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> And kids most certainly did not have access to hard porn Not sure where you grew up, but growing up in Europe, porn was widespread even if it was only availa
by capableweb 3y ago
> And kids most certainly did not have access to hard porn
Not sure where you grew up, but growing up in Europe, porn was widespread even if it was only available via paid magazines (before video). And kids used what kids had at hand, even if it was just one magazine. Someone knew someone's uncle who was a habitual magazine buyer and sometimes let go of old magazines, or somehow randomly found magazines at some location, like in the woods.
Taking what you say as fact, wouldn't that mean that people consume more porn now than back in 2013? How does it reconcile with the fact that "porn" as a search term is declining, since then?
- eternalban 3y agoUS. Look even if you managed to get your hands on a European product (wherever) we're talking a handful (npi) of mags. Are you seriously arguing that there isn't a fundamental change in production/distribution/consumption patterns? You're only stating a fact regarding the use of search engines and the word porn and then jumping to a conclusion. As if "PornHub" a secret that kids need to google for. You go to one, and every content has layers of URLs corresponding to how many times it has been appropriated from original producers so who needs a search engine.
- capableweb 3y agoI'm saying that we don't know if the whole "people have to consume more extreme porn to get their "fix"" is true or not, nor if typical hardcore porn consumption is more widespread today than before. And at least I'm trying to provide some data points in order to ground this debate to facts, which it doesn't seem like you're interested in as you have provided zero.
- eternalban 3y agoSure, here you go: gather the names of all porn providers, publications, studios, actresses, actors, positions, fetishes, etc. Now analyze search trends. My guess is that if kids want to search for porn, they will do focused search and not type "porn" in google (which sounds ridiculous). My guess is that the sum of searches for that set of queries is the far more representative metric than mere 'porn'.
- capableweb 3y agoI'm saying "we don't know" and you're saying "But I do know!", who is the burden of proof on? I think you misunderstand how this whole thing works...