Australian anti-porn group claims responsibility for Steam's new censorship rules in victory against 'porn sick brain rotted pedo gamer fetishists', and things only get weirder from there
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Here I found something for you, you wonโt need to search for it now. https://neurosciencenews.com/neuroscience-pornography-brain-15354/
This article is overly sensationalist/alarmist and doesnโt match the study behind it.
This is the study theyโre referencing: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/5/3/388
It primarily focuses on internet addiction and video game addiction. Pornography is mostly mentioned in passing as โlikely similarโ.
In it, they review evidence that these things can be addictive, and that people experience pleasure doing them (this is the whole โsame-areas-as-coke-and-methโ thing btw; the brain is happy playing video games, and it is also happy doing coke). However, they distinctly mention that behavioral addiction is not necessarily the same as substance addiction:
Together with studies on Internet addiction and Internet Gaming Disorder we see strong evidence for considering addictive Internet behaviors as behavioral addiction. Future research needs to address whether or not there are specific differences between substance and behavioral addiction
The exact quote about areas of the brain thing:
Georgiadis and Kringelbach concluded, โit is clear that the networks involved in human sexual behavior are remarkably similar to the networks involved in processing other rewardsโ
The brain rewards sexual behaviour. Makes perfect sense from an evolutionary point of view, so not exactly a shocking conclusion.
And regarding the โbrain-alteringโ thing, the study also directly mentions that this is simply what happens when the brain is activated through its reward systems. This โalteringโ happens for everything that triggers some kind of dopamine hit. Itโs not the case that porn does something special here; a model train hobby for example would do the same to enthusiasts for example.
I remember this study actually, Iโve seen it before. It is frequently misquoted or represented in an extremely alarmist way, mostly by people with a dislike for pornography. But the study doesnโt back up their assertions that porn is anything special when compared to any other behavioral addiction, it actually expressly doesnโt.
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This article is overly sensationalist/alarmist and doesnโt match the study behind it.
This is the study theyโre referencing: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/5/3/388
It primarily focuses on internet addiction and video game addiction. Pornography is mostly mentioned in passing as โlikely similarโ.
In it, they review evidence that these things can be addictive, and that people experience pleasure doing them (this is the whole โsame-areas-as-coke-and-methโ thing btw; the brain is happy playing video games, and it is also happy doing coke). However, they distinctly mention that behavioral addiction is not necessarily the same as substance addiction:
Together with studies on Internet addiction and Internet Gaming Disorder we see strong evidence for considering addictive Internet behaviors as behavioral addiction. Future research needs to address whether or not there are specific differences between substance and behavioral addiction
The exact quote about areas of the brain thing:
Georgiadis and Kringelbach concluded, โit is clear that the networks involved in human sexual behavior are remarkably similar to the networks involved in processing other rewardsโ
The brain rewards sexual behaviour. Makes perfect sense from an evolutionary point of view, so not exactly a shocking conclusion.
And regarding the โbrain-alteringโ thing, the study also directly mentions that this is simply what happens when the brain is activated through its reward systems. This โalteringโ happens for everything that triggers some kind of dopamine hit. Itโs not the case that porn does something special here; a model train hobby for example would do the same to enthusiasts for example.
I remember this study actually, Iโve seen it before. It is frequently misquoted or represented in an extremely alarmist way, mostly by people with a dislike for pornography. But the study doesnโt back up their assertions that porn is anything special when compared to any other behavioral addiction, it actually expressly doesnโt.
I mean video game addiction is real thing to and it can be pretty bad like some people play games and stay up for days and it affects them badly but video games and porn are two different things. Not even comparable. Also I donโt think anyone โdislikesโ pornography. But some recognize its harmful effects on the brain and on society so they do their best to not watch it and to quit it. They are not working hard to quit that habit for nothing.
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Because you have allowed the social discourse to be dominated by authoritarians, and have not supported the voices of your fellows that fight against fascism, you are now being overrun by fascists.
Enjoy. You have no one to blame but yourselves.
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Thereโs ample evidence that a lot of recent self-identifying โfeministโ grassroots organisations worldwide are fronts for (or sponsored by) christo-fascist organisations.
After gay marriage passed to widespread popular support in multiple countries, there was a whole considered and deliberate regrouping, where they identified trans rights and porn as wedge issues that they could present their bigoted view as a progressive one. Thatโs why weโre suddenly inundated with orgs like this one; theyโre posing as feminists and progressives but theyโre actually bigots trying to occupy progressive or mainstream spaces, and give shelter to bigotry in others.
And yet when you call them out for co-opting the feminist label, instead of being outed by actual feminists, their detractors are publicly lambasted as being anti-feminist.
Mission accomplished
