Samen porno kijken: verrijkt het je relatie of brengt het spanning?

Antje
Lootens

Samen porno kijken: verrijkt het je relatie of brengt het spanning?

 

Pornografie is al lang niet meer iets dat zich enkel in de privésfeer van een slaapkamer of computerscherm afspeelt. Met miljoenen dagelijkse bezoekers op websites zoals Pornhub is het vandaag een wereldwijd fenomeen. Maar wat gebeurt er als partners besluiten die ervaring te delen? Verrijkt samen porno kijken een relatie, of zet het de communicatie net onder druk?

 

Dat is de vraag die centraal stond in het onderzoek van Antje Lootens (Universiteit Gent, Communicatiewetenschappen). Zij onderzocht met een survey bij 281 Vlamingen tussen 18 en 65 jaar hoe het gezamenlijk gebruik van pornografie invloed heeft op relatietevredenheid, seksuele tevredenheid en open seksuele communicatie.

 

Van taboe naar onderzoeksdomein

 

Hoewel pornografie lange tijd een taboe was in de academische wereld, groeit de wetenschappelijke belangstelling. Tot nu toe lag de nadruk vooral op individueel gebruik en de mogelijke negatieve effecten, zoals onrealistische verwachtingen of relatieproblemen. Lootens draaide de lens: wat als koppels samen kijken?

 

Waarom kijken mensen samen?

 

Deelnemers gaven uiteenlopende redenen aan. Nieuwsgierigheid naar nieuwe handelingen (13,9%) en het spannender maken van het seksleven (13,2%) kwamen het vaakst naar voren. Voor individueel gebruik lag de focus vaker op stressvermindering (27,8%) of verveling (25,3%). Kortom: samen kijken lijkt vooral een positieve, relationele insteek te hebben, terwijl solo-gebruik vaker met persoonlijke copingmechanismen verbonden is.


Communicatie als sleutel

 

Een van de opvallendste resultaten: koppels die samen porno kijken, scoren significant hoger op open seksuele communicatie. Ze praten gemakkelijker over verlangens, grenzen en voorkeuren. Dit versterkt de verbondenheid en kan misverstanden verminderen.

 

Maar… samen kijken leidt niet automatisch tot een hogere relationele of seksuele tevredenheid. Statistisch gezien bleek gezamenlijk gebruik geen sterke voorspeller van hoe tevreden partners zich voelden in hun relatie of seksleven. De grote meerwaarde ligt dus in de dialoog die het kan uitlokken.

 

Gender en gebruik

 

Het onderzoek bevestigt ook bestaande genderpatronen. Mannen kijken vaker alleen, terwijl vrouwen relatief vaker samen met hun partner kijken. Bijna 60% van de respondenten gaf aan hun individueel gebruik openlijk met de partner te bespreken, maar een aanzienlijk deel (40%) doet dat niet. Toch zegt bijna driekwart wél te willen communiceren over hun pornogebruik.

 

Dubbele standaarden en stereotypen

 

Naast gebruikspatronen keek Lootens naar bredere maatschappelijke factoren. Seksuele dubbele standaarden m, waarbij mannen vaak worden geprezen om seksueel gedrag, terwijl vrouwen sneller negatieve labels krijgen, spelen nog steeds een rol. Ook genderstereotypen, zoals het idee dat mannen dominant en vrouwen onderdanig moeten zijn, drukken een stempel op relaties en communicatie. Hoe sterker respondenten deze attitudes aanhingen, hoe lager hun relatietevredenheid en openheid over seksualiteit.

 

Wat betekent dit voor koppels?

 

Samen porno kijken blijkt geen wondermiddel voor een gelukkige relatie. Het is ook geen directe bedreiging. De werkelijke winst zit in communicatie: koppels die erover praten, hebben meer kans op een intieme en gezonde relatie, ongeacht of ze porno gebruiken.

 

Of zoals Lootens besluit: “Porno op zich bepaalt niet of een relatie sterk of zwak is. Het is de manier waarop partners ermee omgaan, vooral of ze er open over praten, die het verschil maakt.”


Breder maatschappelijk debat

 

Het onderzoek raakt aan actuele thema’s zoals #MeToo, genderrollen en de invloed van digitale media op seksualiteit. Pornografie is niet enkel entertainment, maar ook een spiegel van sociale normen. Koppels die samen kijken en het gesprek aangaan, dagen deze normen misschien zelfs uit.

 

Conclusie

 

Samen porno kijken verrijkt relaties niet per se automatisch, maar het kan een springplank zijn naar meer open communicatie en dáár ligt de echte sleutel tot tevredenheid. Voor wie durft te praten, is er veel te winnen.

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Universiteit Gent
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2025
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Koen Ponnet
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