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How does sex ed stop them from looking at porn incessantly? The issue here isn't that they need to know how reproductive parts work, it's that easy access to p

How does sex ed stop them from looking at porn incessantly? The issue here isn't that they need to know how reproductive parts work, it's that easy access to porn is unhealthy for a developing brain. Constant dopamine hits like that have been proven to lead to all sorts of mental health issues.

Loughla 4y ago
Good sex ed. isn't just the mechanics of the body. It's also healthy habits, dangers, and pornography education as well. The problem is, when people hear sex ed. they immediately think of 7th grade and the basketball coach awkwardly holding a banana talking to the class before getting a stick of deodorant.
- DrThunder 4y ago
  Again, you're not addressing the issue, which is the unhealthy rewiring of the brain. Nothing you've presented with sex ed would counteract that. You also seem to think children have fully developed brains and are able to discern the difference between unhealthy fake porn and reality. This a scientifically, objectively wrong stance.
  - grugagag 4y ago
    Even if they can’t discern they could at least have the information on what’s healhy and what’s not. Without sex-ed they’re risking getting bad information and even if their abilities to discern start getting better they’d have a corrupted baseline of what is normal/healthy.
    - DrThunder 4y ago
      I'm not arguing to do away with sex-ed. I'm saying it's not a replacement for some sort of enforcement of the law to keep underage kids from accessing porn easily.
cmh89 4y ago
<t's that easy access to porn is unhealthy for a developing brain. That seems like a claim that needs a citation. Pretty much everyone under the age of 35 has had 'easy access' to porn in their formative years. Are we all mentally ill?
- DrThunder 4y ago
  You might want to look up statistics on the explosive rise of mental illness diagnoses in the last 2 decades or so. (Hint: it's gone up exponentially with unrestricted access to certain things) Some people are able to overcome child abuse and live a life without any mental health issues, does that mean that child abuse isn't wrong?
  - SketchySeaBeast 4y ago
    Are we now linking pornography to being the source of a rise in mental illness? No other possible factors?
    - DrThunder 4y ago
      Nope. Strawman. We're talking about it being ONE of the factors. All of them are however linked to easily obtained dopamine hits on the brain and what happens to a child that's exposed to that constantly (hint: it's pretty similar to drug addiction). There are plenty of studies linked directly to porn's effects on not fully developed brains. You need to focus the conversation on underage kids as well. We're not discussing restrictions for adults. We as a society have obviously decided pedophilia is unacceptable because it's mentally damaging to kids who cannot yet conceive the implications of what they're doing, you ought to be able extrapolate from that and logically conclude unfettered underage porn access is also mentally damaging. This isn't some massive leap. If you want to argue that a certain law is the best way control it, I can understand that. However, I cannot wrap my head around any argument that tries to say allowing kids to just view porn unrestricted is fine.
      - SketchySeaBeast 4y ago

Loughla 4y ago

Good sex ed. isn't just the mechanics of the body. It's also healthy habits, dangers, and pornography education as well. The problem is, when people hear sex ed. they immediately think of 7th grade and the basketball coach awkwardly holding a banana talking to the class before getting a stick of deodorant.

DrThunder 4y ago
Again, you're not addressing the issue, which is the unhealthy rewiring of the brain. Nothing you've presented with sex ed would counteract that. You also seem to think children have fully developed brains and are able to discern the difference between unhealthy fake porn and reality. This a scientifically, objectively wrong stance.
- grugagag 4y ago
  Even if they can’t discern they could at least have the information on what’s healhy and what’s not. Without sex-ed they’re risking getting bad information and even if their abilities to discern start getting better they’d have a corrupted baseline of what is normal/healthy.
  - DrThunder 4y ago
    I'm not arguing to do away with sex-ed. I'm saying it's not a replacement for some sort of enforcement of the law to keep underage kids from accessing porn easily.

cmh89 4y ago

<t's that easy access to porn is unhealthy for a developing brain. That seems like a claim that needs a citation. Pretty much everyone under the age of 35 has had 'easy access' to porn in their formative years. Are we all mentally ill?

DrThunder 4y ago
You might want to look up statistics on the explosive rise of mental illness diagnoses in the last 2 decades or so. (Hint: it's gone up exponentially with unrestricted access to certain things) Some people are able to overcome child abuse and live a life without any mental health issues, does that mean that child abuse isn't wrong?
- SketchySeaBeast 4y ago
  Are we now linking pornography to being the source of a rise in mental illness? No other possible factors?
  - DrThunder 4y ago
    Nope. Strawman. We're talking about it being ONE of the factors. All of them are however linked to easily obtained dopamine hits on the brain and what happens to a child that's exposed to that constantly (hint: it's pretty similar to drug addiction). There are plenty of studies linked directly to porn's effects on not fully developed brains. You need to focus the conversation on underage kids as well. We're not discussing restrictions for adults. We as a society have obviously decided pedophilia is unacceptable because it's mentally damaging to kids who cannot yet conceive the implications of what they're doing, you ought to be able extrapolate from that and logically conclude unfettered underage porn access is also mentally damaging. This isn't some massive leap. If you want to argue that a certain law is the best way control it, I can understand that. However, I cannot wrap my head around any argument that tries to say allowing kids to just view porn unrestricted is fine.
    - SketchySeaBeast 4y ago