Women and Pornography

A major issue in todays society is pornography for both male and female users and the consequences they bring. Users start when they are young by avoiding the parental controls set up by their parents, deleting the history and cookies on the computer so that there is no trace. However this has led to drastic increases of addiction for pornography. Over recent years the percentage of women looking and actively using pornography has skyrocketed, using it as a release to get a quick fix on their stressful lives. This only increases the terrible image given to women from pornography. Guys experiment while they are in their teens and unfortunately some become hooked, letting it get into the middle of their priorities in life. Doctors say that this release of dopamine-oxytocin produces a high similar to heroin, people feel relaxed and powerful which they most likely aren’t feeling in their current life situation.
However pornography not only complicates what is happening now but also in the future, with relationship issues and complications during sex. This release may feel great for the few minutes of pleasure you receive, however when you come back to reality it only makes things worse because you are expecting to have all your stresses and problems eliminated, when this really isn’t true. Not only this but the loneliness and depression that occurs as a constant effect of increased pornography use causes people to have medical conditions such as ulcers, as well as the possibility of contemplating suicide. I feel pornography is a serious issue and one that will only worsen with our media perceptions. I hope that anyone who has an issue or knows someone who does can go seek help either on the internet or to a doctor because it is a serious issue and isn’t the way to go about solving the problems in life.