Comment on Almost the entire US South is now being blocked by Pornhub

• angrystego@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Couldn’t get to the site and I’m curious. What is the incidence of compulsory sex disorder and erectile dysfuntion caused by porn? Are there any known predispositions?

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  • kinther@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I’m not an expert on the topic and don’t claim to be. I only first learned about it by watching a youtube series by Terry Crews called “Dirty Little Secret” where he admits he had this problem and how it affected his marriage.

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• WantsToPetYourKitty@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  While it’s probably true that there are people who might struggle with porn, there are plenty of people who struggle with addictions of all kinds - alcohol, gambling, opiates, etc.

  But there are certainly valid questions that come up with stuff like this:

  • Is the government’s place to enforce a mandatory 18yr age requirement to view porn?
  • If so, what kinds of unintended ramifications are possible from imposing such a requirement? I can think of quite a few, but I’m curious what others think.
  • Could it be argued that this is an attempt to legislate morality or impose censorship?

  I think that these are fair questions and perhaps the meat and potatoes of the issue lies a bit deeper than anyone’s sole opinion on whether porn is “bad for you” or not.

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  • kinther@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I wholeheartedly agree with you. I did not say whether it should be banned or made difficult to find - I was pointing out the evidence that is out there that it is a problem for some people.

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    • WantsToPetYourKitty@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      It is so much easier to have nuanced discussions on Lemmy. You are correct I realize now you were just responding to poster above you

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• AJ1@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Porn addiction can lead to erectile dysfunction

  a ton of stuff just started to make sense

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  • AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    My understanding is that it’s not necessarily porn addiction that causes this, but a particular style of masturbation that some people refer to as “death grip”. Source: a friend of mine who used to masturbate every night before bed to sleep better, but this began causing issues with his partner due to ED. He eventually solved it by using a different grip while masturbating.

    In short, if you feel like you’ve come away from this conversation with things to reflect on, then that’s great and I’m glad about that. However, “porn addiction”, as a term, describes a whole bundle of stuff that is still pretty poorly understood, because it can be hard to discern between symptoms and causes

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• sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I get ads on the radio, TV, and billboards for ED, and I wonder how many of them are directly related to porn. I’m not a scientist, but I wouldn’t be surprised if a lot of people “suffering” just prefer porn to their SO on some level (maybe subconsciously).

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