Watching porn is not inherently hazardous to guys or females. However I would use some cautions. There are people who probably shouldn't view porn, like those with poor body image or those who have been sexually victimized. Depending on your choice in viewing, you can develop impractical expectations about sex or what individuals like or how you'll be expected to "perform." And viewing with someone requires true approval.
When none of these warnings are up, porn can certainly have benefits. Counselors in some cases suggest it to help people become comfortable with a particular fantasy they or their partner may have. Pornography can reboot a couple's sex life. It can offer you concepts, or assist you connect with what turns you on.
Porn can reboot a couple's sex life. It can offer you concepts, or assist you connect with what turns you on. Porn can provide you there at best, or disgust you at worst. Everything depends on what you select to view. With the accessibility of porn online, it's possible to sample enough porn quickly that you don't have to find yourself watching wall-to-wall hard-core sex if it's plot driven erotica that attract you. You're only a victim of bad porn if you let yourself be.
And a word about sex or porn addiction. I don't believe in it. Unlike a chemical substance, like opiates, you can't become "addicted" to sex or porn; you can end up being a compulsive viewer. In this case, it's not the porn that's the problem; it's the compulsive personality. If it weren't porn being used to act out one's compulsive nature, it might be food or some other habits.
When it comes to whether it's damaging or beneficial to the entertainers, let's take ladies first. There are some who choose to perform since they like sex a lot and they consider it a terrific method to make money. Then there are those who are drawn to porn as a way of acting out subconscious psychological concerns-- trying to find porn daddy's love or penalty for being a bad woman. For lots of, it's most likely a little of each. Even females with the very best mental health will face some downsides from this work. Our culture takes in pornography at record numbers, but the women who perform are still judged roughly.
I'm not exactly sure the male entertainers go out entirely untouched either. While they might not be judged as harshly as the females, eventually they're deemed freaks who make their living with their anatomy. John Holmes's fate is the ultimate cautionary tale.
Perhaps if we weren't still so consumed with guilt and shame about sex, neither watching nor performing in these films would bring the weight it does. But then, perhaps we would not be so thinking about them, either. If the fruit were not forbidden, would anyone care to take a bite?