Does too much violence/porn desensitise us ?

[asianguy77]

Are you of the belief that too much exposure to violence and porn, whether it be on tv, internet or other outlets desensitises us?

Does too much porn make it harder to get aroused or the way we view women/men as more than sex objects? Is this also the case with violence. It takes more to shock us?

Are we able to draw the line between fantasy and reality? Has it become to blurred?

 

[Steve Bond]

Familiarity can breed contempt ... we become desensitised to charity after charity requesting donations ... yes, we become less shocked as a result of seeing violence, war etc in movies, newspapers, online, on TV day-in day-out.
However, as for images of beautiful women ... whether as paintings, photos, movies, sketches or better still in person ... I find them enchanting and irresistible!

 

[Alecia the Foxx]

Don't know about de-sensitisation, but I constantly hear - "I want to try such-and-such cos I've seen it in a porn movie." Yawn. What the hell happened to people knowing themselves well enough to know where their sensitive spots are and finding out for themselves what they enjoy? Do people really have to be told what they should like?

 

[viper]

I have been around a bit violence and been trained to deal with violence and can say without doubt for myself it does desensitise.

 

[Tania Admin]

I have been around a bit violence and been trained to deal with violence and can say without doubt for myself it does desensitise.

I don't think porn could ever de-sensitise me, I tend to watch a lot of it when I am on my lonesome, and it has quite the opposite effect...,,as for violence, I think it does with the younger generation, especially those that play the violent Sony games etc

 

[Happy2]

I believe violence (not wile e coyote violence) does desensitise When I was a boy teacher used to keep a close eye on the kid who pulled wings off flies burnt ant nests Hes a bad seed
The same boy now takes a puppy and tortures it and gets counselling
I am sure thats a mix of desensitising and not as many boundries put on the kids now

 

[bootn]

My wife (when I first met her) hated even the though of pornography. I respected her desire to not use/watch it and never forced it on her.

Of her own accord we watched it together and she became more comfortable with the idea and now downloads more porn than I do. Our sex life is far better for it and has opened our eyes to the world of possibilities out there.

There are though many forms of porn that we have seen and intentionally stay clear of because it doesnt sit in with our desires or moreso our ideals of how far our sex life should be taken.