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>Exposure (regular or casual) to porn at a young age has some long lasting consequences. Survivorship bias. [citation needed]

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johnchristopher 6y ago
Fair enough, I thought about changing `can` to `may` but I forgot it wouldn't fly on HN ^^. > Research into associations between use or non-use of condoms and consumption of pornography among adolescents varies. Some studies found that the use of pornography was associated with non-condom use for both gay (Arrington-Sanders et al., 2015) and heterosexual (Braun-Courville & Rojas, 2009; Luder et al., 2011) male adolescents, yet was not the case for female adolescents (Luder et al., 2011). One study from the Netherlands, which asked adolescents about their sexual practices and pornography use repeatedly over time, did not find an association between pornography use and condomless sex (Peter & Valkenburg, 2011c). These associations may differ depending on the content of pornographies they consume, particularly between gay and heterosexual male adolescents, as gay pornography has a much higher rate of condom use (condomless sex represents a substantial minority of gay pornographies) than heterosexual pornography (condomless sex is the overwhelming majority of content). In addition, the relative cultural context of sexuality education and condom use is also important here (i.e., in the Netherlands sexuality education is more comprehensive and attentive to issues of gender and consent in general than in Australia, see Bell, 2009). https://aifs.gov.au/publications/effects-pornography-children-and-young-people#partb https://aifs.gov.au/publications/effects-pornography-childre... and https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6352245/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6352245/ I let you follow the trails from there, just stay away from netnanny like and sexual addicts support websites as they are promoting a very specific agenda and framing things in a certain way.
- Kaveren 6y ago
  So your evidence for the "lasting consequences" of pornography is that there are some studies indicating a correlation to a reduction in condom usage. This indicates to me a need for better sex education. This doesn't justify the ominous phrase "some long lasting consequences".
  - johnchristopher 6y ago
    If porn had no consequences then there wouldn't be a need for better sex education. If you disagree with the fact that not using a condom can have long lasting consequences (as in getting pregnant or getting an std) then I don't think we should debate the subject any longer.
    - Kaveren 6y ago
      This is disingenuous. > If porn had no consequences then there wouldn't be a need for better sex education. This is ridiculous. We'd need comprehensive sex education whether or not anyone watches porn. Before porn was trivially available online, teenagers still had plenty of sex. Sexual consent was still widely misunderstood too (and still is). Of course pregnancy is a long lasting consequence, but if it is addressed by a program we need even without porn, it's irrelevant to porn. > Exposure (regular or casual) to porn at a young age has some long lasting consequences. If all you had in mind was condom usage and pregnancy, this is a bizarre choice of phrasing.
      - johnchristopher 6y ago
        > This is ridiculous. We'd need comprehensive sex education whether or not anyone watches porn. I don't follow. Of course sex ed is need and I believe it should be updated to take porn into account (if it's not already there). > If all you had in mind was condom usage and pregnancy, this is a bizarre choice of phrasing. Of course not, but I can't go around citing every publications or experts under the sun that points to cultural changes and implications on the children's upbringing. Now I believe the debate is wrongly framed from the beginning. Children aren't teenagers, some culture have varying definitions for children, teenagers, adults, etc. and “porn” is way too generic (softcore, bdsm, gonzo, mutilation, etc.) to encompass the whole situation. Saying it's fine for children to watch porn won't fly when you hear about some kind of porn some people are consuming. AFAIC I believe parents should take care to protect children from porn watching/accident, explain things sooner than previous generations (this is a change brought in by the total availability of porn content) did. There should be a mention in sex education about porn and how and why it paints some very specific sexual intercourse behaviour in specific ways and why it's not necessarily what's expected from a partner, etc. I do agree and believe a government filter won't have any meaningful impact though.
- GoblinSlayer 6y ago
  Social bullshit around private life is much more destructive there. I once bought an antiseptic and the cashier gave me a weird look. Guess why. Because as an antiseptic one of its uses was treatment of STDs and the cashier obviously knew it.
- vangelis 6y ago
  Wouldn't the solution here be encouraging condom use in heterosexual pornography! The cat is out of the bag, so to speak.
  - johnchristopher 6y ago
    Everytime it gets on the table you have a strong backlash from the industry though.
globular-toast 6y ago
I think the burden of proof should be the other way around. The desire for sex is one of the most fundamental instincts that we have. Who can really say that their first sexual encounters don't stick with them for life? Internet porn is a radical shift in how young people are experiencing sex during important developmental years. Why wouldn't it have a long lasting effect?
- GoblinSlayer 6y ago
  You can personally believe in mythical consequences, but it's not a good enough reason to write sweeping laws at the cost of infocalypse.
- Kaveren 6y ago
  No, there have been claims for decades about the harms of pornography. There should be enough evidence for detractors against pornography consumption to use. The burden is proof is on them.
- Nasrudith 6y ago
  Have you looked at Pompei? Honestly between that and "fertility relics" not having access to pornography may be the unhealthy anomally.

