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Re:Porn use and men's and women's sexual performance by tmsh on Sunday July 24, 2022 @10:47AM (#32213992)
This assumes sexual performance in a relationship is worth optimizing for. There may be many other factors at play. Reduction of time spent thinking sexual thoughts. Partner’s with a reduced sex drive or disability etc. Just worth bearing in mind the study (which is very useful/interesting) looks at just one objective.

There’s also the degree and how long one looks at porn. And how that can free up time for other things that are attractive in relationships (financial security etc). As a hypothetical consider a person who looks at porn for 5min every two days, and stays very focused on accumulating wealth for a few years and then reduces this and focuses more on sexual performance.

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Re:Porn use and men's and women's sexual performance by emptysongglass on Sunday July 24, 2022 @11:00AM (#32214118)
> This assumes sexual performance in a relationship is worth optimizing for.

I think this is sending the wrong signal to readers. Yes, ninety percent of the time it is worth optimizing for. It's literally what we're wired to do and your partner will appreciate it.

That doesn't mean that that ten percent of an outlier doesn't exist but broadcasting doubt that it is worth optimizing for is not the wisdom most people need to hear.

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Re:Porn use and men's and women's sexual performance by schroeding on Sunday July 24, 2022 @11:24AM (#32214359)
... or just ask your partner and if it really is unsatisfactory, you can always buy a Hitachi or something and use that together. And maybe don't trust HN for relationship advise. :D

Sorry. :P

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