Pornhub no longer accessible in Texas due to age verification laws

[Squid Surprise]

It's not about putting a stigma on it. There are plenty of mental health problems that come from it. A twisted view of what it is and how to treat someone is also a problem. Having sex at young ages creates broken families, fatherless homes and spreads STDs. And yes exposing them to it will likely lead to them experimenting at early ages.
How twisted do you have to be to sit your 5 year old down in front of a TV to watch some chick getting thrashed by some dude. Yeah SOME of it is natural and MOST of it online isn't and your kids shouldn't be seeing any of it.
Man it's no wonder these kids these days are so screwed up. There is so much wrong and twisted about what you just posted.....just wow.

It’s BECAUSE there is a stigma against sex (blame the Puritans I suppose) that there are so many mental health issues. Declaring something natural to be a “sin” can really f*ck with a person’s mind.

No, I don’t want a 5-year old to be watching some dude thrashing a chick - I want children to be educated as to what sex is and shown what the natural act BETWEEN CONSENTING ADULTS is early in life.

Once they have that knowledge, they won’t need to be curious - they’ll already have the knowledge! Masturbating to porn really isn’t so bad - no one gets murdered because someone watches someone else have sex.

Kids these days are messed up because they are told that sex is wrong - then they get curious and check it out online and see that it isn’t… then they start questioning whether the other stuff they’ve been told is wrong maybe isn’t….

If you don’t want people to question the truth, you ought to be prepared to tell it to them - because with the internet, they can easily research it on their own - and you might not like the conclusions they come to unguided…

 

[Ohnooze]

It’s BECAUSE there is a stigma against sex (blame the Puritans I suppose) that there are so many mental health issues. Declaring something natural to be a “sin” can really f*ck with a person’s mind.

No, I don’t want a 5-year old to be watching some dude thrashing a chick - I want children to be educated as to what sex is and shown what the natural act BETWEEN CONSENTING ADULTS is early in life.

Once they have that knowledge, they won’t need to be curious - they’ll already have the knowledge! Masturbating to porn really isn’t so bad - no one gets murdered because someone watches someone else have sex.

Kids these days are messed up because they are told that sex is wrong - then they get curious and check it out online and see that it isn’t… then they start questioning whether the other stuff they’ve been told is wrong maybe isn’t….

If you don’t want people to question the truth, you ought to be prepared to tell it to them - because with the internet, they can easily research it on their own - and you might not like the conclusions they come to unguided…

So porn addiction is because of a stigma? I'm sorry but that's just bs. As a kid who was exposed to way more than I should have been at an early age I can promise you, you have no clue what you're talking about. I found hard core mags in an abandoned car at about 9 or 10 years old. It completely fed my head up and I did not give two craps about sin at that point in my life. It had a lasting effect on me and it's not been fun. That's not to say that every kid would react the same but some will. You never know what impact it's going to have on a kid at that young of an age.

Making it clear that it's natural and explaining what it is, is one thing.....watching porn with kids is all kinds of fed up.

And actually it's not just kids it messes with. I saw an interview with a serial killer literally say it started with porn. He was talking about how he needed to go further and further to get off the same until he ended up so extreme that he started killing and raping them. That is one of many other weird directions it can go.

Again, you're very wrong. You have no idea what you're talking about.

 

[Squid Surprise]

So porn addiction is because of a stigma? I'm sorry but that's just bs. As a kid who was exposed to way more than I should have been at an early age I can promise you, you have no clue what you're talking about. I found hard core mags in an abandoned car at about 9 or 10 years old. It completely fed my head up and I did not give two craps about sin at that point in my life. It had a lasting effect on me and it's not been fun. That's not to say that every kid would react the same but some will. You never know what impact it's going to have on a kid at that young of an age.

Making it clear that it's natural and explaining what it is, is one thing.....watching porn with kids is all kinds of fed up.

And actually it's not just kids it messes with. I saw an interview with a serial killer literally say it started with porn. He was talking about how he needed to go further and further to get off the same until he ended up so extreme that he started killing and raping them. That is one of many other weird directions it can go.

Again, you're very wrong. You have no idea what you're talking about.

You haven’t been reading my posts correctly… you might have gotten screwed up by finding porn at a young age… but… had you been EDUCATED before you saw that porn, I suspect that you would have had a very different experience.

