On 09/05/2017 12:27 AM, Alaric Snell-Pym wrote:
I suspect that porn viewing causes harm through misinformation, but not
through some kind of "can't get aroused by real human beings"
psychological damage. Although the misinformation may lead to
psychological damage...
Is porn addiction really a thing? If so, is porn the problem, or is this
just something a person with a compulsion issue has latched onto in some
cases, and they'd have latched onto something else otherwise?
I think one must be careful here. Suppose studies found:
* People get addicted to porn
* People who view porn lots have a higher than usual level of mental
illness, particularly sexual dysfunction
...you can't blame porn based on *just* that (although that situation
would justify doing further studies), because it may be that people with
pre-existing psychological issues are more attracted to porn than others.
I probably sound like a porn apologist... I'm not. I think the idea of
consenting adults sharing pictures/videos of themselves shagging, or
factual or fictional written accounts, etc, for their own or their
recipient's titilation or for money, is perfectly fine and even
laudable. But the porn *industry* is horrible, exploitative, and is
spreading disinformation.
As a parent: We're very open with our children about sex, with a view to
pre-educating them before they get misinformed by their peers or the
Internet...
ABS
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Alaric Snell-Pym
http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/alaric/
Just search and replace "porn" with "social networks" in the above. And
sex(ual) with "sociall".
Bharath
