Is ED Caused By Pornography? (Surprising Study Results)

Surprisingly little research exists on the relationship between pornography use and ED.

And many of the studies that are available are very biased—either produced by conservative/religious scientists who think that pornography is evil and harmful, or by liberal scientists who think it has positive effects on one’s sex life and confidence.

This is a problem for urologists and sexologists, as they are the ones who have to advise men with erectile dysfunction on what to do.

Accordingly, a group of scientists decided to investigate this question with as little bias as possible to provide a definitive answer.

They published their surprising findings in the journal JMIR Public Health and Surveillance.

The researchers published a 118-item survey online and advertised it to young men in Denmark and Belgium. All of the subjects were between ages 18 and 35; 5,770 men responded, of whom 3,419 were considered to have provided complete and valid information.

The survey included some very widely used scientific questionnaires, such as the Cyber Pornography Addiction Test, the International Index of Erectile Function, and the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test.

Among their participants, 98.98% consumed pornography, 17.7% reported that they never masturbated without pornography, and 91.4% said that they regularly skipped to the best parts of the videos they watched.

On average, they had started consuming pornography at age 13-14; 81.5% reported doing so for between five and 30 minutes at a time; and they spent 39 minutes watching porn each week on average.

Disturbingly, 21.48% of the participants reported struggling with some level of ED, which is quite high considering their age.

One of the most important findings was that there was no relationship between erectile dysfunction and the frequency of pornography use or even the frequency of masturbation.

Therefore, pornography consumption does not cause erectile dysfunction.

However, when comparing their answers on the Cyber Pornography Addiction Test and the International Index of Erectile Function, the researchers found some clear relationships between problematic pornography use and ED:

1. High scores on the Cyber Pornography Addiction Test increased their risk of erectile dysfunction.

2. Only 12.9% of men with the lowest scores on this test had erectile dysfunction.

3. 49.6% of men with the highest scores on this test suffered erectile dysfunction.

4. 34.5% of those who scored in the midrange of this test, suggesting some pornography addiction, had erectile dysfunction.

5. Men who started their pornography consumption before age 10 had an increased risk of pornography addiction and erectile dysfunction: 58% of these men had erectile dysfunction.

Therefore, if you neglect your family because of watching porn, if you tried to stop watching but failed, or if you watch it at work where you are likely to be caught, then your porn consumption is problematic and may cause erectile dysfunction.

But regardless of pornography use, you want to heal your erectile dysfunction, right? And the easiest way to do that is with simple exercises, described here, that you can do in the privacy of your own home…