Hey, thanks for reading and commenting. I sincerely appreciate it. Full disclosure, until the last month or so, I too assumed there were some dudes out there who had serious problems with porn. I never investigated the science but now that I have, for decades, the science is overwhelming that porn isn't as harmful as activists make it out to be. But that doesn't mean it's saintly, either (I don't watch it myself).

I think we're extremely bad at uncovering the causes of our health issues, and I think porn is a very easy target to blame.

I highly doubt many of these men are doing a thorough analysis on their issues and ruling out all other medical possibilities, with precise measurements, from diet to underlying health conditions, to even depression and anxiety.

I know this from experience, though not with porn. I can't tell you how many times I've felt a symptom and turned to Google and made a fifteen-minute conclusion that yes, indeed, it's stage-four cancer, and I've got six minutes to live!

Laypeople are notoriously bad at judging our own medical conditions. It's not our fault. It's not our area of expertise, nor do we have the necessary tools.

Similarly, I wouldn't want to represent myself in court because I don't know anywhere near enough about law to feel confident in my success.

Porn isn't harmful in the way these groups claim it is. It's harmful to people who've survived sexual trauma and especially if they later get into a romantic relationship and their partners consume it a lot. This can bring all that trauma back, and it's really sad. People should be mindful of their partners' feelings in these situations.

That's not my story. I just think porn is lame and boring. But still. A lot of people get hurt by it in different ways after sexual trauma or hang-ups, and it's important we don't marginalize or ignore their feelings. And I think inventing fake data and conspiracy theories about porn's "harms" directly distracts us from the real conversations that need to be had about it.