"I was thinking among my acquaintances and thought of at least a couple more men whose lives are messed up due to porn. So I know at least 5, and I am a veritable hermit."
It is probably very difficult, also, to determine the affects it has on marriages.
We know one couple who try to "spice up" their marriage by viewing porn.
Only -their marriage has only gotten worse.
Normal sex is no longer stimulating. They both are obsessed with how they look.
And they forget that the images they view are not real.
The people they are viewing don't look like that in real life - nor do they act like that in real life.
I remember reading an article where the journalist interviewed about 10 different porn stars about their lives.
Questions you would expect about their "career" and their normal sex lives.
Every single one of them was in the business because they were desparate for money.
Every single one of them was planning on getting out of the business.
And not a single one of them allowed their boyfriends to perform anal sex - they all hated it.
Since porn is not shameful, should continue to be legal and easily accessible, and defensible in every way, why don't all the porn supporters tell us whether they "consume" porn? After all, they shouldn't be ashamed of using a product which has so much to commend it.