Men who watch p*rn 'damage their partner's self-confidence' - and can even break up happy relationships

A study found that when their partners turn to X-rated films for pleasure it had a corrosive effect on a woman’s self confidence.

Women’s s*x lives were also damaged if their partners preferred virtual ways of arousing himself instead of sleeping with them. The study adds to the growing body of evidence that p*rn is damaging to relationships and can even causes people to break up.

A recent study found that one in five men ‘preferred the excitement of watching p*rn to being s*xually intimate with their partner’. Young children in particular can be damaged from an early age because it is so easy to get hold of s*x films on their mobile phones. Destin Stewart, a clinical psychology intern at the University of Florida, looked at the problem after one of her patients explained she was having difficulty with her p*rn-addicted partner. She asked 308 students aged 18 to 29 and asked them to complete online questionnaires about how often their partners viewed p*rn.

 They were also asked about how s*xually satisfied they were, how much self-esteem they had and how they rated the quality of their relationship. All the women were heterosexual. The results showed a strong statistical link between men viewing p*rn and women becoming unhappy. When women thought that their partner was a heavy p*rn user or a p*rn addict it also had a negative impact on their self-esteem and general s*xual satisfaction. Stewart said that the key to solving the issue was to get couples to talk frankly about what they wanted, even though it can be tough. She said: ‘It's just about trying to do some education about what is realistic and unrealistic and trying to get couples to be honest about what their wants and needs and desires are’. Previous studies showed that after viewing p*rn men tend to expect their partners to behave and look like p*rn stars.

In a response from one paper in 1999 study a woman participant told researchers: ‘These men look at these pictures and say, 'Look at her. She's just beautiful. Why can't you be like that?’’ Concerns have long been raised over the effect that p*rn has on young children too. A recent study in the U.S. found that schoolboys who develop an addiction to p*rn exhibit more problems such as poor grades, social isolation and behavioural issues. Seven out of ten teenagers have viewed p*rnography on the Internet with boys at greater risk of it doing damage than girls, according to the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation in California.

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