How has the advent of "sexy" photos on services like Facebook, Instagram & Tinder changed your masturbatory habits or sexual desires?

I never understood the appeal of masturbating to not very saucy photos of women that are scantily clad but not very sexual.

I tried to go through my friends' photos to see if there was anything worth masturbating to after seeing discussion about it, just to see what all the fuss was about, but even the attractive women had way too many photos of pets, grandma, etc. for me to be in the mood even after I'd set aside a reasonable selection of images that could be construed as titillating or showed something sexually interesting.

So I know fairly concretely that it's just not for me.

It seems like it would only really work for a guy who was obsessing over a particular girl or group of girls and was using non-sexual photos of them purely as a reference for his own fantasies.

facebook albums full of bikini/club/festival photos with little clothing,

There is a whole world of difference between that kind of thing and even clothed softcore pornographic pictures.

As someone who has done nofap and doesn't look at porn

Ah, that explains your perspective then. So long as you realize that you're very far removed from dudes like me.

I was wondering how this sexualisation of people you know has changed your desire towards that person or sexual desire in general.

It hasn't. I can tell if a girl is hot when we first meet, barring some kind of extremely unusual situation, I don't need to see a badly angled, not-that-great photo of her from her last trip to the beach to know that.

Do you still go to porn sites to relieve that sexual desire from the day

What? Just living my life and going about my daily business doesn't make me automatically become horny. If I encounter something hot, now that can have an effect on me, sure, but my masturbatory schedule is mostly based upon my own inclinations, not something that builds up at a constant rate over time or because things I ordinarily encounter in my life press upon me and make me wanna jerk it.

I use a mixture of porn and my imagination.

Dose that gratification make you more or less likely to pursue an actual sexual relationship because you're able to get that from their photos?

lolno. That's only an issue for guys where there's something unhealthy going on.

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