Is Watching Adult Content Healthy? This is What the Study Says
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Psychologists are attempting to understand what genuinely leads frequent viewers to spend so much time consuming sexually explicit information and whether is adult content okay?
In one such study published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine, researchers surveyed a adult content site and determined that adult content viewers can be split into three distinct types based on their adult content-viewing habits.
The three categories of adult content watchers were:
- Recreational Watchers
- Extremely disturbed, non-compulsive Watchers
- Compulsive Watchers
71.8 per cent of respondents were females and 28.2 per cent were males; 830 individuals aged 18 to 78 participated in the study. The study asked participants about their adult content viewing habits and reasons for doing so based on a) sexual satisfaction b) sexual dysfunction c) sexual avoidance.
Recreational Watchers
75.5% of users fit the recreational profile, meaning they scored low on all three measures of adult content use. This category consisted primarily of women and persons in relationships. They viewed adult content for an average of 24 minutes per week.
Extremely disturbed non-compulsive Watchers
The second group comprised 12.7% of the total number of participants. They watched adult content for the least amount of time 17 minutes each week and were the most distressed non-compulsive individuals. This indicates that these individuals experienced high degrees of mental anguish due to their adult content viewing habits, but they did not spend a great deal of time watching adult content and were not addicted.
Compulsive Watchers
Contrary to the second type, the third category contained 11.8 per cent of individuals. The greatest amount of time 110 minutes each week, was spent by these individuals. People in this category were compulsive viewers because they spent a significant amount of time viewing explicit content. It is also reported that these individuals exhibit minimal levels of emotional disturbance.
So, is adult content viewing healthy? The Verdict
Well, that depends on the category to which you belong.
The recreational watcher reported greater sexual satisfaction and lower levels of sexual avoidance, sexual dysfunction, and sexual compulsivity. Sexual satisfaction was lower among compulsive watchers, but sexual avoidance and compulsiveness were higher.
Only individuals who see adult content for recreational purposes are healthy viewers. They watch it occasionally to relieve tension, which contributes positively to their general health.
The majority of people who view adult content do it healthily, but those who view it compulsively are addicted to watching adult content!
