Watching porn is not naturally harmful to guys or females. However I would use some cautions. There are people who probably shouldn't view porn, like those with poor body image or those who have been sexually preyed on. Depending upon your option in watching, you can establish impractical expectations about sex or what individuals like or how you'll be anticipated to "carry out." And seeing with somebody needs true consent.
When none of these red flags are up, pornography can certainly have benefits. Counselors sometimes suggest it to help people become comfortable with a particular fantasy they or their partner may have. Pornography can reboot a couple's sex life. It can give you ideas, or help you contact what turns you on.
Pornography can reboot a couple's sex life. It can provide you ideas, or help you contact what turns you on. Porn can deliver you there at best, or disgust you at worst. It all depends on what you choose to watch. With the availability of porn online, it's possible to sample enough porn quickly that you don't need to find yourself seeing wall-to-wall hard-core sex if it's plot driven erotica that interest you. You're just a victim of bad pornography if you let yourself be.
And a word about sex or pornography dependency. I do not believe in it. Unlike a chemical compound, like opiates, you can't become "addicted" to sex or porn; you can become a compulsive viewer. In this case, it's not the pornography that's the issue; it's the compulsive character. If it weren't porn being utilized to act out one's compulsive porn nature, it might be food or some other behavior.
As for whether it's harmful or beneficial to the performers, let's take females initially. There are some who pick to carry out since they like sex a lot and they consider it a great way to earn money. Then there are those who are drawn to porn as a method of acting out subconscious mental problems-- looking for daddy's love or punishment for being a bad lady. For lots of, it's most likely a little of each. Even ladies with the best mental health will deal with some disadvantages from this work. Our culture takes in porn at record numbers, but the females who carry out are still evaluated harshly.
I'm not sure the male entertainers go out totally unharmed either. While they may not be evaluated as roughly as the ladies, ultimately they're considered as freaks who make their living with their anatomy. John Holmes's fate is the supreme cautionary tale.
Possibly if we weren't still so consumed with guilt and embarassment about sex, neither enjoying nor performing in these films would bring the weight it does. However then, possibly we wouldn't be so thinking about them, either. If the fruit were not prohibited, would anyone care to take a bite?