Why Do Men Watch Porn? A Gender (but not sexist) Joke

A married couple with numerous issues to work on visited a counselor.  After the initial politeness, the counselor got the wife to start talking. 

“He spends too much time watching porn,” the wife said, referring to her husband (of course).  “It makes me feel devalued.  It’s like he’d rather watch those skanky women than be intimate with me.” 

“I don’t mean to make you feel that way,” the husband said to his wife.  “I watch porn because you’re not always available to me in an intimate way, and I don’t want to burden you with my advances every day when you’re only interested a couple times a week.  I can quit if you really want me to.” 

Then the husband added, “But if I quit watching porn, I want you to quit watching those reality shows with the Kardashians and the real housewives.” 

“It’s not the same thing,” the wife said defensively.  “Those shows are my guilty pleasures.  I love you, but our life together is boring, and these women do exciting things, and I live vicariously through them.” 

After much sharing and honest discussion, the wife stepped out for a moment.  The counselor turned earnestly to the husband and said, “You and your wife learned a lot about each other today.” 

“Yeah, I learned how much she really loves her reality shows,” the husband said.  “And I learned when I can watch my porn without getting caught.”