I don’t care if you hate it or love it, I just wanna know why you feel the way you do. Bonus points if you want to speak on specific categories you like/dislike.

  • Mugita Sokio@lemmy.today
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    13 hours ago

    Nobody should watch it. It has effects on the brain that will literally destroy you, whether it be vanilla or avant-garde. I’m not doing this for religious reasons, but rather, scientific evidence I’ve read that shows the disgusting effects this industry has on any brain, young ones included. I don’t watch porn anymore (though I never purposely relapsed before and after). It will destroy one’s psychology, and for that, it’s grounds to have it banned in specific areas.

    All I’m saying here is that porn should never, ever be watched, no matter the religion or political affiliation. If anything, sane people don’t do this.

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        11 hours ago

        I’d kindly recommend you look at the sources I have brought about in a separate comment.

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        12 hours ago

        That doesn’t matter. It’s been scientifically proven to destroy brains, and I’m sticking to it.

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            11 hours ago

            I have three here:

            1. Kühn, S., & Gallinat, J. (2014). Brain Structure and Functional Connectivity Associated With Pornography Consumption: The Brain on Porn (https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/1874574)

            2. Love, T., Laier, C., Brand, M., Hatch, L., & Hajela, R. (2015). Neuroscience of Internet Pornography Addiction: A Review and Update (https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4600144/)

            3. Hilton, D. L., & Watts, C. (2011). Pornography Addiction: A Neuroscience Perspective (https://surgicalneurologyint.com/surgicalint-articles/pornography-addiction-a-neuroscience-perspective/)

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              Kühn, S., & Gallinat, J. (2014). Brain Structure and Functional Connectivity Associated With Pornography Consumption: The Brain on Porn (https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/1874574)

              This is the classic “correlation does not equal causation”.

              The study quite openly says that they can’t tell from their study whether the differences they found were caused by pornography viewing, or whether they have discovered a precondition that makes someone more likely to enjoy watching pornography.

              In addition, it’s unclear exactly what a reduction of grey matter in the right caudate means in real world terms. Body size correlates with grey matter volume, and no one would claim that a smaller person, with a lower volume of grey matter has a “destroyed brain”.

              Loss of existing gray matter in that area may not be benign, but we don’t know, because the study doesn’t explore that topic.

              Love, T., Laier, C., Brand, M., Hatch, L., & Hajela, R. (2015). Neuroscience of Internet Pornography Addiction: A Review and Update

              Hilton, D. L., & Watts, C. (2011). Pornography Addiction: A Neuroscience Perspective

              These two articles talk about pornography addiction, which is distinct from pornography consumption. In addition, both of them talk about the harm caused by pornography addiction as being a result of addiction, rather than an inherent aspect of viewing pornography.

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                Pretty sure this guy has “done his own research” by looking for titles that sound like they support his views and hoped no one would actually bother to actually read them 🤭