Vanilla sex is OUT, porn addiction is IN: Disturbing survey reveals how porn is damaging our relationships

Leading sex and relationship experts find men suffer performance anxiety because of ‘impressive’ feats in porn

Women feel insecure about their bodies and feel pressured to ‘perform’

‘Vanilla’ sex is becoming less desirable, while porn addiction is increasing

'More young people are learning about sex through porn, and it’s having a devastating effect on their perceptions.'



Britain’s leading sex and relationship experts have revealed their fears that porn use damages relationships.

70 per cent of men aged 18-34 admitting to using porn at least once a month and the use of it by both men and women is becoming more and more prevalent. But, at what cost?



Cosmopolitan magazine questioned 68 leading sex and relationship experts about the effects of porn on today’s relationship, and the result was overwhelmingly negative.

'More young people are learning about sex through porn, and it’s devastating their perceptions'

Eighty six per cent of the therapists questioned believe porn has had a negative effect on relationships and 90 per cent have seen an increase in relationship problems due to porn in recent years.

As porn is now so easily accessible, Cosmopolitan was also told that ‘vanilla’ sex is becoming less desirable, while porn addiction – once seen a very niche sexual problem – is on the increase.



Almost all of the therapists surveyed (94 per cent) have seen an increase in incidents of porn addiction and 63 per cent believe porn increases men’s expectations of sex with their partner.

Needless to say, porn has become a ticking time bomb in relationships and is crushing men’s and women’s confidence in the bedroom.



'Porn can affect men¿s ability to form relationships with real women, rather than those on their laptop'

More and more men are suffering from performance anxiety because of the ‘impressive’ feats they see in porn, whilst women feel insecure about their bodies and feel pressured to ‘perform’.



The February issue of Cosmopolitan is out now

Porn is becoming such a problem for some that 85 per cent of experts think porn has had a negative effect on women’s confidence and 67 per cent agree that women are under pressure to behave like porn stars in the bedroom.

'Porn can affect men’s ability to form relationships with real women, rather than those on their laptop,' said Psychosexual therapist Carol Featherstone.

Psychosexual therapist Karen Lobb-Rossini says, 'More and more young people (girls as well as boys) are learning about sex through porn, and it’s having a devastating effect on their perception of themselves and their bodies.'