex pornography and my masturbation never were in conflict. On the other hand she never knew about my love of pyrography and masturbation.