Whether porn addiction is real or not, I don't think anybody can argue that porn isn't hurting the people in it.
In a world with universal base income where nobody is forced to be a porn star and people just post pics/films of themselves online for fun, sure porn would be fine, but in the real world most people in it are victimised young people who chose to be publicly sexually violated over starving/homelessness/ect.
I was approached on my college campus by someone somehow involved in the porn industry (a producer or something). He handed me a business car and told me I could make a fortune before I grew out of looking like a minor. I was 18, but I lied and told him I was still a minor. He gave me a card and told me to call him in a couple months. I told him to drop dead.
But like...I had over $18k in debt already. This creep wanted to make pedo porn of me. I clearly was uncomfortable and wanted him to leave me alone. He did not care and that is how most people get their lives ruined. Porn is not fucking ethical.
I'm not religious. I don't care about any of that crap, but sexually exploiting young people is evil and anyone who consumes abuse images is not ethical.
Anon, do you wear clothes? Do you have any idea how unethical the fashion industry is? It's so difficult to find a company that actually makes clothing ethically, but I've never heard anyone conclude that that means buying clothes in general or by default is unethical.
Why do you people never consider the sex workers who have been telling us for ages that making porn illegal would only hurt people more? Including actual victims of exploitation who now can't get help without risking going to jail themselves? How can you not fathom the idea of people who enjoy doing sex work and who would gladly do it for free? Why is this standard only applied to porn and no other industry? What about the plenty of artists and actors who make indie porn uploaded to R34 or onlyfans or smth who are obviously not being exploited? And what about the people doing back-breaking labor for minimim wage that's not sexual but is absolutely exploitative? What exactly about sex makes exploitation worse?
Sorry, but this is still purity culture.
And for god's sake, please don't refer to CSAM as "pedo porn."
