Mindful masturbation material. My introduction to porn, like most in my generation, was traumatic. I was innocently scrolling Tumblr and a graphic black and white GIF appeared on my screen of two people doing… something. I immediately logged off and spent the next 10 minutes trying not to throw up. That GIF remains stored in my mind, a tragic memory in my coming-of-age story. When I asked around it seemed as though I wasn’t alone in this experience (think group viewings of ‘2 Girls 1 Cup’). For more advice on spicing up your sex life, head to our Life section. Although Tumblr has since banned sexually explicit content, porn has permeated discourse around sex and pleasure in the 21st century. And while many can probably relate to my traumatic first experience, people have continued to test the pornographic waters, with approximately 84 per cent of men and 54 per cent of women in Australia consuming porn regularly. Watching porn can cause extreme arousal and help get the job done for most people in a relatively short amount of time. Case in point: the average time viewers spend on Pornhub, one of the world’s most popular porn sites, is only 10 minutes and 13
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