234. Is Watching Porn Considered Cheating?

Overcome Pornography for Good

Sara Brewer

Christianity, Sexuality, Religion & Spirituality, Health & Fitness

5 • 679 Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Is watching porn considered cheating? It’s a question many people wrestle with, and the answer isn’t black and white. In this episode, I explore the emotional complexities surrounding pornography use in committed relationships and how it intersects with infidelity, betrayal, and sexual boundaries. I dive into how personal values, inherited beliefs, and unspoken agreements shape how we view fidelity.

I discuss how infidelity isn’t defined by specific actions, but rather by breaking agreements and trust. Through this conversation, you’ll gain insights on navigating difficult conversations, co-creating agreements with your partner, and understanding the role of shame and fear in shaping sexual beliefs. If you’re struggling with porn use or your partner’s, this episode provides a roadmap for moving forward with clarity and compassion.

Get full show notes, transcript, and more information here: https://centerforovercoming.com/post/watching-porn-considered-cheating

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0:00.0	You are listening to the Overcome Pornography for Good podcast, episode 234, is watching porn considered cheating.
0:10.0	Welcome to the Overcome Pornography for Good podcast where we take a research-based, trauma-informed, and results-focused approach to quitting porn.
0:20.9	This approach has been revolutionary and changed thousands and thousands of lives.
0:26.4	I'm your host, Sarah Brewer.
0:30.0	Hey, everyone.
0:31.5	Welcome to today's podcast episode where we're going to talk in-depth about is porn use considered infidelity, is watching porn
0:40.3	considered cheating? So as we're going through today's class on is porn cheating, is porn use
0:46.1	infidelity, I want to remind you of an amazing resource that we have for you, which is the program.
0:51.5	And so the value of the program, this is where you can really come in and get
0:55.2	help and get coaching and get help with your specific scenario and your specific situation and your
1:01.2	specific relationship. We can really support you in that setting. You're going to hear in this episode,
1:06.7	I'm like talking to a thousand different dynamics at once. And so some of this is going to apply to
1:12.3	your dynamic. Some of this isn't going to apply to your dynamic, your relationship dynamic,
1:16.2	that is. And so I hope this is so valuable to you. And if you want more support, come and join us in
1:21.9	the program. Come and get coaching. Come join us in the program. You can join us. Center for Overcoming.com
1:27.2	forward slash work with me.
1:29.6	All right, you guys, enjoy this class. It's so good.
1:34.0	First thing's first is that this isn't a black and white answer. I'm not going to give you a yes or a
1:39.1	no. And I know some of you might be like, darn it. Just give me a simple answer. But there's a lot of nuance here.
1:44.9	And the goal here isn't to tell you how to think, but the goal here is instead to equip you
1:49.4	with language and context that you might not have been given before around this topic.
1:54.0	And I promise that at the end of it, you're going to feel a lot more clear and you're going to
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