The Question of Pornography & Society

[Min George]

There are bigger concerns that the parliament should bother about and not porn. It doesn't really do any harm to anyone. If one wants to be truthful with no sentiments, porn indirectly might be reducing incidence of rape cases.

 

[Fidelia]

I don't consume porn. And I don't support any law banning it. I learned that romantic partners use porn to learn about sex. That fine. Why do they want to ban such a helpful industry?

 

[Webster]

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[Monke from Tropix 2]

I only disagree with the part that porn, production or the consumer, isn't totally harmful, @Min George I wouldn't want to delve into a rabbit hole like I did with that Canadian shooter just in the middle of February down the "In the News" forum. With porn industry that mass produced them has a hideous inside beyond spank and puss juices. Banning porn is draconian, I admit, and it would lead to ludicrous laws such as verification in every crevices of the Internet to child-proof it (ugh, the dumb ID debacle again). @Webster did a good job compiling all the ugly sides of this.

I learned that romantic partners use porn to learn about sex. That fine. Why do they want to ban such a helpful industry?

 

[Webster]

@Webster did a good job compiling all the ugly sides of this.

Its' an ongoing process; as I was telling @MrDawn a while back, if an adult wants to view pornography, have at it. The question is, how do we allow that while blocking children (those under 18) from accessing it.

Unfortunately, there's really no way to parse that line w/out some form of age-gating. That said, more and more evidence is coming to light of just how harmful porn is - from being a dopamine dump for one's mind to being a cover for sex/human trafficking to being a conduit in past decades for mobsters to make money on-the-side to just how addictive porn is.

The sad part is that, while most porn producers try to at least play by the rules, others (looking at you Pornhub!) don't.