At what age is it appropriate to discover porn?

[Coolio55]

This is a question that has often been touched on but never really discussed in full.
At what age is it appropriate for people to discover porn?

I'd prefer if this were an anonymous chan thread because I want people to give honest answers without fear of retaliation or that their answer is permanent ...but the sad truth is that 4cuck and the like are no longer places for genuine discussion. This thread would inevitably enter the paradoxical state of "spammed yet ignored".

Maybe I should set up a poll on one of those sites.

I'd like two things from you:
Appropriate age and - if desired - what generation you hail from.

General discussion is fine. I'm just interested in other people's perspectives.

 

[Paper Machete]

Taking this seriously...hmm....If people would raise eyebrows that you lost your virginity at that age then I think it's probably a safe bet you shouldn't be watching porn. I think people should largely have sexual experiences of some sort before getting into it too, so they're aware of what their own sexuality is actually like and don't get weird expectations based off the abstractions of porn. That's in a perfect world though.

Early porn exposure is a problem with a very easy solution. Once it's no longer considered normal for children (or even adults) to substitute learning about the world and socializing on the internet then it will be a problem only for kids from severely neglectful homes.

 

[BirdUp]

Ideally, never.

 

[Otis Mallebrok]

You might as well ask when is the best age to start a heroin addiction. Pornography commodifies intimacy and womens bodies. Its a trade in human misery and degradation, and it turns people into drooling hunchbacked addicts with erectile dysfunction, unable to relate to the opposite sex in a healthy and respectful way.

Half of the lolcows on this very site are helplessly coombrained pornography addicts. Don't be like them.

 

[Coolio55]

Taking this seriously

Just to clarify, I'm dead serious with this thread.
I posted it because a while ago I was musing on the whole thing (I think it was when EPI was first becoming a term).
I'd always assumed that the culturally acceptable age was "about twelve" but began to suspect that my preconceptions weren't correct.
I'm interested in other people's thoughts and how it's changed over the generations.
I have my own biases but I don't want to poison the discussion. I want people to answer genuinely. I'm really interested in if I'll end up being surprised.

 

[Lapsus of the bepsus]

I'd always assumed that the culturally acceptable age was "about twelve" but began to suspect that my preconceptions weren't correct.

thing is we arent talking finding your dads nudie mag or browsing an underwear catalog at 12yo, these days kids discover unlimited amounts of really depraved 4k uhd bdsm interracial anal fetish porn online which is disgusting at any age and no one should watch it

 

[Brightstar777]

I wish I didn't discover porn at all, its all worthless addiction and it is taking mental and physical resources to masturbate, I would say delay it as much as possible because it is easy to get addicted and lustful.

 

[Paper Machete]

Just to clarify, I'm dead serious with this thread.
I posted it because a while ago I was musing on the whole thing (I think it was when EPI was first becoming a term).
I'd always assumed that the culturally acceptable age was "about twelve" but began to suspect that my preconceptions weren't correct.
I'm interested in other people's thoughts and how it's changed over the generations.
I have my own biases but I don't want to poison the discussion. I want people to answer genuinely. I'm really interested in if I'll end up being surprised.

Why would 12 be the age you considered it appropriate? Because that was the age you heard it most often?

I'm coming at it from a human development stand point. And I think a lot of people have warped views on that because they're use to seeing precocious behavior and what are essentially trauma responses from people because it is sadly common to be exposed and around creeps for a large portion of anyone born in the internet age. I'm also coming at it from the stand point that, yes, it's unhealthy at any age but like smoking, alcohol, and drugs, there are people who are going to experiment with it and use it. Pandora's box is open and the best we can hope for is that like with having some alcohol benders in your late teens/early twenties, it's something you try out for a little while before realizing indulging such things is not only bad for you but overrated in the grand scheme of things. Sheltering people too much from it just leads to the boomerang effect.

 

[Kovachs]

I don't know if I have any sort of definitive idea of when it might be appropriate, speaking in terms of age. Different people have different maturity levels and responses to pornography. A lot of it is discretionary. That being said, there are very severe self-esteem issues that can arise in people who consume too much pornography and I think it can promote viewpoints on sex that are inaccurate and unproductive. This affects teenagers much more than adults because they don't necessarily have personal experience to compare notes with, so to speak.

I think it is the responsibility of parents to control their children's internet activity. It is not hard at all to go into the router in your home and restrict access to most major pornographic sites. The excuse for why parents don't do this is laziness. They have the means, the motive, and the responsibility. It would take almost no time. But everyone wants to offload the responsibility onto someone else. If you can't control access, then they will discover it at whatever age they will discover it. What you think won't really matter.

As an adult, I don't have any intrinsic moral issue with pornography itself. I've had good and bad experiences with pornography use. It depends a lot on the medium and the content. A lot of the people who are rabidly against pornography seem to me very hypocritical and self-righteous. The idea that it is never appropriate for anybody is ridiculous. As an adult, I can decide for myself what is and is not appropriate.

