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A House of Commons committee is set to study legislation proposed by Independent Sen. Julie Miville-Dechêne that would require Canadians to verify their age to access porn online.

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[–] [email protected] 56 points 9 months ago (41 children)

At this point there are people in their forties who had access to online porn as minors. Have any actual studies been done to show that a significant portion of the many, many people who've grown up in the last 20-30 years have been harmed by having access to online porn while they were younger, or are these laws just something that's trendy at the moment?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (25 children)

There are many studies that indicate porn use can negatively affect your brain, sexual performance, and pro-social behaviour.

Porn linked to decreased grey matter

Porn addiction linked to lower executive functioning

Porn linked to negative social behaviour

Meta analysis on research into adolescents porn use discusses a range of negative outcomes such as anxiety, suicidal ideation, social isolation, and academic disengagement

I'm not really sure this law will "solve" the problem, or if it's a good solution to the problem. But there are real, negative outcomes of internet porn

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Funny how people just down vote when someone actually provide sources

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I suspect some of the negativity comes from porn users who are in denial

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

And big net neutrality advocates who believe that if it's online it shouldn't be subject to laws for some reason...

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