Viewing sexual movies together can provide couples with a way to explore and communicate about sexuality, increase arousal levels and expand erotic imaginations. But there are certain key considerations before adding such movies into your relationship.
Couples must remember that porn is meant as entertainment, not a reflection of real world sexual encounters.
1. Increased Sexual Exploration And Communication
As couples explore various fantasy worlds using pornography, they can gain more insight into each other’s sexual interests and sensitivities – which in turn allows for easier communication about sexual desires in real life.
Pornography provides couples with an opportunity to experiment with their sexual preferences and explore various kinks in a safe and controlled environment, which is especially helpful if one feels intimidated about discussing them with their partner, or live in areas without many people with shared sexual interests.
However, it’s essential to keep in mind that pornography doesn’t accurately portray how sexual acts occur in real life and avoid making comparisons between your partner or yourself and any content you watch and the ones shown on-screen.
Watching erotic videos together is a fantastic way to build intimacy, so it is crucial that both partners set expectations ahead of time for every session. For example, will there be interruptions? Are any categories off-limits? Will mutual masturbation occur while watching films together? By setting expectations early on it can help prevent any potential confusion or miscommunication when exploring more racy films together.
If you’re just getting into pornography, an ethical porn genre might be best suited to your tastes. Ethical porn takes into account ethics throughout its production process from shooting to distribution and often showcases more diversity while emphasizing pleasure over objectification – making it ideal for couples still rebuilding trust after betrayals or those dealing with body image issues.
2. Increased Arousal
As I worked at Video Ezy Ponsonby during the 1990s, there was an area called 'Erotic’ toward the back of store that catered to customers who didn’t wish to cross over into pornographic films but still desired something sexy; often these customers were women looking for movies they could watch with their partners.
Researchers used positron emission tomography (PET scans) to examine the brains of women watching explicit movies with PET scans, and discovered something intriguing: most visual tasks increase blood flow to areas processing visual stimuli – for instance while watching movies or walking around your neighborhood – but erotic videos seem to quieted this part of the brain and instead increased activity elsewhere; suggesting sexual arousal has greater importance than visual processing for some reason.
Although explicit sexual scenes have become a standard part of mainstream cinema, it’s worth keeping in mind that their purpose is typically not for titillation but to further the plot, as seen in films like Gaspar Noe’s unflinching Irreversible (2002) or David Fincher’s nightmarish Fight Club (2014). Additionally, many viewers prefer an audio sex experience over visual when watching kinky films – this provides another great way of discovering what turns you on without risking too much in public!