Another SURVEY by Monkeytrousers - Have you ever watched porn? What was your experience?

[monkeytrousers]

Will you be my control group once more? I'm not skiving, honest, this is for my dissertation. It's just to get an idea about peoples personal attitudes to pornography in and outside the home.

There are 26 questions - I know it's a lot but if you can be bothered please I'd really appreciate it. Due to the sensitive nature of the questions and because I'd really like to you be honest without fear of judgement feel free to change your name or cut and paste the questions it into a word document, answer the questions and send them to [email protected]

1 Are you male or female?

2 Homosexual or heterosexual?

3 Have you ever looked at/watched hard core pornography?

4 Do you generally watch it alone, with a sexual partner, a friend, other? Please state other.

5 Who initiated the idea of watching pornography?

6 Did you watch it out of curiosity or to become aroused?

7 Did you become aroused?

8 Did you then act on that arousal?

9 With a partner or alone?

10 If you were not aroused, how did it make you feel?

11 Did you pretend to be aroused?

12 If yes you were aroused, did you also feel any conflicting negative emotions? For example, even though you were aroused were you completely comfortable with the content of the images and your response to them?

13 If you felt conflicting emotions did you also feel confident enough to express these?

14 Did you feel yourself identifying with anyone in the pornography?

15 Did you feel yourself sexually objectifying anyone in the pornography, male or female?

16 Did you feel judged by the standards of the actors in the way you looked and the way you responded?

17 Did the pornography contain any violence? (if a participant seemed to be experiencing distress or pain please include this)

18 Have you felt inclined to try things that are known to be generally painful after you or your partner have seen it in pornography?

19 Did pornography improve you sex life in the short term?

20 Did it improve your sex life in the long them?

21 Did it improve your emotional relationship in the short term?

22 And in the long term?

23 Do you still use pornography as a relationship aid?

24 Would you describe yourself as:

A a feminist?
B someone who believes in equality of the sexes but doesn’t call themselves a feminist?
C a nonfeminists?

25 Do you believe it is only fair that women should enjoy the pleasures of pornography just as men do?

26 Do you believe that sexualised images of women in society are harmless or harmful?

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1Female
2Heterosexual
3Yes
4With partner
5Male initiated
6For me - entertainment & curiousity
7No
8NA
9NA
10 Amused, entertained, biologically educated!
11 No
12 NA
13 Was able to say that it didn't turn me on
14 No
15 No
16 No
17 No
18 No
19 No
20 NO
21 No
22 No
23 Still watch it, but have never seen it as a relationship aid
24 - B
25 Yes
26 Very much depends on the image - too general a question to answer with a yes or no
Hope that helps!

Namechanged only cos I think MIL might read this!

1 Are you male or female? F

2 Homosexual or heterosexual? Heter

3 Have you ever looked at/watched hard core pornography? once or twice in the past (as a student so more than 10 yrs ago!)

4 Do you generally watch it alone, with a sexual partner, a friend, other? Please state other. Was with friends and boyf

5 Who initiated the idea of watching pornography? boyf and his mates!

6 Did you watch it out of curiosity or to become aroused? Both I suppose

7 Did you become aroused? Yes

8 Did you then act on that arousal? Oh yes

9 With a partner or alone? With boyf

10 If you were not aroused, how did it make you feel? -

11 Did you pretend to be aroused? Didn't have to

12 If yes you were aroused, did you also feel any conflicting negative emotions? For example, even though you were aroused were you completely comfortable with the content of the images and your response to them? Didn't feel any conflict

13 If you felt conflicting emotions did you also feel confident enough to express these? -

14 Did you feel yourself identifying with anyone in the pornography? No

15 Did you feel yourself sexually objectifying anyone in the pornography, male or female? No

16 Did you feel judged by the standards of the actors in the way you looked and the way you responded? No

17 Did the pornography contain any violence? (if a participant seemed to be experiencing distress or pain please include this) No

18 Have you felt inclined to try things that are known to be generally painful after you or your partner have seen it in pornography? No

19 Did pornography improve you sex life in the short term? Yes

20 Did it improve your sex life in the long them? Prob not

21 Did it improve your emotional relationship in the short term? Had no effect

22 And in the long term? Had no effect

23 Do you still use pornography as a relationship aid? No

24 Would you describe yourself as:

A a feminist?
B someone who believes in equality of the sexes but doesn’t call themselves a feminist?
C a nonfeminists?

B I think

25 Do you believe it is only fair that women should enjoy the pleasures of pornography just as men do? Yes

26 Do you believe that sexualised images of women in society are harmless or harmful? I think they can be especially to vulnerable young women

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no to all of them,god im boring.

