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September 15, 2008, 5:53 am PDT

Most People?

Quote From: turkalurk

Yes, masturbation is normal.  Most people masturbate to achieve orgasm.   For men, it is healthy for men to ejaculate a couple times a week.   So, if a man is single, he could either have a couple one night stands with whomever he can manage to get into the sack, or he could just relieve himself.  Girls masturbate too, but they don't seem to have the same health benefits, they seem to do it just for fun.  Mastubation is not the same as porn, although most people use porn to masturbate with.   I take it you must be very young or you've lived a very sheltered life.  Maybe both.

What is this from some survey somewhere?  LOL

 

People masturbate very successfully without the use of porn to do this.  Married couples also masturbate together and actually are fairly turned on by seeing their own partner, not having to use porn in order to achieve success.

 

A lot of women experience a good health benefit from this also.  Sex, orgasm is a great stress releaser, as well as a good source of energizing.

 

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September 15, 2008, 11:00 am PDT

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Quote From: passiton2

What is this from some survey somewhere?  LOL

 

People masturbate very successfully without the use of porn to do this.  Married couples also masturbate together and actually are fairly turned on by seeing their own partner, not having to use porn in order to achieve success.

 

A lot of women experience a good health benefit from this also.  Sex, orgasm is a great stress releaser, as well as a good source of energizing.

What are you talking about?  You again misinterpreted my words.   I said most people use porn to masturbate with as in, most people who use porn, use it to masturbate with.  So ya get it now? 
 
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September 15, 2008, 11:09 am PDT

Split hairs....fact is

Quote From: turkalurk

What are you talking about?  You again misinterpreted my words.   I said most people use porn to masturbate with as in, most people who use porn, use it to masturbate with.  So ya get it now? 

That is what pornography is for Turklurk, it is specifically designed to do this.  There is no misunderstanding of your words.  Think about it turk, when you watch porn, when couples watch porn it IS designed to be the instrument that enables them to get excited, aroused.  Porn is for that purpose.  

 

How many people do you know who pop in the old porn flick for purely entertainment?  Basically none, because it's not entertaining, other than for it's purpose of setting up arousel there is no purpose.

 

That is exactly why I believe the way I do for those who use porn.  They are either to lazy in their own lives to create their own sexual excitement with their partners.  Or they are purely bored stiff with their own sex life...which nine times out of ten is their own fault.

 

 

 

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September 15, 2008, 11:28 am PDT

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Quote From: passiton2

That is what pornography is for Turklurk, it is specifically designed to do this.  There is no misunderstanding of your words.  Think about it turk, when you watch porn, when couples watch porn it IS designed to be the instrument that enables them to get excited, aroused.  Porn is for that purpose.  

 

How many people do you know who pop in the old porn flick for purely entertainment?  Basically none, because it's not entertaining, other than for it's purpose of setting up arousel there is no purpose.

 

That is exactly why I believe the way I do for those who use porn.  They are either to lazy in their own lives to create their own sexual excitement with their partners.  Or they are purely bored stiff with their own sex life...which nine times out of ten is their own fault.

 

 

I know that is what porn is for, that is the QUESTION that was asked.  So, how come you avoided all the other posts directed at you?  I'm still having a hard time buying that you haven't been hurt by porn.  What about all the single people that use porn?  Are you saying its they're fault they are bored with their own lack of a sex life.  That they should be going out and having casual sex instead of masturbating to porn?   So, do you also think that people who use a microwave instead of an oven, or these people just lazy, or are they bored with their own cooking method, which nine times out of ten, is their own fault?
 

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September 15, 2008, 11:29 am PDT

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Quote From: samalie

Very convincing answers... thank you so much!

In fact, I once asked a very close and wise person about it and she said that girls who pretended not to masturbate were just lying... I think that she is right, but anyhow.. many thanks. :)

no problem, i hope you take my advice about research methods.
 
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September 15, 2008, 1:26 pm PDT

It's better then the alternative

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Hi! I hope everyone is doing good. Me, well, my husband stopped doing himself infront of the computer after I tried to talk to him. (im sorry if im using inappropriate words, i don't mean to offend anyone) And now he seem to be back in the habit. And, he's about to be on duty at a whole other country for a year!(my husband is in the military) and he can only visit once after six months; and he seem to be excited that he can keep doing it there and I wouldn't be there with him to say anything. what do u guys think?
I think society should really calm down for a min and realize that not only men look at porn but so do women, rather they are in a relationship or not. But you never ever dare hear that one on television. I think that Dr. Phil should consider putting the shoe on the other foot. I also think that the married man (or woman) could be doing alot worse damage to the relationship then just looking at porn. (ex: abuse, cheating, etc.)
 
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September 15, 2008, 1:38 pm PDT

Calm down!