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johnchristopher 6y ago

Fair enough, I thought about changing `can` to `may` but I forgot it wouldn't fly on HN ^^. > Research into associations between use or non-use of condoms and consumption of pornography among adolescents varies. Some studies found that the use of pornography was associated with non-condom use for both gay (Arrington-Sanders et al., 2015) and heterosexual (Braun-Courville & Rojas, 2009; Luder et al., 2011) male adolescents, yet was not the case for female adolescents (Luder et al., 2011). One study from the Netherlands, which asked adolescents about their sexual practices and pornography use repeatedly over time, did not find an association between pornography use and condomless sex (Peter & Valkenburg, 2011c). These associations may differ depending on the content of pornographies they consume, particularly between gay and heterosexual male adolescents, as gay pornography has a much higher rate of condom use (condomless sex represents a substantial minority of gay pornographies) than heterosexual pornography (condomless sex is the overwhelming majority of content). In addition, the relative cultural context of sexuality education and condom use is also important here (i.e., in the Netherlands sexuality education is more comprehensive and attentive to issues of gender and consent in general than in Australia, see Bell, 2009). https://aifs.gov.au/publications/effects-pornography-children-and-young-people#partb https://aifs.gov.au/publications/effects-pornography-childre... and https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6352245/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6352245/ I let you follow the trails from there, just stay away from netnanny like and sexual addicts support websites as they are promoting a very specific agenda and framing things in a certain way.

Kaveren 6y ago
So your evidence for the "lasting consequences" of pornography is that there are some studies indicating a correlation to a reduction in condom usage. This indicates to me a need for better sex education. This doesn't justify the ominous phrase "some long lasting consequences".
- johnchristopher 6y ago
  If porn had no consequences then there wouldn't be a need for better sex education. If you disagree with the fact that not using a condom can have long lasting consequences (as in getting pregnant or getting an std) then I don't think we should debate the subject any longer.
  - Kaveren 6y ago
    This is disingenuous. > If porn had no consequences then there wouldn't be a need for better sex education. This is ridiculous. We'd need comprehensive sex education whether or not anyone watches porn. Before porn was trivially available online, teenagers still had plenty of sex. Sexual consent was still widely misunderstood too (and still is). Of course pregnancy is a long lasting consequence, but if it is addressed by a program we need even without porn, it's irrelevant to porn. > Exposure (regular or casual) to porn at a young age has some long lasting consequences. If all you had in mind was condom usage and pregnancy, this is a bizarre choice of phrasing.
    - johnchristopher 6y ago
      > This is ridiculous. We'd need comprehensive sex education whether or not anyone watches porn. I don't follow. Of course sex ed is need and I believe it should be updated to take porn into account (if it's not already there). > If all you had in mind was condom usage and pregnancy, this is a bizarre choice of phrasing. Of course not, but I can't go around citing every publications or experts under the sun that points to cultural changes and implications on the children's upbringing. Now I believe the debate is wrongly framed from the beginning. Children aren't teenagers, some culture have varying definitions for children, teenagers, adults, etc. and “porn” is way too generic (softcore, bdsm, gonzo, mutilation, etc.) to encompass the whole situation. Saying it's fine for children to watch porn won't fly when you hear about some kind of porn some people are consuming. AFAIC I believe parents should take care to protect children from porn watching/accident, explain things sooner than previous generations (this is a change brought in by the total availability of porn content) did. There should be a mention in sex education about porn and how and why it paints some very specific sexual intercourse behaviour in specific ways and why it's not necessarily what's expected from a partner, etc. I do agree and believe a government filter won't have any meaningful impact though.
GoblinSlayer 6y ago
Social bullshit around private life is much more destructive there. I once bought an antiseptic and the cashier gave me a weird look. Guess why. Because as an antiseptic one of its uses was treatment of STDs and the cashier obviously knew it.
vangelis 6y ago
Wouldn't the solution here be encouraging condom use in heterosexual pornography! The cat is out of the bag, so to speak.
- johnchristopher 6y ago
  Everytime it gets on the table you have a strong backlash from the industry though.

globular-toast 6y ago

I think the burden of proof should be the other way around. The desire for sex is one of the most fundamental instincts that we have. Who can really say that their first sexual encounters don't stick with them for life? Internet porn is a radical shift in how young people are experiencing sex during important developmental years. Why wouldn't it have a long lasting effect?

GoblinSlayer 6y ago
You can personally believe in mythical consequences, but it's not a good enough reason to write sweeping laws at the cost of infocalypse.
Kaveren 6y ago
No, there have been claims for decades about the harms of pornography. There should be enough evidence for detractors against pornography consumption to use. The burden is proof is on them.
Nasrudith 6y ago
Have you looked at Pompei? Honestly between that and "fertility relics" not having access to pornography may be the unhealthy anomally.