twistedrapier t1_iugrh87 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 5:11 AM

Reply to comment by throwaway463682chs in Online age-verification system could create ‘honeypot’ of personal data and pornography-viewing habits, privacy groups warn by Lakerlion

The fact you see all porn as degrading is a conservative viewpoint. Even ignoring that, your argument boils down to the same "violent videogames cause children to be violent" nonsense that has been pushed by conservative/religious nuts since the 90s and is thoroughly debunked. Media alone does not shape a person's world view, it at best reinforces existing preconceptions and biases.

I'm not even going to get into the fetish thing, because that's been long used as an excuse to demonise LGBT people and frankly you should know better if you're "progressive".

throwaway463682chs t1_iugw4b8 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 6:15 AM

How is it not degrading to show women as an object that men use as a glove to bust? A violent industry with rape abuse and exploitation everywhere? And it’s not the same “violent video games make people violent”. Porn sickness is real. It’s not media shaping a world view. It’s a drug and a cycle that many men get trapped to at a young age because they have such easy access to porn. The two are just not equivalent at all.