Seeing porn is not inherently damaging to guys or women. However I would offer some cautions. There are people who most likely shouldn't view porn, like those with poor body image or those who have actually been sexually victimized. Depending upon your choice in watching, you can develop unrealistic expectations about sex or what people like or how you'll be expected to "carry out." And viewing with someone requires real authorization.
When none of these warnings are up, porn can certainly have advantages. Therapists in some cases suggest it to assist individuals become comfortable with a specific dream they or their partner might have. Pornography can reboot a couple's sex life. It can provide you ideas, or help you get in touch with what turns you on.
Porn can reboot a couple's sex life. It can offer you concepts, or assist you contact what turns you on. Porn can deliver you there at best, or disgust you at worst. All of it depends on what you pick to view. With the schedule of pornography online, it's possible to sample adequate porn rapidly that you don't need to find yourself viewing wall-to-wall hard-core sex if it's plot driven erotica that porn interest you. You're only a victim of bad pornography if you let yourself be.
And a word about sex or pornography dependency. I don't believe in it. Unlike a chemical compound, like opiates, you can't become "addicted" to sex or pornography; you can become a compulsive audience. In this case, it's not the porn that's the problem; 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.
When it comes to whether it's harmful or beneficial to the entertainers, let's take females first. There are some who pick to perform because they like sex a lot and they consider it an excellent method to earn a living. Then there are those who are drawn to porn as a method of acting out subconscious psychological concerns-- looking for daddy's love or penalty for being a bad woman. For many, it's most likely a little of each. Even ladies with the very best mental health will deal with some downsides from this work. Our culture takes in pornography at record numbers, but the females who carry out are still judged harshly.
I'm unsure the male performers get out entirely unharmed either. While they might not be judged 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.
Possibly if we weren't still so consumed with regret and embarassment about sex, neither enjoying nor performing in these movies would carry the weight it does. However then, possibly we would not be so interested in them, either. If the fruit were not prohibited, would anyone care to take a bite?