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And you see no functional difference between "peaking at a still image in a magazine, which even the hardcore versions are tame by modern internet porn standard

by Syonyk 2y ago

And you see no functional difference between "peaking at a still image in a magazine, which even the hardcore versions are tame by modern internet porn standards" and "an infinite stream of videos of whatever sounds interesting at the moment"? They're not the slightest bit the same in terms of impact on human brains.

talldayo 2y ago
I see the difference, I just don't see how to stop it. If you want your kid to not have access to infinite videos where they choose what plays next, don't give them access to the internet, period. Problem solved, I just stopped them from learning swear words and atheism too. There's just no situation where you give kids access to the internet while also removing porn from it. It just doesn't work like that. It's either that all internet binging is harmful, or none is. No law will ever succeed at depriving kids from using the internet to watch sex videos. We know this because you can't outlaw kids from watching sex scenes in movies or sex chapters in books, either.
- bdangubic 2y ago
  every “what is good for the kids” problem is solved in the same way - good parenting. ban books - political theatre. ban nudity/porn - political theatre. and why focus on sex? if I give my kid unsupervised access to the internet she can be subjected to endless stream of beheading videos and much much worse than that… I would HOPE AND PRAY she watches porn vs. other shit that is out there is kids are allowed unsupervised access
jillyboel 2y ago
Let's ban tiktok, youtube and facebook first then.
- Syonyk 2y ago
  Good. I'm onboard with that. They're human-toxic systems that optimize "hours on screen" over literally anything else that might be good for people.
eesmith 2y ago
Earlier you wrote "The average age of boys being exposed to porn is about 13". Now you say "infinite stream of whatever sounds interesting at the moment". Those are two quite different things. To start with, just because a kid saw pornography doesn't mean it was wanted. From a 2007 paper, "Forty-two percent of youth Internet users had been exposed to online pornography in the past year. Of those, 66% reported only unwanted exposure." (From "Unwanted and Wanted Exposure to Online Pornography in a National Sample of Youth Internet Users") In quite a few countries, the way to watch porn as a teen is to set your alarm for 1am and watch soft porn on regular broadcast TV.

by Syonyk 2y ago

talldayo 2y ago

I see the difference, I just don't see how to stop it. If you want your kid to not have access to infinite videos where they choose what plays next, don't give them access to the internet, period. Problem solved, I just stopped them from learning swear words and atheism too. There's just no situation where you give kids access to the internet while also removing porn from it. It just doesn't work like that. It's either that all internet binging is harmful, or none is. No law will ever succeed at depriving kids from using the internet to watch sex videos. We know this because you can't outlaw kids from watching sex scenes in movies or sex chapters in books, either.

bdangubic 2y ago
every “what is good for the kids” problem is solved in the same way - good parenting. ban books - political theatre. ban nudity/porn - political theatre. and why focus on sex? if I give my kid unsupervised access to the internet she can be subjected to endless stream of beheading videos and much much worse than that… I would HOPE AND PRAY she watches porn vs. other shit that is out there is kids are allowed unsupervised access

jillyboel 2y ago

Let's ban tiktok, youtube and facebook first then.

Syonyk 2y ago
Good. I'm onboard with that. They're human-toxic systems that optimize "hours on screen" over literally anything else that might be good for people.

eesmith 2y ago

Earlier you wrote "The average age of boys being exposed to porn is about 13". Now you say "infinite stream of whatever sounds interesting at the moment". Those are two quite different things. To start with, just because a kid saw pornography doesn't mean it was wanted. From a 2007 paper, "Forty-two percent of youth Internet users had been exposed to online pornography in the past year. Of those, 66% reported only unwanted exposure." (From "Unwanted and Wanted Exposure to Online Pornography in a National Sample of Youth Internet Users") In quite a few countries, the way to watch porn as a teen is to set your alarm for 1am and watch soft porn on regular broadcast TV.