Internet porn effects on society?

[Stede]

A downward spiral to what? The boogeyman? If you've a point, then state it or just stop posting.

[Idrinkwhiterussians]

I shall edit my earlier post. Sorry for the mistype.

Anyway, to summarize (z) what his point is: Guys are turning to video games and porn because it is easier to be entertained by said means instead of engaging in actual meaningful relationships with people of the opposite sex. They are also getting addicted to these medias because of 1. ease of obtaining and 2. no fears involved.

That is a hasty summary, so it might be a good thing to take a look at his work.

[Zhangfei]

I shall edit my earlier post. Sorry for the mistype.

Anyway, to summarize (z) what his point is: Guys are turning to video games and porn because it is easier to be entertained by said means instead of engaging in actual meaningful relationships with people of the opposite sex. They are also getting addicted to these medias because of 1. ease of obtaining and 2. no fears involved.

That is a hasty summary, so it might be a good thing to take a look at his work.

It's never smart to correct an Englishman's spelling of his own language but that isn't the point here. I appreciate you summarising the information; in many ways I agree with those results. It's fairly damaging in certain ways, depending on extent and reliance upon pornography.

[Liagala]

Although when you go into the "hard core" I guess that can have a major impact on mental unbalanced indivduals

Depends on how unbalanced, IMO. If they're so far gone they can't tell the difference between fantasy and reality there's going to be trouble no matter what goes on. But if you know your fascination with (insert deviation of choice) would be hurtful to people and you don't do it IRL but use internet videos to let off steam, I'd say it's a good thing. Without that small outlet pressure might build up until you blow up and do something horrible, but this lets you keep it under control.

[starlord]

i believe its partly to blame for lowering birth rates in some countries.

[Mindstripper]

Before the internet it was actually semi difficult for minors to get their hands on a porn magazine. However, now it is all to easy for a child of any age to search up porn on the internet. I know parents are supposed to guard against this with content locks and limiting their children's time on the web but lets be honest with ourselves the kids of today know far more about computers than their parents do. Probably because they are growing up in a computer age while their parents didn't.

What scares me is the potential long term effects this could have on society. When I went to school it was a rare occasion that someone would bring a prono magazine to school. Now that stuff is considered completely tame. When you have that many sexual images at your fingertips you are eventually going to get bored with the regular stuff and start searching for more risky, more exciting, and more forbidden stuff. I believe this creates a downward spiral for our youth and anyone in today's modern society.

It wouldn't BE an issue if America wasn't such a repressed society with social mores and taboos saying sex=bad and forbidden. I mean if we actually had PROPER sex education and not this "Sex is bad and abstinence is the only form of birth control mmkay." Maybe we wouldn't have such a sexually focused society. I mean America is like the tsundere chick telling Europe and Asia that they are perverts only to be found later in a closet with a lewd magazine(the internet).

[Deleted]

It can become an addiction and addictions are very, very, very, very, very bad.

I totally read that in Mr.Mackeys voice with an mkaaay at the end!

[Jekerdud]

You know what causes "unhealthy attitudes toward sex?" Poor sexual education in school, and the repressive nature of not talking about sex. You know what's refreshing? Watching some youtube channels that are done by sexual health-type folks who legit talk about porn and sex and human interaction. Saying "Porn is bad, and really bad for children" is ignorant and generalist nonsense.

I can agree with that. Think of how Portugal handles drugs. They aren't illegal, but rather the money that would have otherwise been spent on locking people up, is spent on rehab and education. Better education on topics like these leads to better decisions. And better education doesn't necessarily mean "sex is bad, and drugs are bad" scare tactics to prevent kids from doing such things. They need to be non-scary, truthful educations. Scary just makes some kids go, "hmmm, I should try that."

[Deleted]

i meant a lot of things cause addiction

That does not mean that we should ban everything tough
Just noticed your post count is 8.888, for some reason, that was funny to me

[semaphore]

Although when you go into the "hard core" I guess that can have a major impact on mental unbalanced indivduals

Crap, I guess I should start scaling back then...

[Zhangfei]

Crap, I guess I should start scaling back then...

I'm sorry, we're going to need more details about this

[Rukentuts]

Crap, I guess I should start scaling back then...

Cuddling the dog, eh?

[semaphore]

I'm sorry, we're going to need more details about this

It will get me perma-banned!!!

[Rukentuts]

It will get me perma-banned!!!

I have two pages of infractions and somehow can still post. Just sayin'.

[Zhangfei]

It will get me perma-banned!!!

Well it's always worth a try! (the details that is, I like you, don't want you perma-banned)

[Lagwin]

tbh...it's a non issue, they'll just get it out of their system sooner and if they don't then it wouldn't matter if it was magazines/dvd's or internet porn they'll still have the problem.

[FathomFear]

I think the biggest "problems" with porn are that it 1) tends to grossly misrepresent what sex is actually like in the real world, 2) tends to propagate some negative gender stereotypes (eg, most porn tends to depict women getting tricked or seduced into sex vs. them wanting it up front), and 3) tends to be bad with respect to depicting random sex between strangers without the use of protection.

[Sky High]

if you mean it creates a generation of men (mostly) who are so desensitized from porn that they can't get "excited" in the real world or that it destroys their sexual drive completely then that makes sense. if you mean violent/real weird porn are somehow going to make people into rapist and pedophiles then that's absolute nonsense. i can look up studies that show that porn use REDUCE the chances of a guy going outside and being inclined to rape someone because back at home they scratched that itch with one else but him involved. and on top of that if the guy is a pedophile he was that way to begin with, you don't take a rational thinking man show him some hentai and he becomes a child toucher, if he had the inclination to do so it was because he was that way to begin with.

[Lagwin]

you don't take a rational thinking man show him some hentai and he becomes a child toucher, if he had the inclination to do so it was because he was that way to begin with.

Hentai and pedophilia are totally different things and even the attempted depiction of underage girls in hentai is off because they basically draw a woman with all the right curves then forget the tits.

[Sky High]

Hentai and pedophilia are totally different things and even the attempted depiction of underage girls in hentai is off because they basically draw a woman with all the right curves then forget the tits.

okay, how does that change that its a depiction of a 12 year old?