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Many people who watch a lot of porn feel they are affected negatively. It is common for pornography to contain degradation of girls and women in particular, and other acts that are uncomfortable to watch. That feeling is important to take seriously. A lot of porn is misogynistic and portrays girls and women as objects that only exist for men. There is also usually no reciprocity or consent shown.
Many people who are in a relationship with someone who watches a lot of porn find their partner’s porn viewing a problem. Porn can affect sexual fantasies and sexual behaviour. Crossing someone else’s boundaries can be inspired by porn. For example, research shows that guys who force or pressure girls to have anal sex are partialy inspired by porn. Porn can also be used as part of a sexual assault, such as forcing someone to watch a porn movie. Another form of abuse is pressuring someone to be photographed or filmed and then sharing the image/film on porn sites.
Anyone who watches porn might think that sex is supposed to be like in the movies. Guys may think that girls like the things that women in porn movies are subjected to, such as humiliation or violence. As a guy, you may also think that you should be dominant and behave in the same way as in porn. Girls, on the other hand, may feel that they have to put up with everything that appears in porn. People who watch a lot of porn can feel that it becomes an addiction that they need more and more of. They may also need to see more degradation and violence to get aroused and lose control over their porn consumption. Porn can push the boundaries of what turns you on in your own sex life and how you treat others sexually. There is help available for those who feel they have lost control of their porn consumption.
Porn also creates and reinforces various prejudices, such as prejudice against people who are racialized or LGBTQI+. People who consume pornography may have overly positive attitudes towards your sexuality, find you “exciting” and become fixated and fascinated by the fact that you are “different” from themselves. Being discriminated against in this way often feels wrong and humiliating. Often it can feel like being turned into an object, “a stereotype” and not get seen as a whole person with a sexuality of their own.
Remember that it’s okay to think and feel that you don’t want the person you’re in a relationship with to watch porn.