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How many times have pornographers been brought to court for distributing to minors? Getting minors addicted at a young age would be very important strategically

How many times have pornographers been brought to court for distributing to minors? Getting minors addicted at a young age would be very important strategically for the porn industry, ensuring both future customers and cultural mainstreaming. Compare with the tobacco industry.

jlgreco 14y ago
Substance addiction and physical attraction to other members of your species are wildly different topics. (With rare exception,) physical attraction is something you acquire during maturation through natural brain chemistry changes induced internally. Even if we reject that, you are still failing to take into account a very important difference between tobacco distribution and online pornography distribution: accurate age verification is far easier in meatspace where lies about your age have to have some semblance to reality. In fact, the meatspace sale of pornography provides a nifty little counterexample to your thesis: guess how fast a minor would get kicked out of a sex shop. (answer: faster than you could possibly believe.)
- reader5000 14y ago
  Pornography is a (digital) substance that induces comparable if not identical neurological changes as traditional addictive substances such as nicotine. It has already been established the internet generally is sufficient to induce addiction-related neurological changes. I don't disagree that it is easier to implement age-based restrictions in real life versus online, but the fact remains that every single porn site distributes to minors, with obvious benefits to the industry.
  - jlgreco 14y ago
    > Pornography is a (digital) substance What a silly thing to say. > induces comparable if not identical neurological changes as traditional addictive substances such as nicotine Show me the peer reviewed studies. Nicotine is a drug which alters brain chemistry, pornography merely facilitates naturally occurring brain chemistry phenomenons. It absolutely defies reason that these could be identical. > but the fact remains that every single porn site distributes to minors Already refuted bullshit.

jlgreco 14y ago

Substance addiction and physical attraction to other members of your species are wildly different topics. (With rare exception,) physical attraction is something you acquire during maturation through natural brain chemistry changes induced internally. Even if we reject that, you are still failing to take into account a very important difference between tobacco distribution and online pornography distribution: accurate age verification is far easier in meatspace where lies about your age have to have some semblance to reality. In fact, the meatspace sale of pornography provides a nifty little counterexample to your thesis: guess how fast a minor would get kicked out of a sex shop. (answer: faster than you could possibly believe.)

reader5000 14y ago
Pornography is a (digital) substance that induces comparable if not identical neurological changes as traditional addictive substances such as nicotine. It has already been established the internet generally is sufficient to induce addiction-related neurological changes. I don't disagree that it is easier to implement age-based restrictions in real life versus online, but the fact remains that every single porn site distributes to minors, with obvious benefits to the industry.
- jlgreco 14y ago
  > Pornography is a (digital) substance What a silly thing to say. > induces comparable if not identical neurological changes as traditional addictive substances such as nicotine Show me the peer reviewed studies. Nicotine is a drug which alters brain chemistry, pornography merely facilitates naturally occurring brain chemistry phenomenons. It absolutely defies reason that these could be identical. > but the fact remains that every single porn site distributes to minors Already refuted bullshit.