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10 year old girls watches porn to such a degree it affects their hormones? Obesity is the main suspect so far, but maybe it is blue light, we don't really know. But we can be pretty sure it isn't porn, since it affects young girls to such a high degree.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/19/science/early-puberty-med...

Good article (I remember reading that one when it first came out)—not only does it seem to disproportionately affect young girls, but it also seems to affect American kids more than kids from any other country.

Years ago I remember hearing it was due to growth hormones we feed livestock. Wonder if that's been debunked.

I believe this is talking about a peptide hormone injected into cows. Being a peptide, if you ingest it it will be digested. It's the same reason insulin is injected, not administered orally.

Is there a lot of rat porn?

i wouldn't say ive seen "a lot", but it's not unknown...

Um, I think those were gerbils.

Do you have any links to scientific studies that found this effect?