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All men watch porn, scientists find [View all] Little Star Jan 2013 OP
possibly not samsingh Jan 2013 #1
So all men are bad. L0oniX Jan 2013 #2
I remember when I was in college with my boyfriend we used to have parties on Friday nights, and hrmjustin Jan 2013 #3
Well let me put it this way... Agschmid Jan 2013 #125
Irresponsible journalism. redqueen Jan 2013 #4
Exactly ! I suspect everyone has taken a look just out of curiosity. The question is hedgehog Jan 2013 #20
Don't have to have a 'habit' AgingAmerican Jan 2013 #46
BLASPHEMY!!!! Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #168
I mean, what else am I going to masturbate to? Drunken Irishman Jan 2013 #252
Magazines are so pre-2000 AgingAmerican Jan 2013 #253
I know. The venerable smut shack has gone the way of other beloved American Institutions Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #268
Yeah, a priest or a televangelist! Atman Jan 2013 #60
and then there is the definition problem... Whisp Jan 2013 #65
I am sure there are men- a very small minority- who *never* look at porn, naked pictures, etc. Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #162
pro porn men seem to be the only ones wagging their fingers in this thread. nt seabeyond Jan 2013 #165
Hah? Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #167
it's not fingers they're wagging dlwickham Jan 2013 #227
well, arent you a dlwick... so funneeeee. nt seabeyond Jan 2013 #231
Yes I am dlwickham Jan 2013 #242
Alert! Alert! Phlem Jan 2013 #247
Its why I never go into these threads Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #250
Nice gear. Phlem Jan 2013 #254
yet another one I need to tell to bite my ass dlwickham Jan 2013 #255
Oh no you D'int Phlem Jan 2013 #256
Duck, It's Huge! Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #269
"Irresponsible" journalism, to me, is what Judith Miller did at the NY Times to enable the Iraq War. Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #190
I'm 47, I have never watched porn. Denninmi Jan 2013 #5
Sounds like you need to call the University of Montreal Orrex Jan 2013 #6
LOL ailsagirl Jan 2013 #140
and right there answering the question, you would have to say yes. any woman not seen porn? seabeyond Jan 2013 #9
So you looked at that Playboy or Penthouse when you were 15? RomneyLies Jan 2013 #10
The question was, I believe, watched, as in video. Denninmi Jan 2013 #22
Misleading headline RomneyLies Jan 2013 #24
Warning: should not be taken internally CreekDog Jan 2013 #42
There's the definition problem wercal Jan 2013 #109
? deutsey Jan 2013 #126
I grew up in the same era wercal Jan 2013 #141
Yep..me too pipoman Jan 2013 #143
"Son, you got a haircut just 4 days ago, didn't you? klook Jan 2013 #229
Good for you! june starling Jan 2013 #59
That's not what it sounds like to me. Atman Jan 2013 #63
So, if a man watches porn bama_blue_dot Jan 2013 #66
Thank you. Denninmi Jan 2013 #85
So a nude female body breeds misogyny? Courtesy Flush Jan 2013 #111
Yes, because sex is bad. Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #163
You thought Playboy was VULGAR? Atman Jan 2013 #62
There is a difference between art and exploitation. Denninmi Jan 2013 #83
. seabeyond Jan 2013 #84
Wow! (((hugs))). You won't get a lot of support on DU for this but please know that I hear you riderinthestorm Jan 2013 #117
A hug for you, Den, and thanks for standing up. Nay Jan 2013 #124
Hope you've never hired a housing contractor... brooklynite Jan 2013 #138
I think you're a classy guy. dawg Jan 2013 #142
I agree that he's a "classy guy." Atman Jan 2013 #145
I think the solution is to let adults judge for themselves and to respect everyone's choices. dawg Jan 2013 #147
Great response. Thank you. Atman Jan 2013 #149
I think I need to apologize, too. Denninmi Jan 2013 #160
Peace! Atman Jan 2013 #164
*just hugs n/t Helen Reddy Jan 2013 #151
My partner PasadenaTrudy Jan 2013 #153
Wow Tsiyu Jan 2013 #180
And yet a recent study shows porn stars are more adjusted with higher self-esteem joeglow3 Jan 2013 #220
Kinda tough for a lot of us when other people have LanternWaste Jan 2013 #139
So, you never had a VCR then. nt Deep13 Jan 2013 #91
What is that even supposed to mean? Denninmi Jan 2013 #93
Well, hurray for you, then. nt Deep13 Jan 2013 #116
Thank you for being you, not one of the herd, Denninmi and... Little Star Jan 2013 #123
I wonder how hard they looked, and what they considered porn. UK has bare breasts in its newspapers Honeycombe8 Jan 2013 #7
"Religious men" is an ambiguous concept. Some of the heaviest users of porn hedgehog Jan 2013 #25
Page 3 girls Confusious Jan 2013 #31
I suspect the search consisted of walking up and down St. Catherine St. on a Saturday night at 11pm hughee99 Jan 2013 #115
