The consumption of pornographic films is constantly increasing, but do these kinds of films influence our sex life? Zoom on the influence of porn movies on our sexuality.
The vast majority of young people today have watched a pornographic film before or from the age of 13. It is therefore often in front of their computer screen that they learn about sexuality.
Pornography is obviously not without consequences, as young people tend to reproduce what they have seen. But in addition to reproducing the patterns of porn movies, adolescents also tend to imitate the image that the actors of these films return. This is how integral hair removal has become common practice among young girls, for example. This « porn aesthetic » is tending to become a norm, as are certain sexual practices.
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Pornography, a genitalist universe
Images of bestiality, sexual violence and sadomasochistic practices flood the web. The danger for young people is that by immersing themselves in this genitalist universe, they often come to think that everything is possible and acceptable. This is why it is important to help young people to clarify their personal values in matters of sexuality, in order to guide them towards the choices that are similar to them. Pornography almost always refers to explicit sexual activities that are degrading and dehumanizing for women. It presents sexuality in an exclusively genital form, without taking into account the whole body or the whole person. Intimacy, love and respect are completely absent.
In short, the messages conveyed by a large majority of porn films are not representative of reality and transmit a false image of sexuality; that of a sexuality without embarrassment, without taboos and without blocking. In fact, pornography often boils down to one: « crude representation of the genitals, stereotypical repetition of sexual acts, imbalance in the power relations between the actors which results in varying degrees of hostility. » (Crooks & Baur, 2003)
While it should represent pleasure, love, sharing and sensuality, pornography represents aspects of performance and male conquest and female submission. The majority of porn movies share the same scenario: a woman (s) impatient to satisfy all the desires of men who use them as sex objects …
The consequences of pornography on young people
The consequences are as follows:
Young ladies :
-Have the impression of not being up to the task
-Feel like they can’t ask for what they want
-Have obsessive concerns about their body
-May think they have to offer what’s in porn movies to keep their partner
-Wondering how to get boys’ attention and keep it
-Are emotional dependents
Young boys:
-Feel like they don’t know how to behave around girls
-Don’t feel up to it
-Think they should be as much fun and excitement in girls as they are in porn movies
– Are unsettled by girls and feel inferior
-Can adhere to the stereotypical view of male sexuality (frequency of sexual relations, number of partners, etc.)
-Wondering about sex and feeling worried
-May believe their sexual desires are out of hand and that it is their responsibility to suggest sex
-Become “addicted” to pornography and end up not wanting to have so-called “normal” sex
Pornography therefore has many consequences for the way in which young people approach sexuality. Teens think they have to do everything, try everything, to be sex pros. Sexual relations are more and more precocious, the behavior of pornographic films is gradually becoming the norm and young people are more and more anxious. We are also seeing an increase in deviant and compulsive behaviors, and new addictions, such as cyber addiction.
In order to help young people acquire a healthy and responsible sexuality, it is therefore necessary to distinguish between fiction and reality, to question the accessibility of these pornographic images which are widely distributed on the sites. videos online or via sextoys shops offering DVD X in their catalog, and to get them to question what they are exposed to.
