No. I actually did some social scientific research into this. And there sure is lot of theories and something that is actually referred to as "moral panic" in more recent literature. But there doesn't seem to be a negative impact.
Like i particularly looked at the influences of pornography consumption on could relationships. And from what I found, porn consumption was not correlated with negative relationship outcomes. But negative relationship outcomes did predict a higher porn consumption. So that indicates that the consumption of porn is a symptom of problems. Not the problem itself.
This of course is outside the scope of pathologies like porn addiction. I didn't have stats for that accessible in the social survey i used the data from. In clinical pathology, i think the outcomes will be different. Though I'd argue that most people don't have clinical psychological issues with this. Because I did read some thematically adjacent publications and that didn't seem to be a very prevalent issue.
Interesting, I assumed that with unlimited access there would be a much greater percentage of individuals becoming addicted to pornography. Thanks for the info.
Well there was certainly an increase in consumption since the advent of the internet. And there surely were influences on intimate couple relationships, though it doesn't seem like those were negative. I mean a limitation of my research was, that i particularly looked at people inside a relationship. So single people were a blind spot for my particular research. There have certainly been social developments like lower fertility rates, higher divorce rates marriages occuring later and later in lives and seeming less stable as well as an increase of in people that never married. This coincides with a higher availability of pornography. Though i would say from my experience, that the influences from other relevant variables will be so high, that porn consumption will be negligible if it even reaches statistical significance.
Sure seems that way with nanosecond access to it…. on every device including backseat tv headrest in soccer mom mini-van/suv
If it was truly a threat to humanity, it would have already shown it. It is just another thing on the internet that people can consume.
@prosaic1 Were you aware that watching porn can be cause for psychological erectile dysfunction? Humm!!! 💔
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What's Your Opinion? Sign Up Now!I just don't watch it, and I'm fine with that.
It's too yet to ban it in my jurisdiction, but I'm working on it.
It isn't a "threat", there's nothing wrong with it. If you don't like it, don't watch it.
My apologies, I had no idea anyone was that sensitive about the issue. I shall take your advice, and not watch it.
I'm not "sensitive" about the issue. I just think you're wrong, that's all.
It's not. People like Putin are a threat to society. We've had porn since someone drew in the sand with a stick.
I wonder about that at times, but hard to control it with the expansion of the internet and literally everybody has access.
I don't know if it's a "threat to society" but pornography is certainly more accessible to more people with the advent of the internet.
I feel like extremists are more of a threat to society through the internet than porn
I think it should be under more control and less accessible. If porn can be found or viewed effortly, that means even a child can end watching porn (that's fucked up, and enough reason to take porn avaibility extremely serious).
The sexually depraved seem to be the only people having an issue.
Probably, yeah.
The internet has created clickbait porn, increased porn addiction, and caused psychological erectile disfunction
Yeah probably but I don’t see it as that bad tbh but maybe I’m wrong
Porn is a threat to any healthy mind.
And the easy availability of it makes it that much worse
only women think its threat to society.
Far more
I'll watch porn if I feel like watching porn. I have never cared about this argument.
Porn is a cancer on society and should be made illegal.
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