I wonder if this might help with those who choose to watch pornography...

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51. There's definitely differences

I've been watching since the mid 80's when I was... oh, thirteen or so? My father used to rent tapes and make copies of them and my curiosity had me sneaking them while my parents were at work so I could feed that curiosity.

A lot of stuff back then was "story" driven, but that fell off in the 90's with the amateur stuff that started filling up the scene since it was cheaper to produce.

The same thing can be said about any entertainment though. Movies aren't what they were in the 80's. Books aren't. Games aren't. Lots of differences, good and bad across the board.

That said, I watch a lot of porn today as well. Unlike then, and during other parts of my adult years, the sample size is much larger as to what you want to watch. To say it's all violent and degrading obviously isn't true, but it is for some as to them all porn is violent and degrading. There are a good number of women that run companies and do the productions which is part of the whole female-friendly angle. Of course, there are women that don't like that and there are men that do like that. I actually like a lot of the "female friendly" stuff because it tends to get more artsy, like what the folks at X-Art produce and some of the other places.

Like most vices, it's a problem for those without the control to deal with it. If it wasn't porn, it'd probably be something else devastating to their lifestyle.