Porn to Women Is Like a Knee to the Groin for Men …

Ok, I know right away there are women who love porn. They have absolutely no problems with it, find it arousing, and include it as part of their sex life with their partner. I am very happy for you and envy that level of security. This blog is not for them. This is for the rest of the female population that is threatened, hurt, degraded, and damaged by their partner looking at porn.

I have been involved with my man for ten months now. The relationship has had its ups and downs like all relationships, however, the sex has always been fantastic. Let me state up front there is an age difference between the two of us, which is more of a problem for me than him (I am the older one). I have an extremely high sex drive. I was alone, raising my child, for several years and it was up to me to satisfy my urges which were frequent, sometimes three times a day. I know this is TMI but I want to be clear he had all the sex he wanted at anytime!

Okay, here we go, several months ago I found porn on his computer. No, I was not spying, he asked me to set up a Facebook account for him and I found it in his history at that time. I asked him about it and basically got silence. What really irked me was it was some title like “Eighteen-year-old takes it hard.” Okay, the porn is bad enough but when he is looking at teens when I am an adult woman is twice as insulting.

I asked him not to do it again that it upset and hurt me—and all I got was he doesn’t do it often. Okay, then a couple of months went by and one night we were fighting and he slept downstairs. Again I didn’t spy but he the next day he asked me to do something else on his computer (oh, I didn’t mention I am a computer administrator/technician) and when I went to the browser bar I hit p instead of s and guess what, pornhub, again! Okay no teens this time it was “hot wet asses” or something along those lines. This time I watched the video but didn’t say anything to him.

I did confront him the next day, I told him that if he wanted me to work on his computer that he should at least delete the porn. I explained how it made me feel again, like most women it made me doubt myself, I felt ugly, unwanted, not sexy, and I know I am never going to look like any of those women (unless I win the lottery.) I am in great shape and get plenty of male attention so I know I am not totally hideous but I do not have large boobs and a perfect ass. Anyway, I explained it all to him, told him I was furious, and told him I didn’t understand. I begged him to explain it to me but he couldn’t, he said we were fighting and he wasn’t going to get any that night. He said he didn’t know how to delete it and wanted me to show him, yeah right, I am not going to help him cover his tracks.

So I took a day and thought it all through and explained to him exactly what I needed for him to make me feel wanted, loved, and desirable again, he put the doubts there and he had to make them go away. He was great about all of it … until Thursday this week.

Women have a gut instinct that tells them when something is wrong and when I got up Friday I knew something was up. The first clue was he had gone downstairs about two in the morning, second clue, the dog pulled a used Kleenex out of the garbage to chew (gross), so now I am suspicious so I booted up his computer and all his browser history had been deleted, third clue. Now, again, I am a computer whiz, I know where to find the evidence even if he deleted it. Yep, there it was pornhub, twice; the video was called “Teen Dream.” I lost it, I printed the history went up and told him he had five minutes to tell me why I should stay in this relationship. Of course, like most men, he denied it. Deny, deny, then I showed him the web history transcript and his story changed.

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01.22.2012
tineaasha ol
Thank you for this. Same problem here 12 years going strong. I'm going to have him read this. I also had him watch a video on shelly lubben's website about the porn industry and what it is doing to woman. he hated seeing this video because it shows the truth behind the scenes. I will caution you, it is disturbing but if any men out there want to quit, it can only help. stay strong and focus on what makes you a fantastic person. here's the video if interested. nudity is blurred but shows distraught woman and what she is dealing with in the industry: http://www.shelleylubben.com/shelleys‐videos/shocking‐footage‐women‐abused‐porn‐set
02.03.2011
Typical Woman
Dear Penny, I am glad you are secure in everything about your relationship and you are certainly entitled to your opinion. However, my counselor said that my feelings are legit and valid. Some women are fine with porn and some are not and if you are not the man should respect that. My relationship is 19 months in so I am not ruining my relationship and we have come to an agreement on the subject, I am happy to say.
02.02.2011
penny
I would say you are destroying your relationship with your negativity and drama. I would urge you to get more in touch with your own self-esteem and sexuality. Of all the marriage counselors I went to, they advised me to deal with my issues, not the man's, or what I perceived was the man's issues. My younger boyfriend and I occasionally share some light porn and it enhances our sex life, which is better than the sex I had in all 3 of my previous marriages. We have open communication and tell each other if something is offensive or a turn-off and respect each others preferences. I also feel that by not being married, we are enjoying a certain freedom by having some quiet time to reflect. That way, neither of us is being 'controlled' by the other.
07.06.2010
Typical Woman
I am so sorry you are going through this suffering. This has destroyed my self esteem and he cannot understand why. Just this morning I found he locked his trunk in the basement which I know it means he is hiding something, my guess is porn. I will never be okay with it I feel unwanted, ugly, disgusting and basically a failure as a woman. I wish I had answers but I know we should not have to accept it. I was at dinner with five women ranging from low 20's to 40's last week and all five have gone through this. Porn and facebook are ruining relationships.
07.05.2010
Suzanne Crowell
Dear Typical Woman, OMG! It was like I could of written what you did. I can totally empathize with you as I too struggle with this issue. I think all the comments were intellengent and I do understand it all but there is still something inside me that hurts so bad when trying to understand and accept my husband looking at porn ocasionally. He is a loving, Christian, professional man and I know he loves me deeply.He can never explain to me why and I don't mean to beat him up about it.I'm 18 years his junior, in good shape and attractive still. We have been married 16 years and have a great sex life. I just don't get it and feel very inadequate and hurt. He too denies it sometimes and that hurts more becase I know better. I know there is nothing I can do to change anything. I know all men do it. I know I have to learn to accept it and not make more out of it than it is. It is so hard though. Thank you for sharing, you really helped me tonight not feel so all alone. it more than it is.
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