By now, you've probably realized that a hot-and-horny delivery girl isn't going to show up at your doorstep every time you dial Domino's. But that doesn't mean you’re exempt from the sexual lies porn tells.
“Most people think porn is a reflection of what's actually happening in the bedroom—like, this is just showing people doing what they do,” says Ana Bridges, Ph.D., a University of Arkansas psychologist who studies the effects of pornography on romantic relationships.
But the truth is, porn pushes the sexual envelope to satisfy our easily bored brains—which means some weird stuff may make its way onto your screen.
“It could potentially expand your repertoire,” says Bridges, “but it could also narrow it.”
Translation: If you think everybody is doing what you see, you may fixate on those few acts as the definition of “good sex”—and end up limiting yourself in the sack.
1. DOUBLE PENETRATION.
In a recent analysis of best-selling pornography, Bridges determined that nearly one in five scenes featured double penetration. Yet in a soon-to-be-released study, a research team including Bridges found that only 3 percent of men and 1 percent of women have actually tried this two-penis act.
