Reply #245: This is a subject I usually try to avoid. But....

[Kitty Herder]

I'm going to say this. And this is just my personal opinion, based on my feelings and experiences. I'm not saying it's universal. Porn, all porn, makes me feel degraded and hated. It makes me feel exactly like I've been spat upon. It's a dead turn-off. Obviously, I can't speak for all women. Many like it. I don't understand that, but to each their own.

If I find that a man is really into porn, he immediately becomes unattractive to me. In the past, I have gotten involved with avid porn consumers, because they seemed like nice men in other ways, and I came to regret it. They were disrespectful to me once we got involved and they no longer felt the need to impress me. They were terrible in bed, very selfish. I assume their lousy bedroom skills could be attributed to thinking women actually enjoy being treated as nothing but receptacles for sperm, a near universal theme in porn.

Obviously, not all men who watch too much porn are assholes. But my experience has conditioned me to respond negatively to them. I'm sure I'm not the only woman who avoids avid porn watchers.