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To think that all men watch porn even when in a sexually gratifying relationship ?

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pedestalpony · 16/03/2021 20:39

Possibly done to death but do they or at least the majority and if so are you ok with it ?
No real back story but have reason to believe that my bf does now and again ... mainly through presumption of women he follows on Facebook ... first six pictures etc.
I know he also games with many men and women throughout the world through that platform so he has many' friends' from that..
He doesn't like or comment on the women's posts but they show up now and again on the six profile pics of his friends on Facebook .
Am I being a prude/ presumptuous / overthinking .

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pedestalpony · 16/03/2021 22:22

Thamos@Rewis

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pedestalpony · 16/03/2021 22:22

Thanks @Rewis

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Motherofdachshunds · 16/03/2021 22:23

To claim that ALL men watch porn and are lying to their partners if they say they don’t is pretty narrow minded. Plenty of men out there that have low libidos / are asexual / don’t for religious reasons / or just simply don’t like it. Just because they don’t fall into the group of men these posters have come across doesn’t mean they don’t exist...

Rewis · 16/03/2021 22:24

How do you feel about it? Just because someone feels uncomfortable does not mean you have to. Or if someone else is totally cool with it, you don't have to be. Have you ever discussed your boundaries regarding to this?

Ijustknowitstimetogo · 16/03/2021 22:26

@Stellaris22

How can you both WFH and not have a computer?
Oh good spot.
noblegreenk · 16/03/2021 22:28

The number of people on here who think that their partners don't watch porn is hilarious! I agree that not all men watch porn, but that number is minimal. Talk about deluded.

greendress789 · 16/03/2021 22:30

@VestaTilley

No, they don’t. My DH doesn’t because he thinks it’s vile and misogynistic.

I would not stay with a man who looked at any kind of pornography. It’s incredibly damaging to women and children and I don’t know why it’s legal.

Having concerns about pornography does not make you a prude - you’re allowed to object to abuse and exploitation of women. That is what pornography is.

Mine doesn't either for the same reasons stated 🙌
GoLightlyontheEarth · 16/03/2021 22:30

Mine doesn’t. I have access to all his screens freely. He is just not interested.

ZednotZee · 16/03/2021 22:33

Most men aged under forty knock one out daily unless they are having daily sex.
Most men use porn as an aid to wanking.
Make of that what you will.

Pancake4life · 16/03/2021 22:35

there's plenty of porn that doesn't involve women ..

pedestalpony · 16/03/2021 22:35

@Rewis . I like watching porn now and again and I've told him I'd like us to watch it t together sometime . For some
Reason I really don't
Mind but I mind that I don't mind iykwim. It feels like I should care . I know that this woman and many other women in the industry are anonymous and get off on men enjoying looking at their bodies . I believe them to be innocuous mostly . I'll never have that booty or boobs . I'll never get plastic surgery to enhance myself . I don't
Compare because there is no like for like .I don't care who does . It's their prerogative and I get why men enjoy that . It's fantasy .
I am not offended . I understand fantasy but feel weird that I don't really give a shit . I'm probably trying to understand why . Thanks

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Bouny · 16/03/2021 22:36

No. Mine doesn’t. I’m certain. I’ve never watched porn either.

Nellie850 · 16/03/2021 22:38

How would it be perfectly obvious unless it was literally left on the screen? If I’m buying a birthday gift or anything like that I always use private browsing so that ads don’t come up on shared computers. Private browsing can be used in other ways as well...

Nellie850 · 16/03/2021 22:40

Can’t delete my above post. Was replying to @SarahAndQuack saying it would be obvious if partner was using porn as they use each other’s phones/computers

mollypuss1 · 16/03/2021 22:41

[quote pedestalpony]@Rewis . I like watching porn now and again and I've told him I'd like us to watch it t together sometime . For some
Reason I really don't
Mind but I mind that I don't mind iykwim. It feels like I should care . I know that this woman and many other women in the industry are anonymous and get off on men enjoying looking at their bodies . I believe them to be innocuous mostly . I'll never have that booty or boobs . I'll never get plastic surgery to enhance myself . I don't
Compare because there is no like for like .I don't care who does . It's their prerogative and I get why men enjoy that . It's fantasy .
I am not offended . I understand fantasy but feel weird that I don't really give a shit . I'm probably trying to understand why . Thanks [/quote]
You keep making some very sweeping derogatory/offensive statements about this woman who you have previously stated you knew nothing about apart from her attire.

Do you actually know her? Do you know she is in the porn industry? Do you know she gets off on people looking at her body?

The way you speak about her is, quite frankly, appalling.

RufustheSniggeringReindeer · 16/03/2021 22:47

I could get an argument that virtually all men in the UK have likely seen pornography, but it would be unreasonable to say all continue to watch it throughout the rest of their lives. Not everyone gets their jollies in the same way

I think this is true, i know dh has watched it in his youth but hasn’t in years

RufustheSniggeringReindeer · 16/03/2021 22:51

Oh good spot

Its not a good spot

The poster said that they dont have a home computer, which suggests they have work ones

roomtomove · 16/03/2021 22:52

How did you jump from your bf having a potentially porn star FB to all men watch porn? Do you find it hard to accept your bf has this person as a friend? Makes you sound insecure. In your op you said there wasn't really a backstory but nothing could be further from the truth.

areyoumeop · 16/03/2021 22:59

i watch far more porn than DP, don't see it as an issue at all, and previously been to see Chippendales and the like , read and watched 50 Shades. Also pretty sure that when people say their partners dont watch porn they are telling the truth and it is wrong of some posters to say they are deluded. Some people just like men bashing

thepeopleversuswork · 16/03/2021 23:02

I strongly suspect:

All men have watched porn
A reasonable sized minority watch a lot
A majority watch a bit
A minority understand why its morally repugnant and do their best to stay off it but very occasionally lapse.

In short, I think almost no men watch absolutely no porn.

PurpleTrilby · 16/03/2021 23:04

My partner has watched porn about 3 times in the 20 years we've been together. I know this for sure. He was drunk and depressed at the time.

Spudbyanyothername · 16/03/2021 23:07

I’d say all men have seen some porn in their life. I wouldn’t say they all regularly use porn. My DH has seen some porn during our marriage but doesn’t regularly look at it, not for years as far as I am aware (and I’m not being naive).

Drunkenmonkey · 16/03/2021 23:09

I was one of those people who thought my DH never watched porn. A few years ago I would have been one of those saying 'he just isn't interested, he hates it it's degrading blah blah'
Turns out he had a porn addiction. Men watch porn and men lie about it. Oh and they delete history! If your partner knows that you disapprove of porn you can bet your life they won't admit they are watching it.

Grenred · 16/03/2021 23:14

I could get an argument that virtually all men in the UK have likely seen pornography, but it would be unreasonable to say all continue to watch it throughout the rest of their lives.
^this. It describes DH he's seen porn before in the past but doesn't watch it and doubt he ever will in the future.

JustDespair · 16/03/2021 23:14

[quote Pancake4life]@Clymene.. c'mon.. you don't buy that line for real[/quote]
Really fighting to make people doubt their partners tonight. One can only wonder why.

No, not all men. I would say most though.

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