Scientists want us to come — to our senses.
People who watch pornography are more likely to have lower relationship stability — and therefore a deficit of carnal satisfaction — in relationships, according to a new study published in the Journal of Sex Research.
Researchers at Utah’s Brigham Young University investigated 3,500 people who were in committed relationships, asking about their porn habits and the happiness of their partners.
“Couples should know that viewing pornography is a risk factor in their relationship,” the study’s lead author, Brian J. Willoughby, a professor at the Mormon university’s School of Family Life, told local news outlet KSL.
And he isn’t just talking hardcore: “It’s not just aggressive pornography that leads to negative outcomes,” Willoughby said.
Out of the 3,500 people surveyed, 72% identified as heterosexual, 17% as homosexual and 11% as bisexual.
Fifty-five percent of the participants were on their first marriage, 23% were cohabitating, 12% were remarried and 2% were in an open relationship.
The study then divided porn into two categories: “mainstream,” where acts of consensual sex occur between couples or individuals, and “aggressive,” which include acts “that were more violent and were depicting nonconsensual behavior.”
“We got really strong details about pornography [and the participants’] relationships and the dynamics in their relationships,” Willoughby said.
“One of the really interesting things for me is I assumed we were going to find it was maybe the aggressive, nonconsensual pornography that was affecting relationships.”
Instead, researchers found there was no difference in the types of porn in terms of producing a negative impact: “Any pornography use or increase was always [be] linked to less stability and less satisfaction in the relationship — no matter what other things we looked at.”
According to Willoughby, men — especially those who are religious — were the most affected by porn.
“The general thought is that so much of mainstream pornography is geared toward heterosexual men — that’s kind of the core audience,” said Willoughby. “So perhaps they will be more affected by comparing themselves to other men, creating unrealistic expectations for themselves, their body, what they think their partner should be doing.”
Willoughby and other researchers speculated that the reason the study affected religious men so hard was the fact that watching porn went against their own moral beliefs and left them conflicted.
“Those factors matter — and in important ways. The other important storyline is that even with all those things controlled for, there are still negative relationships,” said Willoughby.
“Couples should know that viewing pornography is a risk factor in their relationship,” warned the professor.
Considering the nationwide proliferation of endless varieties of kink porn online, this is no small matter.
And research from a porn peddler seconds that. Pornhub recently released a study that broke down the most popular porn searches that got members of each of the 50 states going.
According to the results, “lesbian” porn outstripped “hentai” porn.
The study showed that residents of the state of Utah searched for “Mormon” porn more than any other state, while residents of Texas were more likely to search for “panties.”
Pornhub’s hard data revealed that the United States was the top consumer of pornographic material worldwide, with the UK coming in second.
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