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I'm conflicted on this. Online porn is way to easy to access online, and there's no way it's good for children. And before I get called a puritan, I want to ma

I'm conflicted on this. Online porn is way to easy to access online, and there's no way it's good for children. And before I get called a puritan, I want to make it clear that I'm not talking about sites like onlyfans or even a mainstream production company likes brazzers. There is some truly horrific porn out there that is a single google search away. You can watch women being beaten, gagged, urinated on, made to vomit. You can find upskirt videos, revenge porn, "consensual nonconsent" that really makes you wonder if the women involved knew what they were consenting to. You can even find beastiality, which I thought was illegal! Truly disgusting things that children should not be able to access are readily available for anyone of any age to see through a google search. That being said, I don't trust porn sites to handle IDs safely, and I would never want to give mine to them. But maybe that's a good thing if it keeps people out and hurts the disgusting people who produce this stuff.

grugagag 4y ago
Yes I agree, it’s not just porn but very sick stuff out there. I think sex ed is the solution, young people need to know that disgusting stuff is not normal and how to avoid it. The dangers lie in monkey see monkey do type of behavior and the behavior gets normalized. Having said that, requiring ID is not a good solution and likely not to work
- DrThunder 4y ago
  You're talking about having an adult conversation with a fully developed brain. Your logic doesn't apply to children. What you're suggesting doesn't fully work on a young undeveloped brain. This is the equivalency of telling a teenager that drugs are bad. Kids, especially teenagers aren't rational. This is why we have laws in place that don't treat them like adults until they're at least 18 and sometimes 21. The idea that you're going to just sit them down and re-educate them appropriately when there's essentially unlimited access to this stuff is pure silliness.
dpkirchner 4y ago
Seems like only mainstream production companies would bother adhering to the regulations, meaning all of those other examples would remain available to everyone. That'd increase the ratio of freely available "bad" porn to "good" porn. Perhaps there are good intentions behind this law --although I suspect it comes from pressure by hate groups -- however this is not the way. Seems like involving parents and educating kids is the best option.

grugagag 4y ago

Yes I agree, it’s not just porn but very sick stuff out there. I think sex ed is the solution, young people need to know that disgusting stuff is not normal and how to avoid it. The dangers lie in monkey see monkey do type of behavior and the behavior gets normalized. Having said that, requiring ID is not a good solution and likely not to work

DrThunder 4y ago
You're talking about having an adult conversation with a fully developed brain. Your logic doesn't apply to children. What you're suggesting doesn't fully work on a young undeveloped brain. This is the equivalency of telling a teenager that drugs are bad. Kids, especially teenagers aren't rational. This is why we have laws in place that don't treat them like adults until they're at least 18 and sometimes 21. The idea that you're going to just sit them down and re-educate them appropriately when there's essentially unlimited access to this stuff is pure silliness.

dpkirchner 4y ago

Seems like only mainstream production companies would bother adhering to the regulations, meaning all of those other examples would remain available to everyone. That'd increase the ratio of freely available "bad" porn to "good" porn. Perhaps there are good intentions behind this law --although I suspect it comes from pressure by hate groups -- however this is not the way. Seems like involving parents and educating kids is the best option.