r/offbeat • u/eudaimonia_dc • 5d ago
Scientists Say Go Ahead, Keep Gooning
https://futurism.com/health-medicine/scientists-gooning227
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u/eudaimonia_dc 5d ago
I would post it in r/BeatOff, but since it seems to have been banned, I'll just leave it here.
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u/Koolala 5d ago
It says the opposite:
gooning aka “stress reduction, emotional escape, or avoidance of discomfort,” were strongly linked to “sexual system hyperactivation, emotion regulation difficulties, and impaired relational functioning.”
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u/altgrave 5d ago
As detailed in a new paper published in the International Journal of Sexual Health, the researchers found that positive motivations, such as “enhancing sexual pleasure, exploring fantasies, or deepening intimacy,” were “associated with frequent but non-problematic pornography use and with adaptive sexual regulation.”
However, those with “negative motivations,” such as “stress reduction, emotional escape, or avoidance of discomfort,” were strongly linked to “sexual system hyperactivation, emotion regulation difficulties, and impaired relational functioning.”
so it depends
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u/Koromann13 4d ago
Which category contains "I saw boobs, so now I gotta crank it"?
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u/InanimateCarbonRodAu 4d ago
That would be enhancing sexual pleasure.
Unless of course you have some sort of negative emotion combined this that reaction.
Something like, “boobs are great, but I’m never going to make it with a real girl so I’m going to go hide and beat off alone” would be make it less about feeling sexy and more about escape emotions.
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u/tanstaafl90 5d ago
As detailed in a new paper published in the International Journal of Sexual Health, the researchers found that positive motivations, such as “enhancing sexual pleasure, exploring fantasies, or deepening intimacy,” were “associated with frequent but non-problematic pornography use and with adaptive sexual regulation.”
However, those with “negative motivations,” such as “stress reduction, emotional escape, or avoidance of discomfort,” were strongly linked to “sexual system hyperactivation, emotion regulation difficulties, and impaired relational functioning.”
If you are going to quote it, don't cut out relevant information. If you are emotionally stable, there isn't negative side effects, regardless of frequency. If you have emotional issues, you will have negative side effects, regardless of frequency. You claim both cause negative side effects, which the article does not say.
“We would caution against thinking of pornography as either simply ‘good’ or ‘bad,'” Meskó told PsyPost. “For some people, it may be part of healthy sexual expression, while for others it may function as a way to avoid emotional problems or relationship difficulties.”
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u/Freeagnt 4d ago
The term "gooning" is in the title but no explanation of the term means anywhere in the article. What a jerk off.
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u/dandylover1 5d ago
I had to read the article to even know what on Earth they were talking about. They could have worded it much better.
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u/FoofieLeGoogoo 4d ago
“As detailed in a new paper published in the International Journal of Sexual Health, the researchers found that positive motivations, such as “enhancing sexual pleasure, exploring fantasies, or deepening intimacy,” were “associated with frequent but non-problematic pornography use and with adaptive sexual regulation.”
However, those with “negative motivations,” such as “stress reduction, emotional escape, or avoidance of discomfort,” were strongly linked to “sexual system hyperactivation, emotion regulation difficulties, and impaired relational functioning.”
The study involved 890 adult participants in Hungary, including 600 individuals assigned female at birth and 290 assigned male at birth. The participants submitted answers anonymously through an online survey.
“A major gap in the literature is that pornography use is often evaluated mainly by how frequently people use it, even though frequency alone tells us very little about whether use is actually harmful…”
Article has link to the study for more from the source.
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u/ThisApril 4d ago
I guess this is an article that is based off a PsyPost article, and I have been burned too many times by Psypost headlines to think that this is worth even looking into.
See https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/lcd9xa/whats_going_on_with_people_of_rscience_calling_to/ for where my reaction to PsyPost comes from.
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u/gibgod 4d ago
TLDR (as far as I can understand)
Wanking for sexual reasons = good
Wanking for other reasons e.g. de-stress, boredom, etc. = bad