• wahming@monyet.cc
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    1 year ago

    You’re arguing that sexual orientation can be trained or influenced by our media, which is the exact argument that the Conservative right has been using to ban books (and everything else). It’s also an argument that has been proven groundless time and time again.

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      1 year ago

      Was it proven to be groundless, though? There are studies which show how media, like social media, influence body image and also social norms and values. The research on the effects of pornography is largely inconclusive and some say there is an effect.

      This meta study claims they found a connection between aggressive behaviour and the consumption of (violent) porn. But I can’t find an open access link: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/A-Meta-Analysis-of-Pornography-Consumption-and-Acts-Wright-Tokunaga/91048b61adb1b989423920a6b0f344210bc725ed

      I am not sure if one can boldly claim that the media consumed doesn’t influence a person.

      I also think there is a difference between what conservatives claim, which is mostly that your sexual orientation gets influenced by media, versus the claim at hand, that watching animated porn of underage characters increases that preference or even makes it more extreme.

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      1 year ago

      This isn’t a political issue, total freedom is not possible under any world view anyway, so saying “the Nazis did it” isn’t enough justification to abandon censorship when it comes to harmful media.