Enjoying pornography is not inherently damaging to males or females. But I would offer some caveats. There are individuals who most likely should not see pornography, like those with poor body image or those who have been sexually preyed on. Depending upon your option in watching, you can establish unrealistic expectations about sex or what people like or how you'll be expected to "perform." And viewing with someone needs real approval.
When none of these warnings are up, porn can definitely have benefits. Counselors sometimes suggest it to help people become comfortable with a particular fantasy they or their partner may have. Pornography can reboot a couple's sex life. It can provide you concepts, or assist you contact what turns you on.
Porn can reboot a couple's sex life. It can provide you concepts, or assist you connect with what turns you on. Pornography can provide you there at best, or disgust you at worst. All of it depends upon what you pick to see. With the schedule of porn online, it's possible to sample enough porn quickly that you do not need to find yourself seeing wall-to-wall hard-core sex if it's plot driven erotica that interest you. You're just a victim of bad pornography if you let yourself be.
And a word about sex or pornography dependency. I do not believe in it. Unlike a chemical compound, like opiates, you can't become "addicted" to sex or porn; you can become a compulsive viewer. In this case, it's not the porn that's the problem; it's the compulsive personality. If it weren't porn being used to act out one's compulsive nature, it might be food or some other behavior.
When it comes to whether it's damaging or beneficial to the entertainers, let's take females initially. There are some who select to carry out since they like sex a lot and they consider it a fantastic way to make money. Then there are those who are drawn to porn as a way of acting out subconscious psychological issues-- looking for daddy's love or penalty for being a bad lady. For numerous, it's most likely a little of each. Even ladies with the best mental sex health will face some disadvantages from this work. Our culture takes in pornography at record numbers, but the ladies who carry out are still judged harshly.
I'm not exactly sure the male entertainers go out totally unscathed either. While they may not be evaluated as roughly as the ladies, ultimately they're viewed as freaks who make their living with their anatomy. John Holmes's fate is the supreme cautionary tale.
Maybe if we weren't still so taken in with guilt and pity about sex, neither watching nor performing in these movies would bring the weight it does. However then, possibly we wouldn't be so thinking about them, either. If the fruit were not prohibited, would anybody care to take a bite?