Tag: pornography and relationships

A nude woman lying on a bed smoking a cigarette.

How might pornography affect the capacity to relate?

I have previously reflected on the compulsive use of pornography and explored some of the origins of such a compulsion from an individual perspective. Here, I want to consider some relational aspects of the experience of compulsive use of pornography. We are relational beings and our sense of self develops through relations with others. The…