It might sate a number of them, but unhealthy addictions tend to have a nature of escalation that makes the fantasy no longer possible to limit to just drawings or other mediums. Providing, in any way, is implicitly enabling that 'addict' to seek higher thrills. The harm comes after.

[–] wahming@monyet.cc 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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.

[–] ParsnipWitch@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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.

[–] lateraltwo@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years 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.

[–] HubertManne@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago

I agree. This is just like violence in video games really.

[–] jaschen@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

You're assuming it's an unhealthy addiction. How do you know it's not a mental disability? Or a post traumatic experience?

Even if it's an addiction, how someone treats an addiction for drugs varies across the board for even the same drug.

Currently there are no victims. Restricting the medium has a chance it makes things worse. Who knows. If we restrict it, we might see more Catholic priests in Japan.