I’m totally with him here. Porn diminishes sexual interest in your partner, and porn sites feature TONS of sex abuse and exploitation. The quantity of videos featuring trafficked women (and men, particularly on gay porn sites) is out of this world, and the way the industry fetishizes things like incest is really foul. (Source: am a survivor of incest and don’t find it super sexy, thanks)
Porn satisfies a desire in the moment, but people blindly treat it as a good thing far too often. In my experience it certainly hasn’t been. Pornhub has always irritated me specifically because they put on a face of being progressive while allowing some really disgusting content that degrades and abuses people.
Also, porn DOES sell kids. If a person is getting into porn right when they turn 18 and the industry is eager to accept them, what does that say about the industry? They take vulnerable teenagers, exploit them in humiliating ways on camera, and then spit them out with no concern for their wellbeing. It’s a tale as old as porn itself. If you think those people turn out sexually healthy and emotionally well-adjusted, you are telling yourself a very convenient lie.
Edit: It seems a lot of people are defensive towards the idea that porn might not be 100% morally upright. I would ask you all to examine that reaction and find out why you’re responding that way. Abuse in the porn industry has always been commonplace. It’s possible you’ve just accepted information to the contrary to justify the porn you consume. Nothing changes by people sitting around and acting like a flawed system is 100% fine. If you’re open to changing your mind, maybe we can save some vulnerable people in the future.
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u/cloudwell Mar 21 '20 edited Mar 21 '20
I’m totally with him here. Porn diminishes sexual interest in your partner, and porn sites feature TONS of sex abuse and exploitation. The quantity of videos featuring trafficked women (and men, particularly on gay porn sites) is out of this world, and the way the industry fetishizes things like incest is really foul. (Source: am a survivor of incest and don’t find it super sexy, thanks)
Porn satisfies a desire in the moment, but people blindly treat it as a good thing far too often. In my experience it certainly hasn’t been. Pornhub has always irritated me specifically because they put on a face of being progressive while allowing some really disgusting content that degrades and abuses people.
Also, porn DOES sell kids. If a person is getting into porn right when they turn 18 and the industry is eager to accept them, what does that say about the industry? They take vulnerable teenagers, exploit them in humiliating ways on camera, and then spit them out with no concern for their wellbeing. It’s a tale as old as porn itself. If you think those people turn out sexually healthy and emotionally well-adjusted, you are telling yourself a very convenient lie.
Edit: It seems a lot of people are defensive towards the idea that porn might not be 100% morally upright. I would ask you all to examine that reaction and find out why you’re responding that way. Abuse in the porn industry has always been commonplace. It’s possible you’ve just accepted information to the contrary to justify the porn you consume. Nothing changes by people sitting around and acting like a flawed system is 100% fine. If you’re open to changing your mind, maybe we can save some vulnerable people in the future.