Edit: WE DON’T TALK ABOUT NUMBER 11.

  • Ibaudia@lemmy.world
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    16 hours ago

    I agree but the availability of csam on the internet (real or simulated) reduces the instances of real-world abuse so… take that as you will I guess :/

    Edit: I learned that in college about 7 years ago, but I researched it again and apparently the opposite is true, according to more recent evidence.

    https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10701425/

    • Prunebutt@slrpnk.net
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      3 days ago

      I’m not arguing against rule 34ing these characters.

      But I refuse to believe that the fraction of actual pedophiles on rule34 is that high such that three of the top 11 haven’t even hit puberty yet.

      I think that lots of these numbers comes from some sort of taboo breaking.

      • vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works
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        3 days ago

        Also there is probably some level of inflation from the characters being present even if they aren’t necessarily part of the act. IE a porn comic where Bart and Lisa are complaining about thumping, cut to Marge and Homer fucking.

        I rather like my hentai and have seen this type of thing frequently enough to say it’s semi common. Though I am not into Simpsons personally, a bit too abstract and too far away from human coloration to enjoy.

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      3 days ago

      Does it? I used to see this argument a lot on Reddit back in the early days when there were a lot more pedos on there and I don’t really buy it. Are there any actual studies on this? I feel like there have got to be better ways at managing it than that at least from a clinical standpoint

      • Lumiluz@slrpnk.net
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        2 days ago

        No clue, but for what it’s worth we know violent video games don’t cause more violence and some studies show they can even reduce it at least so I’d imagine it would extrapolate similarly to other visual media

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          1 day ago

          The difference is that (almost) everyone has an innate drive towards having sex that they don’t have towards doing violent things. It’s a totally different biochemical process to get horny than to get violent.

          • Lumiluz@slrpnk.net
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            1 day ago

            Having taken care of many children, I strongly disagree. Not just punching someone rather than talking it out is a learned thing that’s also reinforced by society (for the most part).

            If there wasn’t an innate violence within humans, human history would look very different, and fascism wouldn’t exist.

            Also, both processes can activate the adrenal axis actually. It’s not totally different, and there’s some similarities.