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Question is does it reduce demand from the real world or does it serve as demand multiplier in the real physical world?

• nikkwong 4y ago
  I think these are the right questions to ask; and these types of things would need to be studied in order to pose a potential solution. But I can't imagine any modern day institution beginning to pose these questions without facing public outlash. The sensationalized headlines that would spin out of this would probably stop any research in this area in its tracks. In that way our species is very primitive. We're trigger happy in our outrage and often unable to focus on a larger shared goal, much to our own demise.
  • mc32 4y ago
    We can study near-like issues to get a hint of the phycological effects. Have people into bestiality to play in their VR worlds and see if it suffocates demand or increases demand and we see spillover into the real world. (find a jurisdiction where the above is tolerated) Maybe Thailand can produce some data given their apparent tolerance for certain behaviors.
• Viliam1234 4y ago
  I think the research shows that availability of normal porn reduces rape. (Don't have a link at hand, sorry.) So I would guess the effect would probably be the same here.
  • mc32 4y ago
    It's the age-old dilemma: is it a safety valve or a gateway to worse things?
    • numpad0 4y ago
      But what exactly are those worse things?
      • Viliam1234 4y ago