Or less common opinions that you’ve been waiting for a chance to share?
Apologies if this has been asked before; I didn’t see it among recent posts and I like to hear everyone’s hot takes.
Or less common opinions that you’ve been waiting for a chance to share?
Apologies if this has been asked before; I didn’t see it among recent posts and I like to hear everyone’s hot takes.
I don’t think that porn watched by kids (say, 12+) is as harmful as politicians tend to scream and rheee about. I grew up with porn starting at about 15 yo (and I vaguely recall a kid bringing a porn magazine in when we were 10) and I turned out pretty fine. I haven’t read anything ever about all the millions of kids that turned into predatory rapists from porn either, so I really wonder about the harm.
Once we start comparing it to, say, ultra violent movies (or just plain real violence videos on the internet) that are also readily and easier available to kids, these days, I’d wager that this latter is way more harmful to kids than sex
The answer is going to differ slightly depending on which generation you grew up in, but most likely the difference is that while porn was still available and some of it was still extreme, people were still mostly going out and interacting with the opposite sex. The porn was on a magazine, or a PC, and that’s where it stayed when you left the house.
Now it’s easier to find porn than ever, the devices used to watch it are mobile, and you have kids that glamorize their porn addictions (I have unwillingly learned what a “gooner” is), and using it to model sexual relationships while their in-person interactions are fewer and fewer.
In any case, if parents are concerned about their kids’ porn habits, it’s their responsibility to curb them, not the governments.