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Porn hurts women, so say the partners of users : Comments
By Petra Bueskens, published 1/5/2012What is the relationship between use of pornography and the libido deficit of women, the purported mismatch among couples, and men's abiding sense of sexual frustration in marriage?
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They objectify men in this way as they are afraid of the all to real desires of real flesh and blood men, men with their own sexuality and their own thoughts and feelings. The widespread use of these devices has terrible consequences for male body image, as how many men can compete with these unrealistic and unattainable 12 inch dildos and super fast vibrators.
Women bring into their relationships with men these unrealistic expectations about the speed of which men should be able to bring them to orgasm by measuring against these mechanical means. This creates a barrier in relationships between men and women, with many married women using the devices in secret and therefore leading a double life.
The inevitable ruptured attachment and a loss of trust leads to the destruction of so many relationships.
As Ben Dover, a clinical psychologist and sex addiction expert notes, "This mutual scenario ... is not the predominant experience". Most married women who are using vibes, are doing so in secret and maintaining this duplicity in the knowledge that it's distressing to their partners.
One of Schlong's research participants, who after lamenting her husband's putative sexual potency goes on to recount the following scenario:
.. So when he's asleep I turn to my vibe, which is always hard and ready, and makes no demands of me. I know it's not real and it's not fair to expect my husband to compete with these devices, but this is what I love and get off on. I'll do it for up to an hour, slowly, going from speed to speed, while my husband is sound asleep, or worried about mosquitoes. I can take as long as I want and get lost in my own world.
PS: If all porn can be represented as violent porn then the hyperbowl of 12 inch dildos is fair play.