Is Pornography Good or Bad?

Did that ask every living human to get those results? Such a small sample so it’s impossible to actually put a % on it. As I said, men would likely watch it more than women but I highly doubt 99.9% of the male population does. It’s probably not even in the 90s. 

If you knew me personally, not at all.  It simply does nothing for me and I never got into the “habit” of it at any stage, and seeing other people have sex is something that doesn’t interests me in the slightest. I would rather do it myself than watch others go at it.

Damn guys, live a little.

Seriously though, there needs to be a third option: Who cares? Let people do what they want. As long as they're not letting it become an unhealthily dominant part of their lives, there's nothing wrong with looking at or watching some porn. I seem to remember there being a study, even, that concluded men who watched porn tended to treat women better, contrary to popular belief.

Where's the evidence for that though? An internet sample survey can't be used as an indicator of the views held by other demographics. It's insufficient. Like I said, there's a degree of uncertainty over the validity of the results as it is. Are the people who responded to the survey all of the same ethnicity, income status, upbringing etc. ? How can we conclude that family upbringing, ethnicity and wealth doesn't have an influence on the views people have over accessing pornography? There's so many unknowns in this. More research needs to be carried before we can even consider making a judgement that the majority of men out there access pornography or have done so in the past. 

Why? It's the internet. People can take the piss out of things and an internet survey over something as taboo as porn is going to appeal to those who like to troll. I'm not the one lying. I think you are by saying that 99% of men have watched porn. Show me real evidence first.  

I thought about it more and I have come to not mind porn. Guys have things they like, and porn could just be relief to them.

I can see what you're saying, but a result doesn't have to be heavily biased towards one end of the spectrum to prove a point. There's still going to be various factors, whether internal or external, which are going to influence the final outcome one way or another. Using that Avril Lavigne example, for instance, If I had asked a 1,000 people at random over the age of 50 if they happen to like "Girlfriend", there's a greater chance that the final result will be close to 0%. However, what if I applied the same methodology when asking people under the age of 30; i.e, people who were either kids or teens when "Girlfriend" was a hit back in 2007 (the demographic most engaged with Top-40 music at the time). The likelihood of a "yes" vote is only going to increase. Narrowing the focus field even further could yield a far more resounding "yes" vote, such as if I had asked women who were teens at the time or people who are fans of pop music. Likewise, it could also swing in the opposite direction depending on who I ask.

It all depends on the independent variable. Someone who grows up in a poor, crime-ridden environment where they are exposed to greater levels of violence against woman (e.g rape, assault), has a greater likelihood of perceiving pornography much more favourably in adulthood to someone who grew up in a white-collar household and was raised with high morals and values. There are several factors, whether it be a conscious belief held by a person, their identity (e.g age, race, gender) or the way in which they were raised, which ultimately shapes a person's worldview and perception over the idea of pornography and whether it is "good" or "bad". 

You can't put all of your eggs in one basket and assume that every set of 1,000 people out there, regardless of their views or whether or not they are in a relationship, is going to return a result which is 98% or very close to it. There are a lot of people who are strongly opposed to porn. Pornography treats the people who appear in sex images/magazines as "objects" and strips the humanity away from them. It can be degrading towards both genders, especially females.  

I’m not sure we can assume pornography is a moralistic choice nor that it is universally pleasurable. Meanwhile there are also many not ordinarily sexualized things that people find arousing.

One aspect that hasn’t been brought up yet is the sometimes unethical treatment of performers. Though this is more an issue of the industry itself than the actual content, I have seen some cite it as a reason for boycott.

Not to sound gross, but I haven't watched porn in about a month (since I read the book on Digital Minimalism). I notice I'm starting to find people I know IRL more attractive. I guess porn does indeed create higher (if not unrealistic) standards.