What role does pornography play in compulsive sexual behavior?
Pornography combined with habitual masturbation is the sex addict’s mainstay of inappropriate sexual behavior. Although it may stop for a period of time, a binge of sexual behaviors that escalate in frequency and/or deviancy is quite typical. From very early in life, fantasy fueled by pornography and masturbation creates an unreal world that objectifies relationships. The addict then depends upon these object relationships to meet emotional and sexual needs numerous times prior to having sex with a real person. These object relationships continue to feed the addict’s cravings even while having sex with a person. Pornography destroys the true intimacy God intended us to experience during a sexual experience with our spouse.
