Boyfriend Enjoys What I Consider Disgusting Porn
I was using my boyfriend's computer the other day and when I went on to Google and began to type in my query (the first letter of that query being a "C") I found the old entries of "cum sluts," "college sluts," and "college sluts in minnesota" (we live in Minnesota) pop up. I then checked through all the letters of the alphabet and found "bukkake" as well. I've never been so hurt. It's not like I expect him to never look at porn -hell, I look at porn- but I am bothered by his attraction to things like "cum sluts" which I find to be the utter degradation of women. Especially when I've been sexually assaulted before and know how it feels to be degraded by having someone cum in your face. I was completely humiliated but there was little I could do as I had been drugged previously without my knowledge. But that's besides the point I guess. In addition to all that, he was looking for "college sluts in minnesota!" How the hell am I supposed to feel about that?! It's like he's looking for someone else - some stupid whore or something. What makes it 10x worse is that when I first confronted him about it he lied and said our roommate was using his computer for it. I'm not sure I can trust him anymore. He's looking at porn constantly, so much so that it gets in the way of other things - like him doing his homework. I think he may have an addiction and want him to get help. Like I said - I don't expect him to stop looking at porn forever, but I do expect him to have some restraint and avoid the stuff that I find disgusting - especially when I helped him pay for that computer. He should have at least had the common sense to erase it off of his computer! I don't know if I should forgive him and work through this with him or just give it up and find someone whose pornographic attractions don't disgust me so completely. *sigh* Hm. I guess I don't really have an "Is it normal" question so much as I'd just like some honest advice. If you have something gross, crass, sarcastic or rude to say then I'd appreciate if you saved it for someone else's post because I really need some help here. Thanks.
Anyway, now that I got THAT off my chest....I would consider a discussion about why you feel hurt at his actions. If he doesn't reconize your feelings he isn't worth your time, but remember listen to his side of the story. And I fear I have to disagree with the "all porn is called SLUT GETS ALL HER HOLES FILLED" I have seen some rather romantic porn that is based towards women who are into that.
In this case you need to speak with your b/f, but if I were in your shoes i'd be pretty pissed off.
First of all Porn in general is not a disgusting thing, it is just SEX afterall, a natural thing.
The only porn that is disgusting (even to me) is Child, Animal or violent porn. Normal porn may be a little on the digrading side occasionally, but remember there are just as many women in the industry as there are men.
With regards to your boyfriend, he seems a little obsessive about his viewing habits, so on the face of it, it will indeed affect your relationship. I feel sorry for him, because he is obviously obsessed for a good reason, not because he wants to hurt you, but because hemay have been sexually repressed by his parents. I know what I am talking about as I was obsessed with porn until recent years, and I am now 34 yrs old.
He needs understanding and compassion, not lectures, being told that he is a naughty boy etc. I suggest that you openly discuss your relationship, without accusations flying around. Ask him why he needs it, and if he could wean himself off it gradually. Try hugging him, showing him that you understand his obsession, but love him, and want him to get his sexual thrills with you.
Finally, men like porn because it is a visual thing, which is why men like cars etc. Men can easily separate Sex (e.g. Porn) from Love Making, with their woman. DO NOT under any circumstances think for a minute that he does not love you, because he probably loves you more than you realise. He is probably feeling guilty about it, which is why he denied it in the first place. Final thought, he is very unlikely to be seing someone else.
Good Luck
In an ideal world, my boyfriend would wait for me to come home from work to have sex rather than log on quickly before I get home. That really hurts. And as much as I don't understand why he continues to look at porn, he doesn't understand how hurtful this is.
He tells me that it's normal- which it is...and that it has nothing to do with me, which I'm sure it doesn't....and that any guy who says they don't do the same thing to any sort of frequency is lying, well, I don't know about that but I'm sure he believes it.
I've shed so many tears over this that I have nothing less to cry. The point all of us women need to remember is- Does it effect our current sex life with our boyfriend? Maybe it makes or will make it better. The more we complain about it, the more frustrated our relationships become. If you embrass the fantasy, we may experience something totally different- and who knows, maybe it will excite us (as women) more. And, if the experience is a bad one, well that will have to be dealt with at that point.
The other thing to remember is that porn is a fantasy. The one thing that's missing from porn is COMMUNICATION. Believe it or not, that's a big thing. There's no for-play. It's instant gratification. That is the MAIN reason why men look at porn. At least in my opinion. If women could get off as easily as men could, what are the odds that we would masterbate more? Of course we can't answer that question, but it's worth the thought.
Good luck to all relationships!
While I think your description was very good I have to remind myself to be careful and not assume that what we think we know is going on here really is. Specifically, I do not yet see how it is completely outside the range of possibilities that a roommate, or visiting friend may have done some of the searches you found traces of and that your boyfriend may be more innocent than you are giving him credit for. I know that college kids are always over at other people's rooms visiting and looking at dating websites.
Your reaction to seeing a search for college s*ts in Minnesota is completely understandable. And if your boyfriend was the one performing those searches it seems appropriate for you to feel betrayed. If he is looking for someone else for any purpose then he may not be as committed to you as you thought. This is probably the most serisous and straightforward issue you bring up in your story.
