Expert: Amanda - 11/5/2009

Question
QUESTION: hi amanda,
my name is peyton and i have alot of friends who watch porn and they all tell me its natural and all but every time i think of doing so i get scared thinking that its something VERY wrong.
so thats what i wanted to know. is watching porn bad? is it an unhealthy thing to do? and also is masturbating wrong? its ok if i do it right? im a little nervous.
thanks

ANSWER: None of things are unhealthy.  Masturbating is normal and so is watching porn.  You have sexual feelings and you need to let them out and masturbation is a safe and healthy way to release those feelings.

Hope I helped!

~Amanda

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QUESTION: i want to see what porn is like but i feel very guilty about it. is there any way i can not feel guilty?

ANSWER: Just know that there is nothing abnormal about doing it and every teen needs a safe way to get rid of pent-up sexual feelings and watching porn is much better than going out and fooling around with someone.

Hope I helped!

~Amanda

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QUESTION: okay so i can watch it nd know that it is normal? sorry for bugging but once you do it there's no turning back. my sister said porn is bad to watch. sorry for the continuous questions

Answer
It's fine.  It is okay to watch and it is normal.  If you are hesitant about seeing porn, try reading porn stories.  That way you don't see anything (unless you look at one with pictures, but that is still not video) but you still get sexual satisfaction.

Try:
http://www.sextails.com/

Most of those stories do not have pictures, but there is a section where you can choose to only see stories that have pictures and you can choose to only see stories in a category you like the best.  If you don't know what really gets you going, you can read a few stories from all the categories to find out and then just read the ones you are interested in.

Wanting to watch porn is normal and if you are worried about getting caught, reading stories (with no pictures of course) is a great way to hide what you are doing if someone walks in.  (If someone might walk in, I would recommend having a blanket on or an over-sized t-shirt to hide the rest of the "evidence.")

Hope I helped!

~Amanda

P.S.  I don't think the site will allow you to do any more follow-ups but feel free to start a new question.