Would it shock you if I told you that porn is becoming a medical problem. Well, the reality of the situation is videos on sex are turning men into addicts. Usually, this type of media is thought of as mindless entertainment. However, here are four facts that will make you re-evaluate that statement.
ONE
One of the biggest problems with porn is that it gives men a new standard of beauty. There was a study taken in 2002, in the Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy, that showed how men view women after looking at a Playboy magazine. It said that after a man sees a Playboy model, their judgments about how attractive other women are is lowered.
TWO
Sex videos are not something that men just watch, they become one with it. In the journal NeuroImage, there was a study that showed how when men view porn, they trigger mirror neurons in their brain. Basically, mirror neurons are the neurons that make it so people feel like they are actually in a situation when they actually are not. So, when a man watches these types of videos, his brain triggers the feeling that he is actually there.
THREE
Porn can be thought of as nicotine in a way. Once men start watching porn, they become addicted to it. As a matter of fact, scientists at Cambridge actually found that the brains of people who watch excessive porn mirror those of alcoholics. This is a scary revelation, but it is a scientific fact that porn is addictive.
FOUR
This last fact may be the biggest issue, and it is that porn makes violence sexy. Dr. Dolf Zillmann and Dr. Jennings did some research and they found that people become more willing to trivialize rape when they watch excessive amounts of sex videos. This is meaning that they show more sympathy for rapists, and that is simply unacceptable.
