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![Only Bad for Believers? Religion, Pornography Use, and Sexual Satisfaction Among American Men.”:
“viewing pornography seemed to be associated with lower sexual satisfaction, but only for those who would be violating religious sanctions against it. This suggests moral incongruence plays a key role in explaining the connection between pornography consumption and sexual satisfaction among American men… this study’s findings suggest that it is not necessarily pornography use per se that negatively influences sexual satisfaction. If that were strictly the case, the negative association between pornography use and sexual satisfaction would have held regardless of participants’ religious characteristics. But the fact that the association was contingent on participants’ religious belonging and belief suggests that “moral incongruence” is an important factor to consider.”
“Previous research on pornography use and religion has suggested that religious persons who use pornography often report feeling considerable guilt and cognitive dissonance for violating their moral convictions about chastity and “lusting” (Baltazar et al., 2010; Grubbs et al., 2015; Perry & Hayward, 2017; Thomas et al. 2017). Religious pornography users are more likely to evaluate their lives more negatively than non-religious users (Grubbs et al., 2015). Thus it is likely that men who attend worship services more often [...] or have a higher opinion of the Bible [...] but also view pornography fairly regularly, are more likely to experience guilt and shame that potentially colors their evaluation of their own sex lives. This helps explain why the negative association between pornography consumption and overall happiness (Patterson & Price, 2012), marital quality (Doran & Price, 2014; Perry 2016), or parent-child relationship quality (Perry & Snawder, 2017) has tended to be stronger for those who are more closely attached to religious others.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:b4xvvsmocjzn3z2xpcxc2sbt/bafkreiaairzk2ke6ac626drrorv5kfrraxfhqezade6itjx7grsyqgbmtq)
