Sales of potency funds to young men have increased by more than 50 percent since 2014. However, this does not necessarily mean that impotence is increasing in this group. But at RFSU, it has been noticed that more and more young guys are worried that their porn consumption is causing impotence.
- I meet a lot of guys and men who are afraid that they have got the porn tube potential, it is not at all unusual for them to hear and have questions about this, says Suzann Larsdotter, a legitimate sexologist at RFSU.
Doctor: no relationship
When it comes to young guys who have potency problems, it is often psychological reasons that lie behind. This is stated by Stefan Arver, chief physician in andrology and sexual medicine at Karolinska Hospital.
- There is no connection between watching porn and being impotent. Pornography is something that is largely done to stimulate sexuality, so it is rather the opposite.
He says it can be difficult to perform if you look at porn a lot, but not in the way that those who think porn causes impotence are thinking.
- If you expose yourself a lot to sex, and have sex in the form of pornography, then of course it will be a kind of satisfaction. And then you need to rest up.
"Feels forced to quit"
According to Stefan Arver, there may be several explanations for the increase in sales of potential funds to young men. One of them is that health care is increasingly recognizing that some young men suffering from impotence need to be treated with medicine.
- But it is worrying that some people use it when you do not need it. Then it becomes a kind of performance exercise and you disconnect the sexuality from the natural, he says.
And Suzann Larsdotter at RFSU thinks it is problematic if the perception that porn would cause impotence becomes too common.
- People who enjoy watching porn may feel compelled to quit in order not to have any potential problems. If it adds something good to them, it is not positive that they quit.