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Which for many who were teenagers with internet like myself, lead to hardcore pornography addiction, lasting mental turmoil, and problems processing intimacy correctly.

Media isn't just shows and news, kids have access to an ever-expanding pool of pornographic garbage, more damaging than even the most hardcore magazines / dvds of the 80s and 90s.

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People who can't process intimacy with porn can't process intimacy without it either.

We also play GTA but somehow manage to drive cars without running over prostitutes.

Absolutely false. Access to pornography during early sexual development has an obvious impact on people's ability to process sexual intimacy and intimacy in general. This has been studied and really isn't up for debate at this point.

You can let a kid pick up a videogame and let him shoot people in the head all day with probably no major effect on his psyche. What if you showed that same kid a video of someone having their head blown off?

There's literally a reason why there are laws against children seeing pornography, and to say it has no effect on the development of the brain is ridiculous.

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