• JohnDClay
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      1 year ago

      But this doesn’t mitivate the urges then if you want to put it that way.

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        1 year ago

        Why not? I obviously don’t have first hand experience, but AFAIK it’s essentially porn for those with the condition. Like any other porn, you watch it, get your rocks off, and forget about it until your hormones recharge. It’s a harmless and victimless outlet for them, probably the only one I can think of.

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          1 year ago

          You don’t get desensitized to porn over time?

          • wahming@monyet.cc
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            1 year ago

            Not to the point it becomes entirely ineffective. The point here is that we don’t have a better way of dealing with or treating people with this issue. It’s the least-worst option we have available to us.

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              1 year ago

              I still don’t think feeding/appeasing the problem is better than treating it and cutting it out.

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                1 year ago

                I would agree with you, if we had any plausible way of treating and cutting it out. Unfortunately we don’t, short of chemical castration.

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                  1 year ago

                  You think counseling or therapy is entirely ineffective?

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                    Thus far, counselling and therapy is almost entirely only obtained by the portion of the group that has already acted on their thoughts and urges. I think we can agree that that’s probably too late in terms of harm prevention. I also doubt we have the resources to provide that sort of personal treatment to everybody suffering from the issue, at least under our current system.