Especially guys…what is it about porn that can take a guy from normal, everyday dude to a raging horny maniac in a matter of milliseconds?
I can see a photo off people having dinner and, unless I am already hungry, it doesn’t make me run off to my kitchen or to a restaurant.
Same thing with watching people drink water, or even beer - unless I am already thirsty, it doesn’t make me dash off to the next water fountain or local bar.
When was the last time you saw a photo of someone cleaning the house and you immediately stopped what you were doing and dashed off to get some Clorox?
In other words, no other images, other than porn, seems to have the universal ability to short circuit the (predominantly) male brain and stop all other urges dead in their tracks.
It’s not like guys have never seen it before. Some can look at pretty much the same exact porn photo/film over and over again with the same raging effect, 24/7, from about age 10 to the day they die.
Do you think cavemen had erotic etchings hidden behind their pelts in the closet?
Did Moses have a stash of porn tablets under his bed?
Was there ever a culture, or time, where there wasn’t porn of some sort?
Typical 15+ male mind: Sex, sex, sex, sex, food, sex, sex sex, TV, sex, sex, gaming, sex, sex.
Typical 15+ male mind on porn: SEX!
Like spidey sense, porn focuses us and reminds of us all that is sacred and beautiful in life. It allows us to live free of impurities and distractions, bestowing upon us a rare singularity of purpose. Chicken soup for the masculine soul.
One of the suggestions regarding “venus” figures and paintings is precisely this – that they were prehistoric porn. For some reason, the idea appears to have generally fallen out of favor, but it seems eminently believable to me. Heck, I’ve seen plenty of magazine and online ads selling “maqueetes” that aren’t all that different. Why shouldn’t they be porn?
As for why men (and, to a lesser degree , as it seems to this male, women) get turned on by porn, that’s the way its programmed in. Other species have visual cues, as well as other cues, for mating, that work for them – the bright red inflated chests of Frigate birds, the red coxcomb, the heart-shaped blister pattern of the female gelada baboon, or the inflated red rump of a chimpanzee in heat. By contrast, food doesn’t excite us as much visually – it’s not programmed to. Although we do respond to smell and taste. Especially if we’re hungry.
Males have a strong instinctive imperative (most of us) to pursue sex. This is strong enough to the point where there’s a lot of fiction that shows men going off the rails and losing focus due to pursuit of sex.
I frequently see this commented on as being derogatory of women in a sort of ‘hey, that’s showing that women are detrimental to acheivement’ sort of way. But I always saw it as the opposite: males are prone to screwing up because of their lack of control.