Internet pornography destroying men's ability to perform with real women, finds study

Daily Mail [UK] ^ | 21st October 2011

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Internet pornography is creating a generation of young men who are hopeless in the bedroom, according to research.

Exposure to lurid images and films in the new media is de-sensitising so many young people that they are increasingly unable to become excited by ordinary sexual encounters, a report said.

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The report, called 'Porn-Induced Sexual Dysfunction is a Growing Problem', explains that the loss of libido 30 years early is caused by continuous over-stimulation of dopamine, the neurotransmitter that activates the body's reaction to sexual pleasure, by repeatedly viewing pornography on the internet.

A 'paradoxical effect' is created whereby with each new thrill, or 'dopamine spike', the brain loses its ability to respond to dopamine signals, meaning that porn-users demand increasingly extreme experiences to become sexually aroused.

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The Gods of the Copybook Headings always get the last laugh.

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On the bright side, they have great hand-eye coordination!

[Lazamataz]

'Today's users can force its release by watching porn in multiple windows, searching endlessly, fast-forwarding to the bits they find hottest, switching to live sex chat, viewing constant novelty, firing up their mirror neurons with video action and cam-2-cam, or escalating to extreme genres and anxiety-producing material. 'It's all free, easy to access, available within seconds, 24 hours a day, seven days a week,' she said.

I know a certain researcher who's been a-peekin' in my window.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Then again, maybe the ladies gotta step up their game...

*running away*

[Porterville]

Not to be gross but if a man masturbates too much they won't be as interested in sex. There is no contradiction.

[Darkwolf377]

I wish I could disagree with this, but I believe it.

[onyx]

[fieldmarshaldj]

I can't understand the allure of talking to a total stranger you can't see for sexual gratification online... You may think you're talking to this...

...but the person on the other end probably looks like this...

[BenKenobi]

In AFTER the Helen Thomas pic. *sigh*

[Lazamataz]

Dude.

I'm COUNTING on it.

[jessduntno]

ARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH

MY EYES...MY EYES...

ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH

[Misterioso]

Not to be gross but if a man masturbates too much they he won't be as interested in sex. There is no contradiction.

Is referring to "too much" the gross part?

[Dogbert41]

What has been seen cannot be unseen.

Seriously though, this article states that young people go to more and more extremes to get that rush. Well, isn’t that what a serial killer once told an evangelist in his interview before going to the chair? It all began with porn...

[fhayek]

Talk about your bait and switch, or is it masterbate and switch?

[GOP Poet]

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[max americana]

If real “women” like Michelle Obama, Oprah, Rosie...then I’d prefer porn. Umm, waitaminute, we are talking human women, right?

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C’mon Laz - hit it for Science!

[Nachum]

Then again, maybe the ladies gotta step up their game... *running away*

Look. The world was perfect before internet porn. Men and women had no problems whatsoever.

Men and women never strayed.

Much.

Or something

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