Ugh, no.

1 Are you male or female? Female
2 Homosexual or heterosexual? Homo
3 Have you ever looked at/watched hard core pornography? Yes
4 Do you generally watch it alone, with a sexual partner, a friend, other? partner
5 Who initiated the idea of watching pornography? Both
6 Did you watch it out of curiosity or to become aroused? BOth
7 Did you become aroused? Yes
8 Did you then act on that arousal? Yes
9 With a partner or alone? Partner
10 If you were not aroused, how did it make you feel?
11 Did you pretend to be aroused?
12 If yes you were aroused, did you also feel any conflicting negative emotions? For example, even though you were aroused were you completely comfortable with the content of the images and your response to them? Yes, only watch what I am comfortable with, if not we discuss and don't watch again
13 If you felt conflicting emotions did you also feel confident enough to express these? Always
14 Did you feel yourself identifying with anyone in the pornography? No
15 Did you feel yourself sexually objectifying anyone in the pornography, male or female?
NO
16 Did you feel judged by the standards of the actors in the way you looked and the way you responded? NO

17 Did the pornography contain any violence? (if a participant seemed to be experiencing distress or pain please include this) No
18 Have you felt inclined to try things that are known to be generally painful after you or your partner have seen it in pornography? Yes occasiobally, but if I didn't like it we did not do it again, or if I said stop, we always have

19 Did pornography improve you sex life in the short term? no

20 Did it improve your sex life in the long them? no

21 Did it improve your emotional relationship in the short term? no

22 And in the long term? no

23 Do you still use pornography as a relationship aid? yes

24 Would you describe yourself as:

A a feminist?
B someone who believes in equality of the sexes but doesn’t call themselves a feminist?
C a nonfeminists?
B

25 Do you believe it is only fair that women should enjoy the pleasures of pornography just as men do? yes

26 Do you believe that sexualised images of women in society are harmless or harmful. harmless as long as both people are happy in the making of the film

Not homo, I am hetero,. sorry

Big fat no from me as well. I'm a right prude

1 Are you male or female?
female

2 Homosexual or heterosexual?
hetro
3 Have you ever looked at/watched hard core pornography?
yes

4 Do you generally watch it alone, with a sexual partner, a friend, other? Please state other.
hubby
5 Who initiated the idea of watching pornography?
erm - me i think
6 Did you watch it out of curiosity or to become aroused?
both
7 Did you become aroused?
yes
8 Did you then act on that arousal?
yes
9 With a partner or alone?
dh
10 If you were not aroused, how did it make you feel?

11 Did you pretend to be aroused?
no
12 If yes you were aroused, did you also feel any conflicting negative emotions? For example, even though you were aroused were you completely comfortable with the content of the images and your response to them?
yes
13 If you felt conflicting emotions did you also feel confident enough to express these?

i fell uncomforable with certain sexual scenes - i refuse to watch these.

14 Did you feel yourself identifying with anyone in the pornography?
no

15 Did you feel yourself sexually objectifying anyone in the pornography, male or female?
no

16 Did you feel judged by the standards of the actors in the way you looked and the way you responded?

no

17 Did the pornography contain any violence? (if a participant seemed to be experiencing distress or pain please include this)

no

18 Have you felt inclined to try things that are known to be generally painful after you or your partner have seen it in pornography?
no

19 Did pornography improve you sex life in the short term?

it is an arousal technique we use with others from time to time

20 Did it improve your sex life in the long them?
as before

21 Did it improve your emotional relationship in the short term?

made no difference

22 And in the long term?
made no differenfce

23 Do you still use pornography as a relationship aid?

i never did use it as a relationship aid. but i have used it

24 Would you describe yourself as:

A a feminist?
B someone who believes in equality of the sexes but doesn’t call themselves a feminist?
C a nonfeminists?

i believe in equality for all - i do not segregate equality using Male or female - as i would not black or white, etc.

25 Do you believe it is only fair that women should enjoy the pleasures of pornography just as men do?

if they so wish - they can

26 Do you believe that sexualised images of women in society are harmless or harmful?

that would depend on the image and context.

1 Are you male or female?

2 Homosexual or heterosexual? hetero

3 Have you ever looked at/watched hard core pornography? yes

4 Do you generally watch it alone, with a sexual partner, a friend, other? Please state other. group of friends

5 Who initiated the idea of watching pornography? person holding party

6 Did you watch it out of curiosity or to become aroused? curiosity

7 Did you become aroused? nope

8 Did you then act on that arousal? nope

9 With a partner or alone? see above

10 If you were not aroused, how did it make you feel? It was hilarius but that may have been the particular film; not exactly a seasoned viewer to put it mildly!

