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I love sleeping, honk-shoo is so goated.
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using "porn addiction" "gaming addiction" etc implies that these things themselves are inherently addicting, and blaming them for problems that they dont cause. if someone is looking for their next dopamine hit, literally anything can fill that hole, nobody is going around saying "reading addiction" or "gundam addiction" or " addiction", only things that already have social stigmas are called addictions in order to push harmful puritanical worldviews. there is zero evidence that problems related to sexual urges, thoughts or behaviors are in any way linked to a "porn/sexual addiction". as weve already said numerous times, it scientifically has been proven to not exist, so we fail to see why this is still a discussion thats happening. if you would like us to go spend time compiling a list of studies that corroborate this very information (many by sex therapists that would profit off of pretending it does exist) then we can, but only if youll bother actually reading them instead of just going "well ive seen it therefore it exists". and if you want to show us studies that say it do exist we are perfectly fine breaking down their flaws and showing how many of them have religious ties, anti-sex worker ties, or grifting “therapists". alternatively, we can stop having a pointless discussion over objective facts.also it implies that porn is bad and unhealthy, which was literally the exact thing that the original post was talking about. congrats on spreading harmful fascist rhetoric and being part of the very problem this post was pointing out ig? additionally this rhetoric targets sex workers (who are often minorities) so spreading it is doubly bad!!
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You don't have to spend a bunch of time compiling a bunch of studies, but I would like to read some to see what I'm missing here. If you have any recs please do link them.I have no desire to blame porn or sex for these problems, whether it's called addiction or compulsion. Nor do I have any desire to force treatment or diagnosis on people if they don't want it. I just find it very hard to believe that a simple activity that guarantees a dopamine rush couldn't be the object of someone's addiction.