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We should have a serious discussion about the impact of mass porn consumption on developing persons. Does it have no effect at all? Does it increase sex drive?
by ben_jones 9y ago
We should have a serious discussion about the impact of mass porn consumption on developing persons. Does it have no effect at all? Does it increase sex drive? Does it decrease sex drive? Does it cause depression? Does it lower depression? Does it effect sexual preferences?
I feel like our understanding on mental wellness is so pitifully small that something a innate as porn should be heavily studied.
- jjeaff 9y agoI agree. It's like we are in the big tobacco phase where everyone is saying it's normal and healthy. To say otherwise is considered prudish and sexually repressive.
- guitarbill 9y agoIt would be nice to see it studied scientifically, without knee-jerk reactions. But I hear one of the problems is finding enough people for studies who don't watch pornography.
- JamesBarney 9y agoMy money is on decreases sex drive. Probably has little effect on depression, and probably means more guys ask for their girlfriends/significant others for sex acts depicted in porn. Also if these questions make you feel like porn is this scary thing we know nothing about. The same questions could be asked of movies, tv, social media, flying, etc....
- fulafel 9y agoAs it happens, going through the research was done as background work for the legislation. Here's the report: http://sheu.org.uk/content/childrens-commisioner-basically-porn-everywhere-rapid-evidence-assessment-effects-access-and http://sheu.org.uk/content/childrens-commisioner-basically-p... Here's the NYT summary: https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/29/sunday-review/does-porn-hurt-children.html https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/29/sunday-review/does-porn-h...