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Hi everyone, I am new to the board and I just wanted to vent a little to someone who would understand, and this looks like the best place.  Glad to have found it.  I have been married to my husband for over ten years, and we have been "together" for over 12.  We are in our mid thirties, and I have known him my whole life, actually, but like someone said earlier, you never really know a person until you live with them.  I think what is really bothering me the most is the deception.  He never actually lied to me about looking at porn, but then again I never had any reason to be suspicious of that.  Like I said, I knew him my whole life - at least I thought I knew him.   I found it on the computer over a year ago - there were these weird pop-ups that were adult content, and I wasn't really sure where they came from.  I asked him, and he said that they could have come from anywhere or from someone else sending him an email and that came with it unintentionally.  I believed him too.  Once I figured out how to look around on the computer I found all kinds of stuff in the history and temporary files.  I was sick - I felt betrayed.  The idea that he was willfully looking at sexual images of other women to pleasure himself crushed me.  I looked at the dates of the temporary internet files and when I checked my calendar I saw that he was doing it whenever I left town on business.  I was away working and he, in my opinion, was cheating in his mind with other women.  I felt so stupid, inadequate, and unattractive - and I was 6 months pregnant with our second child at the time, and I felt like a "house" anyway.  I had wondered all along why he had decided to have a password on our home computer for his profile, but never set one up for me.  When I confronted him, he said "it's not abnormal", and "everyone does it" - I know those are common excuses.  I asked him if I had never found it would he still be looking at it - he said he couldn't say that he wouldn't.  I asked him if it was "what Kelly doesn't know won't hurt her?"  and he said "yes" - but then he added that "it doesn't change the way I feel about you honey".  I think it has changed the way I feel about him - I haven't had the courage to tell him that.  It's been a year - but I'm still suspicious.  I still check our home computer - there is no evidence and he has not been deleting the history to cover-up.  Every time I'm away overnight anywhere I am suspicious of him on the internet looking at porn.  I desperately want to believe that he has stopped.  I do know that he goes to the Howard Stern website and has followed links to the homepages (nothing further) of some of the guests from the show - strippers and porn stars.  He says when he gets to the homepage he doesn't go any further, and that he just wants to see what they look like since Howard says that they're "hot".  I asked him how long he's been looking at porn on the internet.  He didn't answer, so I asked "since we got the internet?" (1997) and his reply was "yeah, probably."  I just feel so conned - or tricked - or like he thinks he's pulled one over on me.    It's that part that hurts the most.  Omission of the truth, for me, is the same as lying to my face - because I had a false belief about the way my marriage was and about my husband.  He has friends who I know talk to him about websites they view and that these same friends have invited him on more than one occasion to go to strip clubs while they are visiting us in our hometown.  I know he didn't go - opted for Hooters instead.  (I was in constant contact via cell phone and I saw the receipt).  How can I move past this and get over my suspicion??  I think about this every day. I am paranoid and I wonder that if he hasn't been forthcoming on this, what else has he failed to tell me so as not to hurt me?  The deception hurts the most.  (sorry so long!!)

Sweetheart,

again, as I said before it could be alot worse. As women I think we have a tendencey of being in our heads way to deep then we need to be. I used to feel the same way about my husband when he would look at porn when I would have to work the night shift. You can't have it consume you like this. You have to trust and love him. Men have sexual urges sometimes and when we are not necessarily arround would you rather him ACTUALLY be cheating on you with an ACTUAL woman? The way I see it I would much rather him be online and checking out sites like this then going out and actually doing the deed with another woman. If you have a great connection/relationship with your husband this shouldn't really be a huge issue. Has there ever been a time where you were a little "heated" and he wasn't around? You can't tell me you never masterbated in your lifetime. So appreciate the fact that he isn't doing something much worse then this.

Just my 2 cents.

 
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September 15, 2008, 1:40 pm PDT

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Quote From: passiton2

Come talk to me in several years down the road when this "boyfriend" is a husband and  you can still claim to be have been having sex with for a multitude of years and having sex a heck of alot more that 2-3 times per week.  Then we can talk.

 

Boyfriends/Girlfriends are not in committed relationships.  They change in different directions like the wind blowing.  There's a reason people stay bf/gf and not get married, as it should be.  Usually there is some commitment issues there....and it's usually shopping for the better one down the road, hence the porn use of still being able to shop for variety, while keeping a moist spot for the urges.

 

It's lazy sex, pure and simple.  Quick gradification, because there is a lack of intimacy between partners.

 

And yes, to add to this, married people also masturbate, and a lot do that together, without the "need" to use porn to achieve anything.  It's called trust and intimacy.

Excuse me?!! I'm going to have to say that is the most INSULTING thing someone has ever said to me. How DARE you? You don't even KNOW him or ME.

 

Boyfriends/Girlfriends are not in committed relationships.  They change in different directions like the wind blowing.  There's a reason people stay bf/gf and not get married, as it should be.  Usually there is some commitment issues there....and it's usually shopping for the better one down the road, hence the porn use of still being able to shop for variety, while keeping a moist spot for the urges.

 

First of all, my boyfriend and I have been in an exclusive relationship for 2 YEARS. There has been no cheating involved. Might I also mention that he and I were both virgins when we had sex for the first time, and have been having a steady and good sex life and relationship since then. There are NO commitment issues, otherwise we would not have been with eachother for so long. You make such RUDE, IGNORANT, and NARROW-MINDED assumptions. Seriously, HOW DARE you say things like this to people and still sleep at night?

