The Addictive Pattern of Porn Consumption and Masturbation: Consumer Experiences, Consumer Characteristics and Relational Factors

Year 2024, Volume: 8 Issue: 1, 106 - 125, 31.05.2024

Burak Acar , Habibullah Akıncı , Ömer Miraç Yaman

https://doi.org/10.33709/ictimaiyat.1379016

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to try to understand how watching pornography and accompanying masturbation turn into a behavioral addiction. For this purpose, data were collected from a study group of six men and six women. Interviews were conducted with a semi-structured questionnaire. Qualitative research method was preferred. The phenomenological approach has been adopted. The findings include the experiences of the participants, their consumption behaviors and their relations with pornography. Participants are introduced to pornography at an early age. Friends and personal curiosity are decisive in getting acquainted with pornography. It was reported that the majority of the participants had problematic relationships with their parents. Some participants cited their childhood experiences, parental relationships and the emotional state that develops due to adolescence as the cause of pornography addiction. It has been stated that pornographic content is accessed from mobile devices. While it is reported that the first consumptions are erotic content, later viewings are "hardcore" content with torture and harmful relationships. Social media is effective in the pornography addiction process. It was stated that the “Whatpadd” site, where written erotic content is shared, was visited by female participants in particular. While pornographic content is consumed for the purpose of sexual pleasure in the first experiences, consumption takes place in order to see new and different kinds of content in the future. The development of tolerance to pornographic content includes features similar to other types of addiction.

Keywords

pornography, consumption, addiction, sex, masturbation

Porno İçeriği Tüketimi ve Mastürbasyonun Bağımlılık Örüntüsü: Tüketici Deneyimleri, Tüketici Özellikleri ve İlişkisel Faktörler

Abstract

Bu araştırmanın amacı pornografi izleme ve eşlik eden mastürbasyonun nasıl bir davranış bağımlılığına dönüştüğünü anlamaya çalışmaktır. Bu amaç için altı erkek ve altı kadından oluşan bir çalışma grubundan veri toplanmıştır. Yarı yapılandırılmış soru formu ile görüşmeler gerçekleştirilmiştir. Nitel araştırma yöntemi tercih edilmiştir. Fenomenolojik yaklaşım benimsenmiştir. Bulgular katılımcıların deneyimlerini, tüketim davranışlarını ve pornografi ile ilişkilerini içermektedir. Katılımcılar pornografi ile erken yaşlarda tanışmaktadırlar. Pornografi ile tanışmada arkadaşlar ve kişisel merak belirleyicidir. Katılımcıların çoğunluğunun ebeveynleri ile sorunlu ilişkileri olduğu aktarılmıştır. Pornografik içeriklere mobil cihazlardan ulaşıldığı belirtilmiştir. İlk tüketimlerin erotik içerikler olduğu aktarılırken, daha sonraki izlemeler işkence ve zarar verici ilişkilerin olduğu “hardcore” içeriklerdir. Sosyal medya pornografi bağımlılığı sürecinde etkilidir. Yazılı erotik içeriklerin paylaşıldığı “Whatpadd” sitesinin özellikle kadın katılımcılar tarafından ziyaret edildiği belirtilmiştir. Pornografik içerikler ilk deneyimlerde cinsel haz alma amacıyla tüketilirken, ilerleyen zamanlarda yeni ve farklı tür içerikler görmek amacıyla tüketimler gerçekleşmektedir. Pornografik içeriklere karşı tolerans gelişimi diğer bağımlılık türlerine benzer özellikler içermektedir.

Keywords

pornografi, tüketim, bağımlılık, cinsellik, mastürbasyon

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