New research indicates that shared pornography use in adult relationships is associated with greater relationship functioning. In other words, couples who frequently watch pornography together tend to be more satisfied with their romantic relationship and their sex life.
The findings, published in Frontiers in Psychology, call into question claims that pornography use inevitably causes relationships to deteriorate.
The new research represents “the culmination of several lines of thinking that my colleagues and I have been developing over the years,” said study author Taylor Kohut, a lecturer at the University of Louvain and an adjunct research professor at Western University.