If we could take the habits of looking at porn as a seperate issue I think there are many ways of looking at that as well. Given your experiences your revulsion to things like bukkake and cumsluts is completely natural. Though if you can I would like for you to try and think about it objectively. Your hind-brain interperates it as degradation because of your traumatic experience, and that interpretation of it may never leave you, but if you could look at it intellectually you may be prepared to entertain the idea that it can have very different symbolic meanings for others who have had different experiences. Cum is not filth, it is not a kind of excrament, its baby-making stuff. And there is no one to one relationship between contact with it on any particular part of the body and degradation. Its just one thing people do, some like it some despise it.
With that in mind maybe you can understand that if a boyfriend enjoys looking at this kind of porn so long as he does not force you to look at it or try to enact those scenarios with you then you really have no right to dictate to him what he may look at or fantasize about. What you don't know isn't doing you any harm.
I even consider the possibility that if your boyfriend knows about your bad experience and is keeping this from you that it may be out of consideration for your feelings.
In regards to his porn viewing habits my perspective is closest to CitizenPremiere than to anyone else here. Remember that porn is a fantasy, and that while thinking about doing things can be exciting there aren't as many people who are cut out to have porn style sex as there are who like to look at and imagine it. I also agree that if being online is a new experience this could explain the sense of obsession. I know when I was 20, and I got online and found cumshot sites for the first time it shocked me and sent chills and thrills through me like nothing else before. I sampled from genres devoted to every fetish and in time found that I didn't like some of them as much as I did at first when they were novel.
So, he may not be lying, but if he's looking at dating sites or searching for local girls online it could be a real sign that the relationship is at an end. Guys are curious about fetish sites from time to time but the interest in any one of them or in porn in general may fade some with time. Respect a lover's mental space and don't insist that they only have the kind of fantasies that you approve of. Don't ask, don't tell.
Back on topic... my boyfriend looks at porn all of the time - before work, during lunch breaks, after work before I get home, and whenever I run out on errands. We've been together for 6 years, and this has been a real concern for the 2 1/2 years we've lived together. I don't believe there's anything wrong with porn, but it bothers me nonetheless. He hides it and lies to me about it, and I honestly can't blame him for it - if the situation were reversed, I think I'd lie to him to avoid confrontation over something I believed to be a trivial matter. Yet, no matter what I think, no matter how normal I believe it is, no matter that I am quite certain that he is faithful and loves me dearly, I can't get myself to stop feeling axious over his obsession with porn. If any of the women here who have posted come up with some miracle cure for this, I'd really appreciate an update at some point. I'm at my wits end - I don't know what to do. I've talked to guy friends who assure me that his viewing porn is no reflection of me. I've talked to him, and he's assured me that his viewing porn does not indicate a loss of love or attraction to me. Scientifically, men are stimulated visually; whereas, women are stimulated intellectually (fantasies, foreplay, etc.). Even freaking science is assuring me that his attraction to porn is neither nefarious nor malicious. Yet, after 6 years with a man who is, aside from this issue, my idea of a perfect match, I've still asked him to move out! What the heck? Why is porn so threatening? What is it about porn that we can know it's a usual and acceptable thing but still hate it?
What really happens is that (studies shown) men's attitude toward women are worsened, and that they treat women as objects of pleasure, rather than respecting them. I am not saying that your boyfriend doenst love you, i am saying that porn is hurting your relationship -- lying, for example. Honesty is very important in any relationship. When your boyfriend lies, he realizes that you are not pleased w/ what he has done, he is scared that you are going to (fill in the blank) him. Again, we see that porn-viewing is not normal, his conscience tells him that this isnt right, its a good thing.
So i think you should confront him about this not aggressively, but tell him about the negative consequences, etc. By the way, porn viewing is really viewing hate-crime pictures/vids that is hatred towards women -- it is degrading. it degrades the meaning of sex, love.
Just talk to him about it, since he loves you, i am pretty sure he will give it up for you! :)
Good luck to you.
http://www.webroot.com/consumer/downloads/
Welcome to the real world. Men are sluts. Instead of bitching about it why don't you put the hard on he gets to good use?
As far as him looking at pornis that You find disgusting, well, sorry, but each of us has our own kinks, and his seems to be seeing women get cum on their faces.
Not my thing as a rule, but if I am with a guy I like...
Now, I will admit that if you were abused/raped and he KNOWS about it, if he cares for you, he will not ask you to preform a duty like that. Could it be that he likes this kind of thing but knows how you feel and so is looking at it and taking pleasure visually so as to not trouble you with the duty?
Grow up dear.
Tobra
Didn't Jesus also say something about Casting the first stone? I'm sure I read that someplace...
Yes, I like porni's, sometimes. I don't like a lot of them. Fact is, the stuff I get into IS really hard to find - I'm into golden showers and that kind of porni just isn't out there I don't think :(
But my bf likes it a lot and watching them with him is cool as we can get busy later on.
If you don't like it. Cool, don't watch. But if there is anything God has to say, it is between God and me. YOU are not required.
Good Catholic Girl
October