You have plenty of preconceived notions about what is “right and wrong” - we all do - but ask yourself, “what is actually WRONG about porn?”

The only thing that is wrong with it is how people can be exploited in the porn business - most of which occurs because the market is forced into obscurity and legal grey areas. Much like prostitution, it’s difficult to protect people when you’ve branded their profession as illegal and morally “wrong”.

Make it legal, put restrictions on it (but practical ones, not moral ones) and watch what happens…

When you decide to simply make something natural illegal, you lose the right to regulate it - and leave it in the domain of criminals. Hence the failure of prohibition.

Learn from the past - don’t repeat it.

 

[Ohnooze]

You haven’t been reading my posts correctly… you might have gotten screwed up by finding porn at a young age… but… had you been EDUCATED before you saw that porn, I suspect that you would have had a very different experience.

I knew what it was and how it worked but I didn't have a lot interest in sex. The mags absolutely changed that.

Again, I agree that kids need to understand that it's normal. They need to know about it but that is where it need to stop. It's not something they need to see until they are more mature.

but ask yourself, “what is actually WRONG about porn?”

It gives you a twisted view of what it is and can lead in directions you may not be ready for at a young age. It will also lead to experimenting at an early age which can be devastating.

And fyi I found out at almost 50 years old that I had a child I never knew about from my teen years. Could have happened regardless to be fair but I was all about sex at a young age and you can bet that my mindset about sex being casual had a big impact.

 

[Squid Surprise]

I knew what it was and how it worked but I didn't have a lot interest in sex. The mags absolutely changed that.

Again, I agree that kids need to understand that it's normal. They need to know about it but that is where it need to stop. It's not something they need to see until they are more mature.


It gives you a twisted view of what it is and can lead in directions you may not be ready for at a young age. It will also lead to experimenting at an early age which can be devastating.

And fyi I found out at almost 50 years old that I had a child I never knew about from my teen years. Could have happened regardless to be fair but I was all about sex at a young age and you can bet that my mindset about sex being casual had a big impact.

Education is not a one shot deal… it needs to be continuous. If you had received proper education, perhaps you WOULDN’T have treated sex so casually at a young age - and been EDUCATED about protection so even your experimentation wouldn’t have resulted in a child…

The problem isn’t porn - the problem is society’s treatment of sex.

 

[Ohnooze]

Education is not a one shot deal… it needs to be continuous. If you had received proper education, perhaps you WOULDN’T have treated sex so casually at a young age - and been EDUCATED about protection so even your experimentation wouldn’t have resulted in a child…

The problem isn’t porn - the problem is society’s treatment of sex.

I used protection. Things fails....
If you think you can show kids porn and them not be impacted by it you're smoking crack.
They don't need porn to be educated.

 

[Squid Surprise]

I used protection. Things fails....
If you think you can show kids porn and them not be impacted by it you're smoking crack.
They don't need porn to be educated.

Again, you are not comprehending my posts… porn is not education. In order to safely view porn, you should be EDUCATED beforehand. If everyone educated their children about sex and porn BEFOREHAND, you’d have far less issues.

 

[Ohnooze]

Again, you are not comprehending my posts… porn is not education. In order to safely view porn, you should be EDUCATED beforehand. If everyone educated their children about sex and porn BEFOREHAND, you’d have far less issues.

No, you wouldn't.

 

[themastergoose]

They don't think teenagers have figured out how to use a VPN? LOL.

 

[Eldrach]

No one is encouraged to own a weapon but if you feel the need to protect yourself, you have the option. And no worries....no one will stop you from playing with yourself.
What I find more disturbing these days is the option to take your children to drag shows. These men dressed as woman freak dancing for children. I mean how demented does someone have to be to take kids to these places....sad.

Hehe, always funny when everyone has the need to "protect themselves" ..until someone gets angry enough to consider "protecting themselves" as removing someone else from the board entirely.

But my point was more on the fact that Texas is full of contradictions. Religion is key, I dont know where guns and religions mix, but somehow that point is overlooked.

I'm 100% for people dressing however the want to, loving whomever they want to, believing in whatever suits them, having 100% control over what happens to their own bodies as long as they don't try to enforce any of this on others. That especially goes for religion - People telling me that their bible tells them that I live in SIN because of something that doesn't concern them - screw them.

