Seeing porn is not inherently hazardous to men or females. However I would offer some cautions. There are people who probably should not view porn, like those with poor body image or those who have been sexually preyed on. Depending on your option in viewing, you can establish impractical expectations about sex or what people like or how you'll be anticipated to "perform." And seeing with someone needs true authorization.
When none of these red flags are up, porn can certainly have advantages. Therapists often suggest it to help people end up being comfy with a specific fantasy they or their partner may have. Pornography can reboot a couple's sex life. It can give you ideas, or assist you connect with what turns you on.
Porn can reboot a couple's sex life. It can offer you concepts, or help you contact what turns you on. Porn can deliver you there at best, or disgust you at worst. All of it depends upon what you pick to enjoy. With the availability of porn online, it's possible to sample enough pornography rapidly that you don't have to find yourself watching wall-to-wall hard-core sex if it's plot driven erotica that appeals to you. You're just a victim of bad pornography if you let yourself be.
And a word about sex or porn addiction. I don't believe in it. Unlike a chemical compound, like opiates, you can't end up being "addicted" to sex or pornography; you can become a compulsive viewer. In this case, it's not the porn that's the problem; it's the compulsive character. If it weren't porn being utilized to act out one's compulsive nature, it might be food or some other behavior.
As for whether it's damaging or beneficial to the performers, let's take ladies initially. There are some who pick to perform since they like sex a lot and they consider it an excellent method to earn a living. Then there are those who are drawn to porn as a way of acting out subconscious psychological problems-- trying to find daddy's love or penalty for being a bad girl. For numerous, it's most likely a little here of each. Even females with the very best mental health will face some downsides from this work. Our culture consumes pornography at record numbers, however the females who perform are still judged harshly.
I'm uncertain the male entertainers go out entirely untouched either. While they may not be judged as harshly as the women, ultimately they're deemed freaks who make their living with their anatomy. John Holmes's fate is the ultimate cautionary tale.
Possibly if we weren't still so taken in with regret and embarassment about sex, neither seeing nor carrying out in these movies would bring the weight it does. However then, maybe we would not be so thinking about them, either. If the fruit were not prohibited, would anybody care to take a bite?