Bingo. Just like video games, television/movies, work, collectibles, exercise, and house pets, any activity can become problematic, but it’s not the activity itself that’s the problem. The issue is the underlying pathology that drives someone to unhealthy levels of engagement.
It just occurred to me how willing society is to overlook problematic behavior if it’s “productive”. 80 hours a week working or making art? Likely to be accepted. 80 hours a week spent collecting figurines or working on your train set? Whoa there, crazy conductor!
Even if we assume that porn/sex can be addictive, maybe it could create some habitual type situation, there are still these issues:
Other non-chemical addictions such as gambling are not being near as close stigmatized, only video gaming comes kind of close, and only because the very same people can blame mass shootings on it.
A lot of non-chemical addictions can be overcome with the smallest of willpower. A week later I deleted Xitter from my phone I barely checked the desktop version too, and I only have Facebook because family and friends. My country Hungary made tens of thousands of gamblers quit after they banned slot machines from pubs (rare Fidesz W, even if done to drive people into casinos).
Even actual chemical addictions like tobacco and alcohol is sidelined, if not outright encouraged, because “muh nashunal treshurs” like in Hungary.
Porn addiction is often described as just as bad if not worse than cocaine, as a scare tactic. I’m a habitual consumer of porn, but there were times I could not get access to it and were fine, and the times I wasn’t fine was due to I couldn’t masturbate at all (which nowadays includes anal masturbation too), and it just seems like I have a higher drive than what other guys should have.
Porn addiction is as real as any other addiction, however it is not like you are getting hooked on porn after seeing one titty for a single frame.
Anything that provides pleasure and triggers the reward center of the brain can be addictive. There’s no need to single out porn in that discussion.
Bingo. Just like video games, television/movies, work, collectibles, exercise, and house pets, any activity can become problematic, but it’s not the activity itself that’s the problem. The issue is the underlying pathology that drives someone to unhealthy levels of engagement.
It just occurred to me how willing society is to overlook problematic behavior if it’s “productive”. 80 hours a week working or making art? Likely to be accepted. 80 hours a week spent collecting figurines or working on your train set? Whoa there, crazy conductor!
Even if we assume that porn/sex can be addictive, maybe it could create some habitual type situation, there are still these issues: