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marban on April 8, 2023 | hide | past | favorite



The problem is not that porn is unrealistic, but that it's the only depictions they see. They need to see normal depictions of sex, also, and it needs to be made clear that porn is no more a realistic depiction of sex than Hollywood is a realistic depiction of life.


That doesn’t make sense.

Why would something unrealistic mess up kids?

The fighting depicted in Marvel Avengers is unrealistic. Nobody is making any arguments that kids ought to be exposed to more realistic fighting.


You and I probably do have an unrealistic view of fighting because we're only exposed to it in action movies that portray it unrealistically. It's not a problem though because we're not gonna fight and it won't matter if we have the right idea of it or not.


Fighting is not a healthy part of normal life for most people. Sex is.


I wasn't expecting any science when I walked into that article, and I sure as shit didn't see any.

Same porn-bad shit, different save-the-children day.


The article does not claim empirical evidence but cites someon that has been working and publishing on the topic. I wonder why this should be wrong by any journaliszic standards.

Is there any scientific evidence that the anecdotal evidence by this psychotherapist is wrong? BTW: the German Minister for interior currently actually wants to decriminalise some child porn offenses again because it would mostly target children themselves. I have the feeling that the debate is not out of balance in Germany, but still rather pragmatic.


we could do without combat simulators as well.




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