So that explains the hairy palms madokie Jan 2013 #8
And glasses!!! LOL RKP5637 Jan 2013 #52
LOL madokie Jan 2013 #67
What do you think of the argument that porn can cause sexual dysfunction? bluestateguy Jan 2013 #11
Nope, doesn't happen Confusious Jan 2013 #33
Seemingly it *can* happen, but only with a real dedication to porn use over ordinary sex. sibelian Jan 2013 #72
Delayed ejaculation is a dysfunction? nt Deep13 Jan 2013 #92
Yes. Some of us women like to see our partners get off too. riderinthestorm Jan 2013 #119
Wow, TMI. Thanks, though. nt Deep13 Jan 2013 #150
You asked the question, didn't you? Tsiyu Jan 2013 #182
Doesn't bother me. Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #208
The poster of whom you speak Tsiyu Jan 2013 #213
You realize you're arguing with an opponent that exists only in your imagination? Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #221
As I said before, every thing said is not about you Tsiyu Jan 2013 #222
Oh, im happy to elaborate on that usual suspects thing. Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #224
Has the exact opposite effect on me AgingAmerican Jan 2013 #209
You will be informed in short order that your personal experience is not valid Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #267
Sometimes I think that the number of university "studies" that are truly valid is very small. NYC_SKP Jan 2013 #12
Too often, I think it's people with and agenda/preconceived ideas who set up studies KittyWampus Jan 2013 #18
Maybe some university should conduct a study on the validity of university studies. RomneyLies Jan 2013 #26
Not just university studies... sendero Jan 2013 #74
As we used to say, publish or perish! Hence, there's a lot of crap out there by refuted experts. n/t RKP5637 Jan 2013 #99
Start with the fact that ... Speck Tater Jan 2013 #13
I've never been to a bachelor party hfojvt Jan 2013 #61
Who is "they"? Speck Tater Jan 2013 #64
fortunately we have the 2nd Amendment hfojvt Jan 2013 #69
10 years old. nt redqueen Jan 2013 #14
I just don't like Bad Acting. trumad Jan 2013 #15
You're paying attention to the acting? jeff47 Jan 2013 #55
hmm deafskeptic Jan 2013 #73
I'm a Male Who Kinda Likes The Stories NeedleCast Jan 2013 #174
Men in their 20's who grew up with the Internet? Probably not Spider Jerusalem Jan 2013 #16
"If porn had impact many claim, you'd just have to show hetero films to a homosexual to change his" KittyWampus Jan 2013 #17
Except, that exact result has been found time & again. The idea that porn "reprograms" brains is BS. Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #176
misleading and probably wrong mzteris Jan 2013 #19
It's not "don't watch porn". It's "not exposed to porn". jeff47 Jan 2013 #50
Wonder why this makes some people so mad. Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #169
Exactly Tsiyu Jan 2013 #184
I haven't seen anyone giving men a hard time for *not* watching porn, personally. Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #186
They're understandably defensive ... so they project. redqueen Jan 2013 #193
I don't know about the majority of porn Tsiyu Jan 2013 #195
WTF? 99Forever Jan 2013 #21
Oh, and his study (of a whopping TWENTY men) says that all men in couples watch porn solo. KittyWampus Jan 2013 #23
Why would a partner care? Codeine Jan 2013 #27
But you obviously know about it. Fawke Em Jan 2013 #68
But even if I didn't and then found out, Codeine Jan 2013 #88
I think open and honest communication is important in a relationship. Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #178
Oh, boy Tsiyu Jan 2013 #214
exactly. it is fuckin stupid. seabeyond Jan 2013 #215
I'm wondering WHAT world do these guys LIVE in? Tsiyu Jan 2013 #216
or, maybe they ought to jump into the real world a little more rather than seabeyond Jan 2013 #217
It's an unwinnable debate if your opponent Tsiyu Jan 2013 #218
yes. the bottomline though, is a constant attack on womens sexuality to insult us, one way or seabeyond Jan 2013 #219
Again, where are you getting this? Its not from something anyone has actually said. Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #226
Pot Tsiyu Jan 2013 #236
I don't see a conspiracy, I've just been on DU for 9 years and I know the drill. Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #237
+1 Phlem Jan 2013 #249
You never met Gramps. Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #225
Many couples watch it together, and many partners know and dont care at all. Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #171
Some great comments on this at another site. BTW, this "research" is old. KittyWampus Jan 2013 #28
They should look in an Amish community (nt) Nye Bevan Jan 2013 #29
I bet money there's Amish porn too johnlucas Jan 2013 #157
Churn my butter, goodman Brown! Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #179
