Can surfing the Internet for porn make you a better lover?

Viewing sexual stimuli online will never make society’s list of highly effective habits, but new research suggests that porn may be getting a (slightly) worse rap than it deserves.

Specifically, researchers at UCLA and Montreal’s Concordia University contend that an oft-repeated claim among activists and clinicians that a man’s habitual porn viewing can lead to erectile dysfunction and other problems in the bedroom is simply lore and not fact.

Although previous research has found that greater time spent viewing sexual stimuli may be linked to depression and other negative mental health outcomes, a new study found that it was “unlikely to negatively impact sexual functioning.”

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