Seeing pornography is not inherently harmful to men or females. However I would use some caveats. There are individuals who most likely should not see pornography, like those with poor body image or those who have actually been sexually preyed on. Depending on your option in viewing, you can establish unrealistic expectations about sex or what individuals like or how you'll be anticipated to "perform." And watching with someone requires real approval.
When none of these warnings are up, pornography can certainly have benefits. Counselors sometimes recommend it to assist people end up being comfy with a particular dream they or their partner may have. Pornography can reboot a couple's sex life. It can give you concepts, or help you connect with what turns you on.
Pornography can reboot a couple's sex life. It can give you concepts, or help you contact what turns you on. Porn can provide you there at best, or disgust you at worst. It all depends upon what you select to view. With the availability of pornography online, it's possible to sample enough pornography quickly that you do not have to find yourself seeing wall-to-wall hard-core sex if it's plot driven erotica that attract you. You're just a victim of bad porn if you let yourself be.
And a word about sex or pornography addiction. I do not believe in it. Unlike a chemical compound, like opiates, you can't become "addicted" to sex or porn; you can become a compulsive audience. In this case, it's not the porn that's the issue; it's the compulsive character. If it weren't porn being utilized to act out one's compulsive nature, it might be food or some other behavior.
When it comes to whether it's hazardous or beneficial porn to the performers, let's take women first. There are some who pick to carry out because they like sex a lot and they consider it an excellent way to earn money. Then there are those who are drawn to porn as a way of acting out subconscious mental issues-- trying to find daddy's love or punishment for being a bad girl. For lots of, it's most likely a little of each. Even women with the very best mental health will face some disadvantages from this work. Our culture consumes pornography at record numbers, but the females who perform are still evaluated harshly.
I'm unsure the male entertainers get out completely untouched either. While they might not be judged as roughly as the women, eventually they're viewed as freaks who make their living with their anatomy. John Holmes's fate is the ultimate cautionary tale.
Possibly if we weren't still so consumed with guilt and embarassment about sex, neither viewing nor carrying out in these films would bring the weight it does. But then, perhaps we would not be so thinking about them, either. If the fruit were not forbidden, would anyone care to take a bite?