[Eleazar]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

For sure, there are some adults too, although I would argue that many of those adults were also exposed to porn at a young age. The biggest difference is that porn was once a niche thing - magazines under the mattress, VHS tapes your dad hid in the closet, etc. Kids were at the mercy of their parents' "interests".

Now it's ubiquitous. One can get on a search engine and find literally anything. Nothing is off limits anymore. Furthermore, internet porn has gone even further away from the "movie" concept. People, especially kids that are used to TikTok and Snapchat, consume porn a 2-minute clip at a time. There's no semblance of anything other than raw sex and it seems that the trend is towards more and more - I don't want to say "misogyny" - but even straight sex videos have taken a BDSM turn. Spitting, slapping, etc.

Kids think that's normal now. They're impressionable and emotionally malleable in a way adults aren't.

There is a ton of research out there showing how porn destroys people's brains. It's a massive massive social problem that few will talk about.