 

If you're so damned smart, and know just soooooooooooooooooo much about other people's relationships, explain this: My boyfriend and I, like I have said before, DRAW PORN FOR EACHOTHER, OF EACHOTHER. How possibly are we "shopping for the next one down the road" with that? HM? Enlighten me. Oh, and also this, WE LOOK AT FURRY PORN? So is my boyfriend shopping for the next ANIMAL down the street? Do you think he's going to start screwing with dogs and cats? Oh, also, my furry character is a lioness, do you think that I'm going to go to Africa and start having sex with lions because I have bad sex with my own boyfriend?

 

My boyfriend has NEVER cheated on me, he doesn't PLAN on cheating on me, and sometimes he likes having sex with ME twice in one day.

 

It's lazy sex, pure and simple.  Quick gradification, because there is a lack of intimacy between partners.

 

You make so many assumptions about other people it's hard to even know where to start. Seriously, you REALLY need start looking past your own nose. You assume that just because someone looks at porn, they are emotionally ruined and their relationship is in the hole. Well, let me be the one to tell you that you are WRONG. My boyfriend and I have had plenty of fullfilling sex without porn and with it for the past two years. You know NOTHING about us. Tell me, tell me how you know if there is any lack of intimacy between us? YOU DON'T. Oh, by the way, my boyfriend and I also just spent about $38 on sex toys and lubricant for eachother. Oh, yeah sure, we're tooootally not commited there *sarcasm*.  We are also on friendly-communicating terms with the management of both the lingere shops in my town. He comes to them with me, helps me pick out lingere he likes to see me in, and lets me choose what kind of lubricants I want. OH! And the sex coupon book. I bought that for him as a gift. It's a little book of coupons for different kinds of sex, like sex in the shower, in front of a mirror, etc. OOooo, and my favorite, the gift I bought him for our first anniversary, A BOOK OF SEX POSITIONS FOR EACH DAY OF THE YEAR.

 

Yeah. Totally no intimacy here.

 

And yes, to add to this, married people also masturbate, and a lot do that together, without the "need" to use porn to achieve anything.  It's called trust and intimacy.

 

Real trust is being able to look at something like porn and feel confident that your spouse isn't going to cheat on you. It's also being able to look at porn together and trust eachother to not leave eachother for a porn star. It's also being able to balance sex with eachother and masturbation with or without porn.

 

 

 
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September 15, 2008, 1:43 pm PDT

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That is what pornography is for Turklurk, it is specifically designed to do this.  There is no misunderstanding of your words.  Think about it turk, when you watch porn, when couples watch porn it IS designed to be the instrument that enables them to get excited, aroused.  Porn is for that purpose.  

 

How many people do you know who pop in the old porn flick for purely entertainment?  Basically none, because it's not entertaining, other than for it's purpose of setting up arousel there is no purpose.

 

That is exactly why I believe the way I do for those who use porn.  They are either to lazy in their own lives to create their own sexual excitement with their partners.  Or they are purely bored stiff with their own sex life...which nine times out of ten is their own fault.

 

Oh, by the way, yeah, I HAVE watched porn purely for entertainment. My boyfriend and I BOTH. Oh YEAH! And three of his friends.

 

We were all at his friends house and decided to watch an HBO porn because the title sounded funny. Guess what? It was a crackup. We laughed at the bad acting, the bad effects, and the fake boobs.

 

So there you have it. Five people that have watched porn for entertainment.

 
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September 15, 2008, 4:31 pm PDT

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Quote From: lilacmess

Actually, we do discuss the issue at hand just obviously not in a manner that pleases you. Porn is everywhere, you're right, and that's mostly thanks to the internet. The popularity of internet pornography has desensitized us to the point that pornography is filtering down into mainstream media including prime time television and big studio movies. If this doesn't bother you, I'm not sure why you're complaining about the discussions of this board. If you were looking, however, for a place to celebrate the "virtues" of pornography or looking for like-minded individuals who naively believe that porn is some kind of necessary evil and a deterent to cheating, you've definitely come to the wrong place. I wonder how you would feel if you were in the mood for sex, had gussied yourself up for it, and lay in bed waiting anxiously for your husband, only to find him at the computer jerking off to porn instead. Many of the women who post here have had this exact experience. You're lucky if you haven't although, I must say, if you allow your husband to continue to look at internet pornography, you may some day have this experience. Perhaps then you'll find a need for this board. Until then, I wish you luck with your tolerance of it.

I wonder how you would feel if you were in the mood for sex, had gussied yourself up for it, and lay in bed waiting anxiously for your husband, only to find him at the computer jerking off to porn instead.

 

Then be a bold woman and tell him or let him know that you are in the mood!! How hard is that? Unfortunately men and women are not mind readers. Let him know that you are interested in him. You just laying on the bed or couch or where ever and just having him come up to you you initiate it. It may actually turn him on.If he seriously is still doing this even after you initiate it then there is something seriously wrong in the relationship that you guys should really look into.  

 

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