Can Porn Really Kill Your Sex Life?

Can porn kill your sex life? It might if you prefer it to real sex, according to preliminary new research presented at the American Urological Association’s recent annual meeting.

Researchers surveyed 312 men about how often they used porn and their preferred way to get off. They also assessed their erectile function, ability to orgasm, sexual desire, and how satisfied they were with sexual intercourse.

Is Porn a Problem For You?

If you’re in a happy relationship and your partner doesn’t have issues with you watching porn, it doesn’t control your everyday life, and your sex life is going smoothly, it’s highly unlikely that porn will become a problem for you, says Dr. Kohler.

But if porn does start to control your life, your desire to masturbate becomes compulsive, your sex life starts to suffer, and most importantly, you’re truly bothered by it, that may be a signal to lay off the X-rated films, says Dr. Kohler. Talking to your urologist or even a sex therapist can help.

Bottom line: Watching porn is an incredibly personal behavior that affects everyone differently, and more research needs to be done to truly prove that X-rated flicks alone can cause problems for the average guy below the belt.