> Pornography has well researched addictive and other negative properties
Has it actually? I know phrases like "porn addiction" are casually used, but the last time I looked there wasn't much study of it in terms of the science of addiction. Most of the people self-reporting porn addiction were experiencing distress because of the incompatibility of their porn use with their religious beliefs, but their use itself wasn't extreme or pathological per se.
Which doesn't mean there aren't problems with it, or that it can't cause extreme problems for some people. But in my exposure to addiction medicine, it's treated more as a psychosocial compulsion like shopping or video game addiction.
Has it actually? I know phrases like "porn addiction" are casually used, but the last time I looked there wasn't much study of it in terms of the science of addiction. Most of the people self-reporting porn addiction were experiencing distress because of the incompatibility of their porn use with their religious beliefs, but their use itself wasn't extreme or pathological per se.
Which doesn't mean there aren't problems with it, or that it can't cause extreme problems for some people. But in my exposure to addiction medicine, it's treated more as a psychosocial compulsion like shopping or video game addiction.