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I think the most important thing here is whether or not the person consuming the violent media has fantasies of violence. Purely anecdotal, but in my own life,
by throwaway6766 8y ago
I think the most important thing here is whether or not the person consuming the violent media has fantasies of violence. Purely anecdotal, but in my own life, I'm convinced certain types of media have pushed me over the edge from fantasy for reality. For example, ever since I was a young child, I found smoking women to be sexy. I fantasized about it in my adolescent years. Then I discovered smoking fetish pornography and that really got me going and I started to think maybe I should actually date smokers. Then I did and I started to think it might not be to badd to try smoking myself.
I doubt I would have made it this far down my current road had I never taken that initial jump from purely in my mind to consuming smoking fetish media. In other words, I think the smoking fetish media helped me take a harmless fantasy and turn it a ruinous reality. I wonder if the same could happen for other people with other (not even necessarily sexual) fantasies.
- chaostheory 8y agoOpposing data to your anecdote. The rise of porn's accessibility has supposedly reduced the occurrence of rape https://slate.com/culture/2006/10/proof-that-internet-porn-prevents-rape.html https://slate.com/culture/2006/10/proof-that-internet-porn-p... https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/all-about-sex/201601/evidence-mounts-more-porn-less-sexual-assault https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/all-about-sex/201601...
- sandworm101 8y agoAnd many of the biggest porn companies are in SF.
- hopler 8y agoRape is a bit of a different category because there is the component of ejaculation which has a substantial affect on short term desire for sex.
- r_smart 8y agoMaybe, but you sought it out on your own. The porn was a convenient pit stop on the way to living things out, but that doesn't mean you wouldn't have ever gone down that road. All you would've needed was to screw up the courage to make a pass at a receptive lady you saw smoking.
- stcredzero 8y agoFor example, ever since I was a young child, I found smoking women to be sexy. I fantasized about it in my adolescent years. Then I discovered smoking fetish pornography and that really got me going and I started to think maybe I should actually date smokers. Then I did and I started to think it might not be to badd to try smoking myself. I think the chain stops at the point where you started dating smokers, and you should think of this as a success! (Depending on whether the relationships themselves are ruinous or successful on the whole.)