 

[neger psykolog]

You might as well ask when is the best age to start a heroin addiction. Pornography commodifies intimacy and womens bodies. Its a trade in human misery and degradation, and it turns people into drooling hunchbacked addicts with erectile dysfunction, unable to relate to the opposite sex in a healthy and respectful way.

Half of the lolcows on this very site are helplessly coombrained pornography addicts. Don't be like them.

I mean it wasn't really up until maybe the smartphone era that porn started becoming super mega commercialized and maybe the onlyfans era when it really started becoming clown world. Of course porn existed before that but it was a lot less likely for it to be around hormonal teenagers (as it was mostly on DVDs or VHS tapes) and there was just less porn being made to begin with.

I think before then it was mostly considered culturally acceptable for a teenage boy to come across a playboy magazine or hide one under his bed or whatever - but that wasn't even hardcore porn and it did actually also have some interesting articles in it (I guess the modern version of those might be some podcasts that are out there). I've heard quite a few older adults say the read all the playboy articles.

But of course - in today's age, the modern porn website is designed to cater to someone who wants an instant dopamine hit and they don't need to use any imagination whatsoever (you'd still have to use your imagination if you had a playboy). And there's not just one website, there are thousands plus tweeter, reddit, OnlyFans, Instagram (which either acts as softcore porn or links to thot's onlyfans)

To answer the thread though: I don't know the answer because I don't have kids. But I would assume when they are a teenage and without some adult showing them the shit. Like 15-16? But hardcore porn and modern porn websites I really don't think should be a part of the picture at all (in an ideal world)

 

[Preacher ✝]

Pornography is inherently wrong and exploitative. The people involved in it are often the victims of trafficking or other horrible crimes. Even if its created in a fully "consensual" manner the people featured are debasing themselves and doing serious emotional and spiritual damage in the process.

This goes for the consumer too, which means there's no ethical pornography even if its fully AI generated and the only one involved is the person looking at it. It's well documented that consumption of pornography has an effect on the brain that mirrors drug abuse and addiction. Furthermore pornography goes hand in hand with masturbation (pun intended) and masturbation is in fact sex with demonic entities. The combination is deeply sinful and a plague upon the moral fiber of the world.

If that's not convincing for you consider that the origins of pornography as we know it are extremely Jewish and explicitly stated as a measure to erode the spiritual health of non-Jewish society while turning a profit.

Do not consume porn. If you already consume porn stop immediately and repent. There is no "appropriate" age for it. It is wrong. No exceptions.

 

[Trump's Chosen]

75

 

[Dang dirty Pidgeons!]

I think people should largely have sexual experiences of some sort before getting into it too, so they're aware of what their own sexuality is actually like and don't get weird expectations based off the abstractions of porn. That's in a perfect world though.

That's basically it. And that was the norm for boomers. It wasn't that long ago.
It really depends on WHAT they watch, porn isn't created equal at all. Those dry educational style 70s sex ed flicks? Any age really.
Watching he n o r m a l porn you can find on any given video hoster's front page? Probably no one at any age.

 

[Lord of the Large Pants]

For regular porn, naked women with large breasticles and such, probably 14-15. For the kind of weird Russian horse porn that's being pushed on coomers these days, exactly 57 years old.

 

[Éamonn Ceannt]

There is no appropriate age. People should not watch pornography, period.

 

[DumbDude43]

never. porn is bad no matter which way you look at it.

on the performer side:
if you subscribe to the 'porn stars are victims of abuse and trafficking' view then the whole industry is obviously atrocious and should not be tolerated.
if you subscribe to the opposite view of 'porn stars are empowered liberated womyn' then they're shameless manipulators who exploit the weak for personal gain, not unlike drug dealers, and such an industry should not be tolerated either.

on the consumer side:
they're either callous sadists who take pleasure in watching the degradation of trafficking/abuse victims, or they're slaves to their base insticts who get milked for cash by an industry that taps into and exploits their mental weakness. both are contemptible in their own way.

the only people who really benefit from the whole thing are those involved with production and distribution companies, who skim money off the top without being directly involved with the dirty work.

 

[JamusActimus]

13-14 with the Nintendo 3ds. (With the online search function)

When I see the word nintendosexual, it hits a but too close to home lol.


Also I bet my little nephew will discover it way earlier than me at 10

 

[Dawdler]

At what age is it appropriate for people to discover porn?

Ripe old age of death

 

[DickMain]

According to some faggots, "as low as possible". They want your kids to be the stars, and they will not stop. If that doesn't horrify you then I don't know what to say.

 

[Silence of the Troons]

Never, as pornography is a form of filmed prostitution (an equally exploitative and disgusting industry which heavily overlaps with the pornographic industry), and an evil plague that not only rots the brains of children and adults just like cocaine, but also leads to a society that accepts, commercializes and encourages coomerism.

In an ideal world, pornographers, particularly the top brasses of the likes of Mindgeek/Aylo and Onlyfans, would not be living comfortably in million dollar homes as they are now, but be on death row for their crimes against humanity.

Total Pornographer Death