 

[Ohnooze]

Hehe, always funny when everyone has the need to "protect themselves" ..until someone gets angry enough to consider "protecting themselves" as removing someone else from the board entirely.

This isn't how things normally go down lol. Usually it's crime related and those weapons are normally not bought through legal means.

But my point was more on the fact that Texas is full of contradictions. Religion is key, I dont know where guns and religions mix, but somehow that point is overlooked.

Guns and religion do not necessarily mix. Where are you getting this information? I mean if you go to a church in Texas you are not going to hear a sermon on how you need to have a gun handy while praying. Seems like maybe you're watching a lot of "news media".

I'm 100% for people dressing however the want to, loving whomever they want to, believing in whatever suits them, having 100% control over what happens to their own bodies as long as they don't try to enforce any of this on others.

!00% agree that people should be free do what/who they like and dress how they like. I never said anything contrary to that. However that freedom stops at children.

That especially goes for religion - People telling me that their bible tells them that I live in SIN because of something that doesn't concern them - screw them.

Does this happen to you regularly? Or is it just the fact that you know they feel that way about a particular lifestyle?

 

[FaTaL]

Guess its back to Hustler and playboy mags at your local 7-eleven..

 

[Zsoltblabla]

I think every state should do this with all this kind of content. Kids are seeing way too much at way too young of an age. Go Texas!

If kids are seeing what they seeing its their parents fault. I keep seeing this everywhere. Lazy parents give kids as young as two ipads or iphones and completely them all day. Then they complain whne they misbehave. Lazy useless people

 

[Ohnooze]

If kids are seeing what they seeing its their parents fault. I keep seeing this everywhere. Lazy parents give kids as young as two ipads or iphones and completely them all day. Then they complain whne they misbehave. Lazy useless people

Really? Do you have kids?
I agree that you shouldn't give kids these devices without a way to block this content but what about their friends at school or in the neighborhood? Or what about older parents that don't know anything about the Internet? They do exist....
And yes in many cases it is the parents fault. And? The content shouldn't be age restricted why exactly? If you know there are irresponsible parents isn't that all the more reason to do this?

 

[ZedRM]

I agree with all of the laws that require age verification. Porn is too invasive and harmful to common society to be continue to just be "out there". Needs to be behind a few walls like porn was before the internet.

I say good for Texas, and everywhere else that passes the kinds of laws!

 

[ZedRM]

Really? Do you have kids?
I agree that you shouldn't give kids these devices without a way to block this content but what about their friends at school or in the neighborhood? Or what about older parents that don't know anything about the Internet? They do exist....
And yes in many cases it is the parents fault. And? The content shouldn't be age restricted why exactly? If you know there are irresponsible parents isn't that all the more reason to do this?

Parents can not watch their kids 24/7, anywhere and everywhere. Barriers need to be in place to protect children and adults alike from deliberate or accidental exposure to porn.

 

[Squid Surprise]

I agree with all of the laws that require age verification. Porn is too invasive and harmful to common society to be continue to just be "out there". Needs to be behind a few walls like porn was before the internet.

I say good for Texas, and everywhere else that passes the kinds of laws!

Age verification is useless - and it’s almost impossible to enforce anyways. Again, just educate people at an early age - there is nothing wrong with consensual sex… leave the Puritan values at home and realize that sex is a natural thing.
Texas ought to focus on their abundance of firearms… handguns are NOT natural - their only purpose is to shoot (and therefore kill or injure) another human being…

 

[Ohnooze]

Age verification is useless - and it’s almost impossible to enforce anyways. Again, just educate people at an early age - there is nothing wrong with consensual sex… leave the Puritan values at home and realize that sex is a natural thing.
Texas ought to focus on their abundance of firearms… handguns are NOT natural - their only purpose is to shoot (and therefore kill or injure) another human being…

If you look at gun related murder facts, Texas is actually middle of the road.
There are a lot of states with a lot worse gun related killings. This view that Texas is out of control with cowboys running around on their horses shooting at each other on the high way is a bunch of MSNBC bs.

 

[Squid Surprise]

If you look at gun related murder facts, Texas is actually middle of the road.
There are a lot of states with a lot worse gun related killings. This view that Texas is out of control with cowboys running around on their horses shooting at each other on the high way is a bunch of MSNBC bs.

