As horrifying as it sound. I wonder if we are not better off having child pornography around. I expect it would result in a diminution of child abuse. (That being said, I don't think there has ever been a study on the subject).
However, it would require that we, as a society do something we don't yet seem ready to do: accept those folks with truly unsupressable desires of this sort as people, who deserve to be treated humanely and with compassion, if at all possible.
> "These forums can contribute to the lowering of inhibitions. [...] When these people interact in a community of others like them, a distortion of perceptions may result".
So maybe having people share those pictures in an uncontrolled environment can be even worse than having the images shared and re-shared. And it definitely matches the experiences we have with other echo chambers on the internet.
It’s not definitive proof. It’s still evidence in favor.
The conclusion asserted consumption of extreme pornography leads to sexual aggression. The methods didn't support causation from what I saw though.
There are plenty of forms of pornography that do not require a literal subject to pose for picture or video.
While I would be strongly against allowing distribution of real people, I find it much harder to argue against material that is generated. (whether that's art/CGI/cartoons/thispersonisnotreal.com/etc)