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Does Men’s ‘Bond’ with Porn Ruin Them for Real-Life Sex?

The fact that porn-raised men develop a skewed view of sex is no secret. But Rothbart’s reporting on the effects of porn on a “neurological level” misinterprets the science. In the piece, he asks if porn could be causing men to “detach from their partners in more profound ways,” and he answers the question this way:

cientists speculate that a dopamine-oxytocin combo is released in the brain during orgasm, acting as a “biochemical love potion,” as behavioral therapist Andrea Kuszewski calls it. It’s the reason after having sex with someone, you’re probably more inclined to form an emotional attachment. But you don’t have to actually have sex in order to get those neurotransmitters firing. When you watch porn, “you’re bonding with it,” Kuszewski says. “And those chemicals make you want to keep coming back to have that feeling.” Which allows men not only to get off on porn but to potentially develop a neurological attachment to it. They can, in essence, date porn.