11 Did you pretend to be aroused? Nope

12 If yes you were aroused, did you also feel any conflicting negative emotions? For example, even though you were aroused were you completely comfortable with the content of the images and your response to them?

13 If you felt conflicting emotions did you also feel confident enough to express these?

14 Did you feel yourself identifying with anyone in the pornography? Nope

15 Did you feel yourself sexually objectifying anyone in the pornography, male or female? Nope

16 Did you feel judged by the standards of the actors in the way you looked and the way you responded? Never even occurred to me. Should it have done?

17 Did the pornography contain any violence? (if a participant seemed to be experiencing distress or pain please include this) No violence, I'd have removed myself had there been

18 Have you felt inclined to try things that are known to be generally painful after you or your partner have seen it in pornography? no

19 Did pornography improve you sex life in the short term? No

20 Did it improve your sex life in the long them? No

21 Did it improve your emotional relationship in the short term?

22 And in the long term?

23 Do you still use pornography as a relationship aid?

24 Would you describe yourself as:

A a feminist?
B someone who believes in equality of the sexes but doesn’t call themselves a feminist? Yes
C a nonfeminists?

25 Do you believe it is only fair that women should enjoy the pleasures of pornography just as men do? if they want, within boundaries (no violence, kids, etc)

26 Do you believe that sexualised images of women in society are harmless or harmful? I don't have an issue within pornography as a specific market, but when it starts to filter into the mainstream- advertising etc- then yes

Is it pornography or does an erotic movie ener in a different category

Thanks for bumping Expat

Thankd everyone keep them coming!

velcrobott. erotica is simulated sex, pornography unsimulated. It's a good question though, but we all see so much erotica these days I'd never be able to sort it. That'll be a different study..in a few days knowing me

1. F
2. Hetero
3. NO

4 - 23. N/A b/c of answer to question No. 3 24. feminist 25. No. I don't find porn anything other than exploitation. 26. Harmful. Very, very harmful.

What is meant by 'hardcore' pornography anyway?

I have never chosen to see any form of porn although I obviously have come across it in one form or other

1.Female
2.Hetero
3.Yes
4.Dh
5.Both
6.Both
7.Yes
8.Yes??
9.Both
10.Horny??
11.No
12.Sometimes
13.Yes
14.No
15.No-but porn in and of itself does objectify
16.No
17.No
18.No
19.No
20.not used to improve sex life
21.n/a
22.n/a
23.No-only used for arousal purposes amongst other things!!
24.a/b depends how I'm feeling
25.Yes-but I do believe the world could do without it!
26.Harmful-but dependant on context

uh, only once with mates, as a teenager when someone's parents were away, for curiosity's sake - I'd feel ridiculous using it as a "relationship aid". Even in one film it got kinda samey after a while...

How do you know it's unsimulated ? I mean I thought I'd seen erotic movies but I did see his penis in her vagina... is that porn ? And what is hardcore?
Gosh I sound so naive LOL

1. F
2. A bit of both, but mainly Hetero, I suppose
3. Yes
4. Alone & with partner
5. Don't remember
6. Curiosity, originally.
7. Yes
8. Yes
9. Depends on who I was/wasn't with at the time.

10. N/A 11. N/A 12. Generally, yes. 13. N/A 14. No 15. Not consciously, but I guess they were just a set of attractive naked bodies. I wasn't particularly concerned with their backgrounds or personalities, so maybe I was 'sexually objectifying' the folk in the film. 16. No 17. Not really 18. Mild things, yes. 19. Not really, I suppose it enhanced it a little. 20. I learned a few tricks 21. It made no difference 22. As above 24. B 25. Yes, of course, if they like it. 26. It depends on the image and the context.

isn't it technically illegal if you see erect penises/actual penetration etc? I thought that was where the hardcore/soft porn boundary was.

in "erotic movies" from Blockbuster etc you don't see much actually going on iyswim.

OMG, sorry MT - I've killed your porn thread

LOL CM - It's tricky as I'm not sure what the law on censorship states at the mo except its guided by the tenet of "what a reasonable person will find offensive" not what a reasonable woman would - the spectre of cultural feminism and gender as a cultural construct spreads wide and to our ultimate disempowerment.

I don't think its illegal to see hardons in porn - although as I type I am uncertain. If it is illegal, there are vast amounts of illegal porn movies about!

Monkeytrousers - I am interested to know what your degree/MA and dissertation is called???

FWIW I have never watched porn, never would and yes I think it degrades those involved

A friend of mine did a MA about sex - a really bizarre title for his diss. Ian Hislop!!!! from Private Eye and HIGNFY telephoned him for details so they could include a piece on it in Private Eye! OMG