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Just as Call of Duty and other violent games are teaching a generation to act violently?

Yes, if the player happens to be called to war and has to engage in battle. They are being shown what to expect, including the points where CoD doesn't simulate real life war situations.

By my original point the watching of modern porn has trained young men to expect 100% willing partners, shaved body parts, intense libidos, and guaranteed orgasms with little to no reciprocity. That's going to lead to a lot of failed sexual relationships.

Actually, I think most people are able to realize that games don't portray reality.

So do they think the same thing about internet porn?

I don't know, but if I had to hazard a guess I'd say yes, based on the same general idea: if someone is smart enough to figure out that the (most) scenarios depicted in computer games are fantasy [1], I don't see any reason for her to not think the same about porn, science fiction, painting, poetry..

[1] Of course, art often draws its themes from life and experience - sometimes exaggerated, others downplayed. Whether any of those themes depict the norm, I'm not able to say.

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