During the last week of March going into April, there was a sharp increase in traffic on Pornhub.
But why specifically during this time?
In a bid to encourage people to stay at home and flatten the curve, Pornhub made its premium content free for anyone.
From the sexually frustrated to the genuinely curious, people flocked to the popular porn site to see what the hype behind Premium porn was. In hindsight, this was a brilliant marketing strategy to give people a taste of high-quality, hardcore content and sign up new users. Now granted Pornhub has helped COVID-19 relief efforts by donating money and equipment to hospitals. But ask yourself, how would you feel if someone selling cocaine, ruining lives, were to then donate some money to charity?
“But surely there is nothing wrong with porn. There is no way we can get addicted to something like Porn. It doesn’t affect us the same way.”
Here’s why that statement is complete bull****
1. Aroused by a screen.
The more you teach your brain to get aroused by images on the screen the less likely you’re going to experience the same attraction to your Significant other. You rewire your brain to associate arousal with an image, idea, or video rather than a real person. The dopamine receptors in your brain are utilised in a similar manner to consuming actual drugs.
2. More just isn’t enough
Like an alcoholic requiring higher intake to get buzzed, the more you watch porn, the weirder porn needs to be to feel the same arousal. Oftentimes this delves into more aggressive, degrading, younger content. We have come a long way from images on Playboy to the categories that are available today. Then we all know child pornography is a thing. Why is there a growing need for it?
3. Warping reality
Porn portrays certain body types as attractive. You are grooming your brain to what is ideally beautiful. It’s no longer about “who” the person is but rather what size they are, shape, length, complexion.
Porn is teaching your brain to objectify your partner. And when you train yourself to seek the next hot pornstar, you are going to find it difficult to put in effort in a relationship, to one person and make things work.
