The real reason that pornography can lead to male sexual dissatisfaction
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By Ross Pomeroy
Online pornography has long been lambasted for eroding heterosexual men’s sexual and relationship satisfaction, though the truth of this claim is hotly debated amongst social scientists. Evidence exists both for and against it. This suggests that a more nuanced explanation may be needed.
A trio of psychologists – Hio Tong Kuan and Professor Charlene Senn from the University of Windsor, and Assistant Professor Donna M Garcia from California State University - San Bernardino – think they may have one. In a recent article published to the journal SAGE Open, they propose that the unrealistic depictions of sex, female partners, and relationships commonly seen in pornography can warp men’s expectations of real-life sex. When heterosexual men expect sex with their partners to be just like the staged fantasies they see on the Internet, this can lead to dissatisfaction and even lower their well-being.
To test this hypothesis, the researchers anonymously surveyed 195 heterosex...
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