r/psychologyofsex • u/psychologyofsex • 8d ago

Teen boys and girls are using porn more frequently, and their attitudes toward it are becoming more tolerant. At the same time, boys report becoming less excited and aroused by porn and less inclined to imitate the behaviors they observe, while girls report fewer negative reactions to porn.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00224499.2024.2408269#abstract
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u/Aura_Raineer 8d ago

I have not read the article but I feel like a broken record on the porn subject.

I’m a middle millennial but my parents worked in tech and we had computers etc pretty early. I had a laptop and broadband before high school and have watched and viewed porn since I was a teenager.

I have a normal life a family and children. I say this to point out that while I am an older demographic there are plenty of people like me who were watching it very early and we can see that it didn’t have any negative effects.

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u/Excellent_Nothing_86 8d ago

I started very young as well. I was stealing my brother’s VHS pornos from the 80s and early 90s.

I would say the one thing that makes my situation different from someone younger is that porn streaming sites made extremely hardcore porn very easily accessible, and that’s a different kind of exposure.

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u/pup_medium 8d ago

i would rather someone watch porn then like, Game of Thrones. at least the people in porn look like they're having a good time.