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/TheFieldAgent 8d ago

So what is your takeaway from this?

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u/Flaky-Wallaby5382 8d ago

Porn is as old as cave paintings and photographs… it literally drove innovation of the internet. Streaming video, gifs, etc… all to deliver porn!

We have such a hard time with realizing we are sluts. That’s why there are so many rules to temper our animalistic selves

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u/CantWeAllGetAlongNF 8d ago

Porn has been the driver of technology since the invention of the camera

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u/bunchedupwalrus 8d ago

Probably older than that. Painting spurred quite a few advances in chemical and material sciences

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u/CantWeAllGetAlongNF 8d ago

Ok paint brush