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Volcel Police is funny but do remember, there is no “Gooner Epidemic” (www.tiktok.com)

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I hope we all know this and are just doing it as a bit, but sometimes I do see shit on this website that makes me go “Oh y’all are genuinely just weird prudes”

The “gooner epidemic” is not real, gooning is an incredibly niche kink that very few people engage in.

“Porn addiction” is basically non existent and affects such a small portion of the population as to not be relevant. The idea that most people have in their heads about porn addiction is propaganda made up by evangelicals.

We do not live in an overly-sexually-liberated time. There is not an excess of sexual content or exposure to it.

Most of the time when people talk about “the gooner problem” what they’re actually talking about is a mix of two unrelated things, people living normal sexually liberated lives, and undersocialized young men that don’t know how to interact with people.

Sex is good. We should be having more of it. We should encourage healthy, safe sex featuring whatever kinks you and your partner(s) consent to. Don’t fall for puritan propaganda comrades.

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[-] space_comrade@hexbear.net 10 points 1 day ago

and a lot of that unhealthy relationship is caused by the stigmatization of porn in the first place.

Is it really that stigmatized? Like maybe in very religious communities but overall I think it's fairly normalized.

[-] ClimateStalin@hexbear.net 5 points 1 day ago

It’s absolutely stigmatized. We’re at a point where the abstract idea that someone watches porn isn’t super stigmatized anymore, but most people are definitely not comfortable talking about porn or sex in the open, and very much feel shame about their own habits.