Middle of the road is BAD!! I’m not comparing states… I’m simply stating that gun violence is a problem - want to know how many people get murdered because of porn? Not too many…

And if they do… it’s probably by gunshot!

 

[ZedRM]

Age verification is useless - and it’s almost impossible to enforce anyways. Again, just educate people at an early age - there is nothing wrong with consensual sex… leave the Puritan values at home and realize that sex is a natural thing.
Texas ought to focus on their abundance of firearms… handguns are NOT natural - their only purpose is to shoot (and therefore kill or injure) another human being…

This is NOT about being a "puritan". There is A LOT of very harmful crap out there. It needs to be behind a barrier, plain and simple. As for your firearm argument, that has nothing to do with this subject. Don't side-step the issue. It's not related to the topic at hand.

want to know how many people get murdered because of porn? Not too many…

Murder is only one form of harm and ends quickly. The kind of crap that certain kinds of porn can fill peoples minds with is far more long lasting and harmful. It needs to be blocked off, put behind a barrier and kept there permanently.

The only reason people are objecting to barriers is because they would have to identify themselves to watch and people are afraid of revealing their freaky "habits".

Here's a news flash for everyone: If you're afraid of others knowing about what kind of creepy porn you're watching, you should find something better to do with your time. If you're not afraid of what you're watching then prove up, carry on and watch what you want.

 

[Ohnooze]

Middle of the road is BAD!! I’m not comparing states… I’m simply stating that gun violence is a problem - want to know how many people get murdered because of porn? Not too many…

And if they do… it’s p

Middle of the road is BAD!! I’m not comparing states… I’m simply stating that gun violence is a problem - want to know how many people get murdered because of porn? Not too many…

And if they do… it’s probably by gunshot!

I think that overall porn is far worse for socially. It's creating this casual sex type of attitude which really helps in destroying families, leads to fatherless homes and spreads STDs and so on.

 

[ZedRM]

I think that overall porn is far worse for socially. It's creating this casual sex type of attitude which really helps in destroying families, leads to fatherless homes and spreads STDs and so on.

There is some merit to this argument, but there is a known and very well documented class of psychological effects porn has on the human mind, and none of it is good.

But people want their momentary natural "rush". They don't want to recognize the reality of what they're doing to themselves. The industry desperately wants people to live in ignorance so they can continue to make money. They couldn't care less about the harm being done to people and society in general. They are no different than the tobacco industry, preying on the ignorance of the public and profiting from the harm being done to the minds of viewers.

Porn needs to be heavily regulated and age-gated in the exact same way Tobacco and Alcohol are.

 

[scavengerspc]

This got me curious, so I wanted to get more info and found that my own state (Arkansas) has already done this.
What I also found is that dark web searches simultaneously rise in states where bans like this have been implemented. Very surprising since, from what I had read, the bans effect a tiny portion of available porn that is out there.
I wonder what the response will be from politicians and parents when they find out what the dark web is offering them.

Their new political slogan should be
"Make headlines, not a difference"

 

[Ohnooze]

Middle of the road is BAD!! I’m not comparing states… I’m simply stating that gun violence is a problem - want to know how many people get murdered because of porn? Not too many…

And if they do… it’s probably by gunshot!

The thing with porn is that it's something that in a lot of way breaks down society. It's got a lot of dark things associated with it that kids should not even know about. And I can't imagine how many families have been destroyed over porn addiction which leads to fatherless homes which leads to all kind of issues...like the gun violence you take about. So while you're advocating for making porn normal you're also advocating for breaking down the family and contributing to gun violence you supposedly hate so much.

 

[Ohnooze]

There is some merit to this argument, but there is a known and very well documented class of psychological effects porn has on the human mind, and none of it is good.

But people want their momentary natural "rush". They don't want to recognize the reality of what they're doing to themselves. The industry desperately wants people to live in ignorance so they can continue to make money. They couldn't care less about the harm being done to people and society in general. They are no different than the tobacco industry, preying on the ignorance of the public and profiting from the harm being done to the minds of viewers.

Porn needs to be heavily regulated and age-gated in the exact same way Tobacco and Alcohol are.

Totally agree. In some of my earlier post I mentioned the mental issues that come with porn. I even included my own experiences.