Oh wow. I am blown away. You just threw me back some 30 years. Let me explain. About three decades ago I was (gladly not to strongly) part of a Christian youth

Oh wow. I am blown away. You just threw me back some 30 years. Let me explain. About three decades ago I was (gladly not to strongly) part of a Christian youth group. Led by honorable members of the parish. They condemned porn, Sex, condemned schools doing sex ed. The condemned viciously youth magazines doing sex ed as well (German Bravo magazine). Kids naturally discovered their budding sexuality. Looked at porn or nudism magazines. Tried maturation (oh what a sin in the eyes of the elders). As said everything sexusl, everything bodily was tabu. Kids, especially in the inner part of these groups with parents active in the parish were fearful. Full of shame because they felt their bodies betraying them and their faith. Felt the touch of Satan. Felt dirty and without being worthy. You (or at least others) might get the drift. And - more importantly - these kids (boys and girls alike) were vulnerable. And believe me - easy prey. And prey they were. The most respected members of the flock, leaders of youth groups and excursions who prayed with us and always told us that we could always come to them with any question about our faith and life in general. These were the wolves. Males as well as females. They longed for the confessions. Let the kids show what they had done. Wanted to see in detail. Some even went further. Did not constraint themselves to confessions and private shows of underage maturation. So yeah I learned early that porn is to blame for a rotten society. Porn is the culprit. Not people. Sorry, but what you wrote is nearly verbatim the arguments that were hammered into us. I don't buy them. Not anymore.