ERP 206: What Is The Relationship Between Porn And Lovemaking

Typically, we don't think about porn being related to lovemaking. However, many people are experiencing relationship challenges related to the use of porn. 

(Please listen to the podcast episode or read the transcript to hear explanations, stories and examples.) 

In this episode, Dr. Jessica Higgins discusses: 

• How the use of porn has changed over time. 
• Our paradigm about and consciousness around porn.
• What happens when we don't examine how and why we use porn.  
• How porn supports one aspect of sexuality, which may be very limiting when it comes to interacting with an actual partner. 
• How porn addiction and miseducation can interfere with love making. 
• How we may be turning away from our partners and using porn as a coping strategy. 
• How lovemaking can be an all encompassing, full-spectrum, and integrated experience. 

"Porn is strictly genital sex. It completely divorces sex from emotional attachment, the springboard for optimal sex, which requires mutual engagement, attunement, and responsiveness. Porn reduces sex to sensation - intercourse and orgasm - and eliminates any connection to or respect for the user's partner." by Dr. Susan Johnson

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Mentioned:

• ERP 202: HOW TO NURTURE YOUR SEXUAL INTIMACY AND CONNECTION IN RELATIONSHIP
• ERP 145: PORNOGRAPHY. WHAT ARE WE REALLY TALKING ABOUT? WITH DR. MARTY KLEIN
• Love Sense: The Revolutionary New Science of Romantic Relationships, by Dr. Susan Johnson

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