Hilarious! johnlucas Jan 2013 #188
"Consumed"? jberryhill Jan 2013 #30
The damn DVDs got pretty hard to digest!!! RKP5637 Jan 2013 #105
BREAKING: Twenty 20 yr olds watched some porn !! leftstreet Jan 2013 #32
I hear the kids are twitting each others facebooks, too. And listening to satanic Mubstep music. Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #170
But do they watch it at work? undeterred Jan 2013 #34
I had a college roommate who claimed he never masturbated rickford66 Jan 2013 #35
If he isn't jerking his gherkin, and not doing anything else FrodosPet Jan 2013 #41
But God created men to be most sexually active early on rickford66 Jan 2013 #45
I read the OP, and before I even finished, the question I had was, RC Jan 2013 #36
Ah, the Rigid Calender rickford66 Jan 2013 #39
No idea. RC Jan 2013 #43
Did a quick Google rickford66 Jan 2013 #47
Yep, I remember those too! n/t RKP5637 Jan 2013 #101
The masturbation police Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #177
I'm 32. In middle school, I was on BBSes and online services like SWTORFanatic Jan 2013 #37
I've watched porn. And what's the problem with that? Fearless Jan 2013 #38
K&R! Porn, BFD to me, unless someone is being exploited. n/t RKP5637 Jan 2013 #100
Exactly. Fearless Jan 2013 #122
BREAKING NEWS! A new study reveals that 60% of men admit to masturbation NashvilleLefty Jan 2013 #40
really...? FirstLight Jan 2013 #44
research shows women are as much if not more so cause their sexuality is more fluid. seabeyond Jan 2013 #48
Uh oh marions ghost Jan 2013 #128
so true. seabeyond Jan 2013 #129
Yeah marions ghost Jan 2013 #130
This message was self-deleted by its author Fumesucker Jan 2013 #133
marions ghost, what is really sad is i do not know seabeyond Jan 2013 #134
Agree -- marions ghost Jan 2013 #135
They didn't try hard enough imo. Rex Jan 2013 #49
just being on du we have seen porn. it may have been deleted or hidden seabeyond Jan 2013 #57
I agree, it was a set up question Rex Jan 2013 #71
i watch porn samsingh Jan 2013 #51
Ditto! RKP5637 Jan 2013 #103
it is a very healthy thing to do samsingh Jan 2013 #118
I certainly think so. I've never understood all of the fuss about sexual things in America. It's RKP5637 Jan 2013 #120
the prudish attitude causes more problems samsingh Jan 2013 #137
What about men who have been blind since birth? nt ZombieHorde Jan 2013 #53
If available, they watch it from 3rd grade...nt fadedrose Jan 2013 #54
View porn currently or ever saw it? june starling Jan 2013 #56
There's a DU porn group? Did you say? RKP5637 Jan 2013 #58
I dare you to suggest it. I TRIPLE DOG DARE YOU. KittyWampus Jan 2013 #75
Starting a group tomorrow. NYC_SKP Jan 2013 #78
Me!!! Me!!! RKP5637 Jan 2013 #104
LOL I've always wondered what DU people look like! RKP5637 Jan 2013 #97
Y'all couldnt handle it. Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #166
... RKP5637 Jan 2013 #181
Why are they being called scientists? Coyotl Jan 2013 #70
+1 HiPointDem Jan 2013 #77
bs study. interviewed 20 men? what? HiPointDem Jan 2013 #76
Yes, 20 men...that's called a Bachelor Party. Atman Jan 2013 #82
Told my wife that I have never partaken of hard core pornography, but acknowledged indepat Jan 2013 #79
On behalf of all men, the rest of you are welcome for the internets. bluedigger Jan 2013 #80
Rick Santorum never did. alfredo Jan 2013 #81
Rick Santorum IS pornography SmileyRose Jan 2013 #263
Yes! alfredo Jan 2013 #264
Uh....no. "Male Canadian University Students" = "n," not "All Men." WinkyDink Jan 2013 #86
If you have never watched porn... SouthernDonkey Jan 2013 #87
I think that is bullshit. nt Raine Jan 2013 #89
20 college students is the sample? Deep13 Jan 2013 #90
and in other news, The Sky Is Blue and Fish Swim.. BadGimp Jan 2013 #94
We used to watch porn in college... bobclark86 Jan 2013 #95
The wife and I both enjoy porn big deal! stultusporcos Jan 2013 #96
Yep, well said!!! n/t RKP5637 Jan 2013 #106
What about Greased-Hamster porn? Ken Burch Jan 2013 #98
Thats so 80s Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #228
The tough part was training the hamster to drive the Vespa, from what I've heard. Ken Burch Jan 2013 #270
*** Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #271
I thought at first this was a gag, since the prof's name is French for "the kids" but dimbear Jan 2013 #102
I read Playboy but only for the articles. edbermac Jan 2013 #107
duh.... crazyjoe Jan 2013 #108
~Seven Billion... deathrind Jan 2013 #110
"Watching porn" implies video Courtesy Flush Jan 2013 #112
"All" is not a very scientific word. Socal31 Jan 2013 #113
How many women watched porn? B Calm Jan 2013 #114
Every woman I've ever dated has loved porn. Codeine Jan 2013 #148
BLASPHEMY!!!! Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #175
