If you find your partner's passion for adult entertainment upsetting or it interferes with your self-esteem , you might be questioning their loyalty to your relationship and wondering if watching porn counts as cheating. But is it possible to enjoy pornography and still enjoy a healthy relationship? Certified sex coach, sexologist, educator and writer Gigi Engle looks at the pros and cons of pornography and how to make it work for you:. People tend to have very strong feelings about pornography. They really run the gamut from enjoying it, to general distaste, to downright hatred and some people believe it is responsible for the downfall of civilisation. The first important matter to address is that there is nothing inherently wrong with porn.
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Pornography has long been the public scourge of prurient conservatives and liberal feminists alike, while behind closed doors it's been embraced by just about everyone. But lately the debate over porn has become more vocally nuanced, as more and more people call to put porn in context. Instead of banning porn or completely condemning it, these thoughtful critics say, we need to consider the medium's positive and negative qualities. That includes weighing its current role in society — a damaging stand-in for lackluster sexual education , a promoter of sex standards that overlook female pleasure — and its potential for positive influence — helping couples communicate mutual desires , teaching what is and isn't respectful sexual behavior, demonstrating female empowerment.
