Porn is a huge problem. It is bad. Every man who wants a healthy sex life should avoid it. Men turn to porn due to issues they have in getting actual sex. Porn then compounds those problems.
Female validation has gotten worse with the internet. Women get way more validation today than they got 30 years ago. Also, they can generate way more interest now than ever with swipe apps and social media. If a woman is on 2 dating apps, plus her Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram DMs, she can easily field 100+ sexual inquiries at one time without even leaving her home. That didn't happen as recently as 30 years ago. That's going to change how she perceives her own worth. In 1990, if a woman wanted to generate interest, she had to leave her own home and go to bars, or develop a social life through her interests and get hit on at various events. She could only generate a fraction of the interest of her 2010s/2020 equivalent. The 1990 woman might field 5-10 inquiries at a time, whereas the 2010s/2020 woman is fielding 100-150 at a time.