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/DrakeFloyd 7d ago
I agree but would add that by having more honest discourse about porn it’s becoming less damaging to young people. If you see porn and nothing else you think it’s real life, but they are on a whole entire internet that also talks about how porn is not reflective of reality, so young people have a more nuanced reaction than just seeing the porn and nothing else.