Adjunct psychology and seminary professor Dan Rotach also works as a marriage and family counselor. He has experience counseling married couples where either one or both partners are viewing pornography. He said pornography is damaging to marriage and dating relationships because it gives unrealistic expectations of sexual performance and body image.

“Nobody has an orgasm every thirty seconds,” Rotach shakes his head. “No one can duplicate pornography and expect that to be normal in a marriage. No one has perfect features. Pornography hijacks the brain and as it gets addictive, a new high is needed and more graphic images are needed to achieve that high.”

Luke Gilkerson is an author for Covenant Eyes and has a BA in Philosophy and Religious studies. In one of his articles, Porn 101: College Campuses Using Porn in the Classroom, Gilkerson discusses his study on college campuses. He found many college women say “they can’t compete (with pornography), and they know it.”

Research shows that people who frequently use porn develop cynical attitudes specifically towards love and often develop trust issues between dating and marriage partners.