Get The Facts: Why Today’s Internet Porn is Unlike Anything the World Has Ever Seen
Consider Before Consuming
Fight the New Drug
4.8 • 779 Ratings
🗓️ 10 August 2022
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
Porn is incomparably more accessible and more extreme than anything available before the internet. A couple of ratty old centerfold magazines found in the park are nothing compared to the hardcore, high-definition videos that minors have access to today.
This episode is a part of our Get The Facts series, where we explore the research on a specific topic surrounding porn’s harms to help you be more informed and more empowered with the facts.
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| 0:40.3 | My name is Garrett Johnson, and you're listening to Consider Before Consuming, a podcast by Fight the New Drug. |
| 0:48.1 | And in case you're new here, Fight the New Drug is a non-religious and non-legislative organization that exists to provide individuals |
| 0:56.5 | the opportunity to make an informed decision regarding pornography by raising awareness on its harmful |
| 1:02.4 | effects using only science, facts, and personal accounts. Welcome to Part 6 of our Get the Facts |
| 1:09.9 | series where we explore the research on a specific topic surrounding porn's harms on individuals, relationships, and society to help you be more informed and empowered with the facts. |
| 1:21.2 | Today's episode is why today's internet porn is unlike anything the world has ever seen. |
| 1:26.6 | You can find the sources to the claims made in this episode |
| 1:29.8 | or read along at FtndD.org forward slash get the facts. |
| 1:35.1 | Now let's get to the episode. |
| 1:38.5 | The year was 1953, |
| 1:41.3 | and Hugh Heffner had just published the first copy of Playboy. |
| 1:45.5 | Although the magazine only offered still images, the growing popularity of Playboy meant that |
| 1:51.7 | pornographic imagery was becoming increasingly available to the public. |
| 1:56.2 | Fast forward to the 1980s and VCRs suddenly made it possible for people to watch movies at home. |
| 2:03.3 | Instead of having to go to sketchy movie theaters, consumers just went to the back room at their local movie rental place. |
| 2:10.6 | Sure, they still had to go out and find it and get their IDs checked. |
| 2:15.1 | But porn was even more accessible than it had ever been. |
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