"Adult content has never been as accessible as it is now, thanks to the internet. Hell, online smut played a major role in the rise of the web itself in the 1990s. With that glut of porn, some have voiced concerns that some people are consuming too much of the stuff or even becoming addicted, which they claim could have consequences like regulating emotions or impaired sexual functioning."
"As detailed in a new paper published in the International Journal of Sexual Health, the researchers found that positive motivations, such as "enhancing sexual pleasure, exploring fantasies, or deepening intimacy," were "associated with frequent but non-problematic pornography use and with adaptive sexual regulation." However, those with "negative motivations," such as "stress reduction, emotional escape, or avoidance of discomfort," were strongly linked to "sexual system hyperactivation, emotion regulation difficulties, and impaired relational functioning.""
Frequency of pornography consumption alone provides little information about harm. Positive motivations—enhancing sexual pleasure, exploring fantasies, deepening intimacy—associate with frequent but non-problematic pornography use and with adaptive sexual regulation. Negative motivations—stress reduction, emotional escape, avoidance of discomfort—associate strongly with sexual system hyperactivation, emotion regulation difficulties, and impaired relational functioning. Anonymous online survey responses came from 890 adults in Hungary, including 600 individuals assigned female at birth and 290 assigned male at birth. Motivational reasons for pornography use therefore offer a more precise predictor of sexual and relational outcomes than simple measures of frequency.
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