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Ignoring other (obvious) issues, it’ll be interesting to see how people respond.

Do they seek different entertainment?

Does it lead to more or less socially desirable/adjusted behavior?

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The internet interprets censorship as damage, and routes around it.

They will quickly learn what VPNs are.

Or just discovery slightly sketchier websites that don't operate in the US...

Generally you get more of what you subsidize, so my bet is that this will lead to less porn consumption, an absolutely massive win.

> my bet is that this will lead to less porn consumption, an absolutely massive win.

I'd take you up on it, but there's absolutely no way to accurately measure this.

Given that access to porn is strongly negatively correlated with violent rape across most cultures I've seen studied, I'm not sure you should be cheering this.

How do you know this is true?

It is not, it is the exact opposite.

"Lastly, pornography use has been associated with an increased likelihood of committing both verbal and physical acts of sexual aggression.

With the correlation being significantly stronger for verbal rather than physical aggression, but both were evident."

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/606dc23be90e0...

The other observed behavior is that it has done a couple of things: sets ridiculous/false expectations, second desensitizes or commodifies sex (so in order to become aroused, despite having the partner right there, they need pornography to get them in the mood.) Not sure how much distortion has happened but it has to some degree.

Here's one of the studies I'm basing it on (this one is most in depth, but also only covers the Czech Republic): https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-010-9696-y

I can drum up a couple more if you're looking for more data (the references in that study also contain a few).

My understanding is that, in addition to the Czech Republic, Canada, Croatia, Denmark, Germany, Finland, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Sweden and the USA have also been studied and have similar results.

Yeah...pornhub is a good actor though. Maybe people end up on shadier websites with much less savory and/or outright illegal content instead.

I take it that you're gravely misinformed.

> an absolutely massive win

For who?

Puritans/Evangelicals

You don't get less of what you prohibit, though. Lots of prohibited things just get swept under the rug, and in turn, become more extreme.

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