> before first discussing whether there's one iota of evidence that these liberties are to blame for extremely serious issues you mentioned 2017 — but links to

> before first discussing whether there's one iota of evidence that these liberties are to blame for extremely serious issues you mentioned 2017 — but links to a bunch of studies. https://www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20170926-is-porn-harmful-the-evidence-the-myths-and-the-unknowns https://www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20170926-is-porn-harmfu... > Watching porn has been linked to a multitude of problems for individuals and wider society – but for every study maligning it, another clears its name. Often, evidence is mixed, and the research methods and sample sizes of studies have their limitations. > Will the future of ever-more immersive porn may bring with it more risks? It’s too early to say. > The question of cause and effect comes up a lot with research into porn: does porn attract more people with sexually aggressive tendencies, those who are in unhappy relationships, those with smaller reward systems in their brain and those with sexual addiction – or does it cause these things? It’s a tricky area to research – but until the answers are more definitive, the evidence so far suggests that the likelihood that porn has a negative effect very much depends on the individual consuming it. — yes, the ideal would be to not infringe on the liberties of anyone who doesn’t suffer from negative effects of it. but we don’t live in a perfect world where there’s infinite resources :shrugs: so… apparently the trade off is age verification. that’s the sacrifice we make as a society. we sacrifice some “rights” for the greater good, and the right to watch porn without having to do an age verification check is a bit of a first world privileged one if you ask me. (i say that as someone who consumes a lot of porn and is personally dreading the upcoming uk age checks. but what’s good for society is not what i want most of the time)