Why is porn so popular in the military? It has the potential of leading to much worse things like adultery.

The answer is simply, it's a way of taking matters in your own hands and working them out!!!

Over eating can lead to obesity, drinking can lead to drunkenness, Talking to much can lead to proving you are an idiot, smoking can lead to cancer....the list goes on. If you do not like porn...don't watch it. Easy enough that even a caveman can understand it.
I would rather have them watching porn than paying hookers and getting diseases.

SGT Winegar.. you clearly believe there is some kind of correlation between porn and adultery. That is weird to me. I see absolutely no correlation nor causation.

This is the most rediculous conversation on rally point to date. You have wasted everyone's time for posting this, I will not get that time back.

Who says porn is always, or even often, a bad addiction? And who says porn leads to adultery? I'd like to see you cite some sources to back up your claims.

Are there proven studies from respected parties to prove the connection between porn and adultery? Honestly, porn can be a healthy outlet for people that are under significant stress and force segregated (perceptions, adultery, fraternization, etc.) As usual, you can have to much of a good thing where someone may develop an addiction or have difficulty separating fantasy from reality. That or abuse of government systems would require leadership intervention.

I'm much more concerned about the rampant use of tobacco products, energy drinks, and unhealthy eating habits. Each of those will quickly hurt a soldiers health and effect our ability to accomplish the mission.

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I think it's because when we go there's so much bored time and you just are looking for something to do. Yes it can cause issues and just because you look at porn doesn't mean your going to cheat on your spouse.

As a Detailed Inspector General, I had a number of 'porn' related issues step into my office. In each of those cases, personal animosity was the igniting factor. In a fit of sheer petulance, an individual would walk over to the unoccupied computer of someone they disliked and bring up raw porno, leaving the screen lit up for viewing. Spotted by unsuspecting passersby, the computer's owner/user would then be facing severe counseling or UCMJ action. My team and I were able to determine the truth and hold the computer owner/user harmless. I referred the results of these problems up to my Two-Star. He immediately initiated a mandatory policy of logging out each and every time one stepped away from any computer for any reason. Best advice I can offer to any service member out there about the accessing of pornography or similar unrelated material in the workplace....don't.

Porn does not lead to adultery. It's all about the mindset in which you approach it. If you're a scumbag, you will be a scumbag even without porn. I think it's a useful outlet for stress relief not to mention for the naturally unimaginative it can serve as learning tool. Honesty? I think the military would perform significantly better when deployed if they were allowed to have their "outlets" while separated from home and loved ones. We all know what happens to people when they have to box everything up for too long. Add the stress of the job and environment they are in and you're just asking for trouble.

The better question is "why is porn so popular in general?" Porn is a billion dollar industry. 86% of the military is male. 48% of the military is between the ages of 22-30. The biggest porn watchers in the general population are males 18-25. So it should come as no surprise to anyone that porn is popular in the military.