I recently stopped watching porn after doing some reading on proletarian/marxist feminism. This article in particular was really good imo: https://proletarianfeminist.medium.com/a-socialist-feminist-and-transgender-analysis-of-sex-work-b08aaf1ee4ab

I was wondering if anyone else is in a similar boat? Porn is a powerful drug and it can be really difficult to give it up if you’re addicted (which I am unfortunately). Is anyone willing to share their porn-free journey and give some advice and tips?

  • Life2Space@lemmygrad.ml
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    2 years ago

    Copy-paste of my comment posted in the r/GenZedong thread:

    I quit consuming porn once I realized that I was doing it as a form of escapism. I really do not recommend ever consuming it as it produces a crooked conception of women, making you see them as mere objects of gratification instead of actual human beings. If you really need to masturbate, perhaps resorting to your imagination will do the trick; or, you could just resist the urge.

    • Navaryn@lemmygrad.ml
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      2 years ago

      masturbation is healthy and natural (unless excessive). Getting rid of porn is absolutely a good thing, but the whole “nofap” thing is just manosphere bs

  • RedCat@lemmygrad.ml
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    2 years ago

    I asked something similar a few months back. Feel free to scroll through the thread. There is some useful information there (easy peasy and IFS for example)

  • Navaryn@lemmygrad.ml
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    2 years ago

    btw, does anyone have experience with quitting porn when porn is the only way to experience the things that actually turn you on? I would NEVER do to a woman the shit i’m into, niche porn sites are the only places where i can find that kind of stuff while also being able to lie to myself by saying “this is ok because i am not actually doing it”.

    Obviously it’s still horribly bad and wrong on so many levels, but i feel like i have no other option. I have no issues getting partners but sex within socially accepted boundaries just does nothing for me. And i genuinely fear that if i try to repress it all, i will eventually lose control.

    i have postponed dealing with this for years, i really don’t know what to do