Pornangraphy impacts relationships with other people and self. “Any time a person spends much time with the usual pornography usage cycle, it can’t help but be a depressing, demeaning, self-loathing kind of experience,” says Dr. Gary Brooks, a psychologist who has worked with porn addicts for the last 30 years. Users eventually feel as if something is off, like something is wrong with them. They do not know what to do. They are unaware of how to have a real relationship with a person that involves an emotional connection, much less one with a physical connection. Naomi Wolf is an author who has asked college students about relationships all over the country. “When I ask about loneliness, a deep, sad silence descends on audiences of young men and young women
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Studies show that users begin to engage in an a pattern of “self-concealment” where they do things they are embarrassed of and keep it a secret from people they care about, such as friends and family (Hilton). This secrecy and shame is dangerous to relationships. It breaks them down and causes two people to drift apart. It breeds isolation between the user and others. Porn also has a major impact on self image. Without the user's knowledge they will begin to measure their image and their self worth on what they see on the screen, and how well they are able to sexually please others (Paolucci, ect.al). This all results in anxiety, self image issues, relationship issues, body image issues, depression and insecurity. With how porn actors treat each other, not only do the actions on the screen begin to be mirrored towards the user's self, but also towards others. It speaks that women are not worth anything more than just a body and what they can perform with that body (Paolucci,ect.al). That the equivalent of their worth is what they can do sexually. Once they begin to see themselves or others as sexual objects it is increasingly to nearly impossible to have a genuine relationship with other people (Paolucci,
Studies show that users begin to engage in an a pattern of “self-concealment” where they do things they are embarrassed of and keep it a secret from people they care about, such as friends and family (Hilton). This secrecy and shame is dangerous to relationships. It breaks them down and causes two people to drift apart. It breeds isolation between the user and others. Porn also has a major impact on self image. Without the user's knowledge they will begin to measure their image and their self worth on what they see on the screen, and how well they are able to sexually please others (Paolucci, ect.al). This all results in anxiety, self image issues, relationship issues, body image issues, depression and insecurity. With how porn actors treat each other, not only do the actions on the screen begin to be mirrored towards the user's self, but also towards others. It speaks that women are not worth anything more than just a body and what they can perform with that body (Paolucci,ect.al). That the equivalent of their worth is what they can do sexually. Once they begin to see themselves or others as sexual objects it is increasingly to nearly impossible to have a genuine relationship with other people (Paolucci,