Enjoying porn is not inherently damaging to guys or women. But I would offer some cautions. There are individuals who probably shouldn't see pornography, like those with poor body image or those who have been sexually taken advantage of. Depending on your option in viewing, you can establish unrealistic expectations about sex or what individuals like or how you'll be anticipated to "perform." And enjoying with someone needs true authorization.
When none of these red flags are up, porn can certainly have benefits. Counselors sometimes recommend it to help individuals become comfy with a particular dream they or their partner may have. Porn can reboot a couple's sex life. It can give you concepts, or help you connect with what turns you on.
Pornography can reboot a couple's sex life. It can offer you ideas, or assist you contact what turns you on. Porn can deliver you there at best, or disgust you at worst. It all depends upon what you choose to see. With the availability of pornography online, it's possible to sample enough pornography quickly that you do not have to find yourself enjoying wall-to-wall hard-core sex if it's plot driven erotica that appeals to you. You're just a victim of bad porn if you let yourself be.
And a word about sex or pornography addiction. I do not believe in it. Unlike a chemical substance, 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 pornography that's the issue; it's the compulsive personality. 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 entertainers, let's take women initially. There are some who choose to carry out because they like sex a lot and they consider it a terrific way to make money. Then there are those who are drawn to porn as a method of acting out subconscious psychological concerns-- searching for daddy's love or penalty for being a bad girl. For numerous, it's probably a little of each. Even ladies with the very best mental try public health will deal with some downsides from this work. Our culture takes in pornography at record numbers, but the females who perform are still evaluated roughly.
I'm unsure the male performers get out entirely unharmed either. While they may not be evaluated as roughly as the women, eventually they're deemed freaks who make their living with their anatomy. John Holmes's fate is the ultimate cautionary tale.
Perhaps if we weren't still so taken in with guilt and embarassment about sex, neither enjoying nor performing in these movies would carry the weight it does. However then, possibly we wouldn't be so thinking about them, either. If the fruit were not forbidden, would anybody care to take a bite?