They are counting whoever saw any of it at all, ever treestar Jan 2013 #121
This thread is porn Orrex Jan 2013 #127
Was this study done by the Water Is Indeed Wet Society? Arkana Jan 2013 #131
So what? HappyMe Jan 2013 #132
So I must be an exception. Kablooie Jan 2013 #136
Does that include all those torture Guy Whitey Corngood Jan 2013 #144
I think Downton Abbey produces an unauthorized addictive endocrine brain rush in my wife. Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #173
I work at a residence with men and women between ages 20-26 WhaTHellsgoingonhere Jan 2013 #146
I have watched 0 porn Incitatus Jan 2013 #152
That is a PERNICIOUS LIE! I found one. Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #154
OK. Small asterisk on this one. He HEARS phone sex. johnlucas Jan 2013 #158
Duh! Next study: All humans breathe air. johnlucas Jan 2013 #155
Because I'm a man objectifying people is in my genes! MAH GENES! nt cecilfirefox Jan 2013 #156
No, sex is bad, and getting turned on by looking at naked humans is the HEIGHT OF OPPRESSION! Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #172
Saying that really violent, degrading porn Tsiyu Jan 2013 #185
Consenting adults, that's the reasonable yardstick. Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #187
I don't see any desperate attempts to shame anybody Tsiyu Jan 2013 #191
It's typical defensiveness. redqueen Jan 2013 #194
Yeppers Tsiyu Jan 2013 #198
Who said "all porn is wholesome"? Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #203
Why so defensive? Tsiyu Jan 2013 #211
And again, straw argument. Where was it said that the shit from steubenville was "acceptable porn"? Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #223
You can't ignore some things Tsiyu Jan 2013 #233
Thats pretty long for a total non-answer. Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #235
The poster upthread is asserting that being turned on by looking at naked people = "objectification" Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #202
My elderly neighbor doesn't warrior1 Jan 2013 #159
How do you know? Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #189
He's 93 warrior1 Jan 2013 #192
I could tell you some stories about some 93 yr. old relatives of mine. Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #201
SMUT DreamGypsy Jan 2013 #161
"Porn" is for twisted lowlife deviants and teens learning to touch themselves for the first time... Blue_Tires Jan 2013 #183
THIS IS A SLIPPERY SLOPE WE'RE ON Capt. Obvious Jan 2013 #196
Close.. but the actual slope is redqueen Jan 2013 #199
Ah, it finally comes out Capt. Obvious Jan 2013 #200
*** Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #206
I'm sorry, what part of this thread was about condom regulations in porn? Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #204
Pssst...got a little secret for ya. Women look at porn too. Taverner Jan 2013 #197
NO THEY DONT Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #205
PORN THREEEEEAAAADDD!!!! Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #207
... LadyHawkAZ Jan 2013 #210
Man, I gotta get me some study money! Iggo Jan 2013 #212
"All men watched porn at some point" would be a better title. MrSlayer Jan 2013 #230
Some people do both. Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #232
I know. MrSlayer Jan 2013 #234
I enjoy looking at pictures of beautiful, naked women. I do! There, I said it. Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #239
Oh Noes! Phlem Jan 2013 #261
I hear tell there is some serious porn related erectile dysfunction waiting like a, um, limp tiger Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #262
Cosmo worked for me when I was young n/t krispos42 Jan 2013 #238
Sears bra ads in the sunday paper. Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #240
*** Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #241
Which is why anything with a phallic symbol is marketable, I'm betting... MrMickeysMom Jan 2013 #243
There are not a lot of good options, for dudes going bald. Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #244
... MrMickeysMom Jan 2013 #246
So in all of Montreal there is not one blind man? Glassunion Jan 2013 #245
They've cured Phlem Jan 2013 #248
Messed up study. Phlem Jan 2013 #251
I would tend to doubt that whoever was responsible for the "research" put forth a hypothesis Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #257
Your probably right Phlem Jan 2013 #258
I think the idea is that at very small scales, spacetime itself is foamy. Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #259
That's what I was wondering. Phlem Jan 2013 #260
I find that stuff fascinating, too. Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #265
Awesome Phlem Jan 2013 #266
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