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Men who don't watch porn

999 replies

FBworry · 10/12/2012 19:40

I do not believe all men watch porn.

However I wonder why they dont with it now being the "norm"?

Was there never any interest in the first place? Has it lost its shine? Is it a for feminist reasons?

Or is it more of a case of resisting temptation? As in they do want to watch but guilt and/or morals stop them? Fear of being caught?

We live in a time when we are constantly fed the message all men watch porn so nobody ever discusses those that don't watch it.

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FBworry · 13/12/2012 19:37

I really dont think thats true Andula. For a start you said

"Offred, I don't assume superiority, you're forcing it upon me ". I know you will say "oh, its a joke", but there is an air of superiority in many of your posts.

You didnt answer why you need to justify.

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Andula · 13/12/2012 19:43

it's amazing if you can't see the sarcasm in that post.

I don't need to justify anything, what makes you think I do? and what makes you keep talking to me?

AnyFuckerForAMincePie · 13/12/2012 19:58

soon be over, folks

FBworry · 13/12/2012 20:08

Your attitude is like it through out.

I want to know why you are so persistant.

Why do I keep talking to you? Well Andula this is the thread that I started so I think its reasonable I might talk to people who choose to respond to my own thread. Otherwise I wouldnt have started the thread just to ignore everyone.

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BlameItOnTheChoirOfAngels · 13/12/2012 20:19

Oh, this is getting dull now. I didn't actually mean that, but why let a little thing like that get in the way, eh?

Did you know that 87.3% of statistics are made up?

BlameItOnTheChoirOfAngels · 13/12/2012 20:22

And tbh, its pretty hard to tell what's sarcasm and what isn't. Esp since you keep moving the goalposts.

You have no argunment.

You persist in being rude and dismissive.

You refuse to answer questions.

Why are you even on the thread?

Ds's concert was lovely, I was so proud of him!

BlameItOnTheChoirOfAngels · 13/12/2012 20:25

Although, it is amusing that you are allowed to pass comment on others' sex lives, but I'm not.

God bless hypocrisy, without it you wouldn't have anything to say!

BelaLugosisShed · 13/12/2012 20:28

Lets help this dying nag along to the inevitable shall we?
My shotgun's at the ready.

SolidGoldFrankensteinandmurgh · 13/12/2012 20:29

I have repeatedly said that I don't believe all men watch porn. And that those who don't have a variety of reasons for not doing so which might include low libido/asexuality along with: religious objections, preferring partner sex to anything else, or in a relationship with someone who objects to porn. In the last category, some men might feel resentful and, at some point, either end the relationship or start looking at porn in secret. Other men might make the decision that they are not keen enough on porn to go against their partner's wishes.
Insisting that all men watch porn is like insisting that all men watch football. Some do, some don't. Because men are no more one singleminded mass than women are.

I defend porn and the sex industry because I have been involved in the industry for more than 20 years. It has its faults, as do many other industries. During my working life I have done my best to make my work ethical and encourage others to do the same. People don't 'need' sexually explicit entertainment in the way that we need food, shelter, oxygen etc; we 'need' it in the way that people (collectively and variously) need various types of art, poetry, music, fiction, sport etc. I consider a lot of the anti-porn mindsets to be anti-women and anti-women's freedom.

FBworry · 13/12/2012 20:37

So getting back to my original question the reasons men might not watch porn according to variety of answers on this thread are;

Never any interest, simply not on radar
Moral and ethical reasons
Finding complete fulfilment with partner
Religious grounds
Out of respect for partner
Found porn had adversely effected them in the past
Low sex drive/ asexual
Finding pornographic did not result in arousal

Need emotional connections

What did I miss?

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BlameItOnTheChoirOfAngels · 13/12/2012 20:40

Sgb, I may not wholly agree with you, but on the whole you have been pretty respectful. My primary objection to porn has been discussed at length, I also have personal reasons for not watching and I am lucky that dh not only respects how I feel about this, but he also feels the same way. We are pretty well matched, sexually, and that is good. I don't think I could have married someone who used porn regularly.

Bela, not long to go.

AnyFuckerForAMincePie · 13/12/2012 21:05

spunks another post on this fucking awful thread

AnyFuckerForAMincePie · 13/12/2012 21:05

and another

AnyFuckerForAMincePie · 13/12/2012 21:06

...

I haven't done my xmas cards yet.

BlameItOnTheChoirOfAngels · 13/12/2012 21:07

I have

BlameItOnTheChoirOfAngels · 13/12/2012 21:08

And all presents are wrapped

ObscuredByClouds · 13/12/2012 21:08

What happens when it gets to 1000 posts?

BlameItOnTheChoirOfAngels · 13/12/2012 21:09

And split them into parts of the family

BlameItOnTheChoirOfAngels · 13/12/2012 21:10

Obscured, it ends the thread so you can't post on it.

AnyFuckerForAMincePie · 13/12/2012 21:10

Them smug Xmas'ers get on my last nerve Grin

BlameItOnTheChoirOfAngels · 13/12/2012 21:10

I have made xmas puds today, they are cooking now and smell lush.

AnyFuckerForAMincePie · 13/12/2012 21:11

BlameIt, I used to like you Xmas Angry

BlameItOnTheChoirOfAngels · 13/12/2012 21:12

Af, but I'm lovable!

BlameItOnTheChoirOfAngels · 13/12/2012 21:13

I haven't marzipanned and iced my cakes yet doing them tomorrow, all bloody 5 of them

AnyFuckerForAMincePie · 13/12/2012 21:14

gah

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