Internet pornography destroying men’s ability to perform with real women, finds study

[Sol Invictus]

Internet pornography is creating a generation of young men who are hopeless in the bedroom, according to research.

Exposure to lurid images and films in the new media is de-sensitising so many young people that they are increasingly unable to become excited by ordinary sexual encounters, a report said.

The result is that impotence is no longer a problem associated with middle-aged men of poor health but is afflicting men in the prime of their lives.

According to a report in Psychology Today, a respected U.S. journal, the problem is now so common that men in their 20s consider their inability to perform to be ‘normal’.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...s-bedroom.html

[Mordid]

Women need to up their game. It's escalation.

[research_centre]

Women need to up their game. It's escalation.

I think the men better follow that advice.

[Magister Eckhart]

I highly doubt it's merely the exposure to lewd images; it probably is more of a physical problem resulting from consistent viewing of the images and activities associated therewith. Abuse of venery does eventually cripple one's ability to participate in intercourse.

[Joe McCarthy]

I'm reminded of this.

[Logan]

I highly doubt it's merely the exposure to lewd images; it probably is more of a physical problem resulting from consistent viewing of the images and activities associated therewith. Abuse of venery does eventually cripple one's ability to participate in intercourse.

Venery \Ven"er*y\, n. [L. Venus, Veneris, the goddess of love.]
Sexual love; sexual intercourse; coition.
Contentment, without the pleasure of lawful venery, is
continence; of unlawful, chastity. --Grew.

Venery \Ven"er*y\, n. [OE. venerie, F. v['e]nerie, fr. OF. vener
to hunt, L. venari. See Venison.]
The art, act, or practice of hunting; the sports of the
chase. ``Beasts of venery and fishes.'' --Sir T. Browne.

I love hunting and venery. --Chaucer.


I'd go with Chaucer on that one.

[Gordon Bennett]

The problem with porn is that it is usually designed to pander to male sexual fantasies, it pays no attention to the true nature of female sexuality. A man whose knowledge of sex comes predominantly from porn is at a huge disadvantage when with a woman in real life.

If I treated my wife the way women are treated in porn, I'd be on my way to the divorce court.

[Star Valley]

It's people living in a delusion and disconnecting from the reality, and disconnecting from what a sexual experience truly is. Porn gives only a temporary arousal, and decreases libido in men from feeling an intense orgasm (it infiltrates the psyche). It turns women into living objects and also would kill any fantasy because true seduction cannot be represented or chemically produced on film.

To be frank, sexual intercourse is significantly better then what is seen in porn videos with has the only goal of making a profit.

[Magister Eckhart]

Venery \Ven"er*y\, n. [L. Venus, Veneris, the goddess of love.]
Sexual love; sexual intercourse; coition.
Contentment, without the pleasure of lawful venery, is
continence; of unlawful, chastity. --Grew.

Venery \Ven"er*y\, n. [OE. venerie, F. v['e]nerie, fr. OF. vener
to hunt, L. venari. See Venison.]
The art, act, or practice of hunting; the sports of the
chase. ``Beasts of venery and fishes.'' --Sir T. Browne.

I love hunting and venery. --Chaucer.


I'd go with Chaucer on that one.

What dictionary are you using?

According to Merriam-Webster, the definition is:

1: the pursuit of or indulgence in sexual pleasure

2: Sexual intercourse

According to OED:

1. The practice or pursuit of sexual pleasure; indulgence of sexual desire.

2. fig. A source of great enjoyment. Obs.

Therefore, "venery" applies to all pursuit of sexual pleasure and indulgence, including autoeroticism, to which, I thought it obvious, I was referring.

[Logan]

[QUOTE=Magister Eckhart;565271]What dictionary are you using?
QUOTE]

One from the internet, so that I might copy and paste.

http://dictionary.die.net/venery