>Do we need real data to know that too much porn is a bad thing?
Yes, we do. We also need a definition of "too much". For too many people, "too much" means "more than I prefer."
>If I wanted to look at pictures of girls when I was a horny teen, I had the bra section of the JC Penny catalog.
Those pictures fulfill the same purpose as looking at a girl with no clothes. The motivation was the same.
>The jump from that to the type of online porn that exists today is pretty big
You know what's an even bigger jump? Going from looking at pictures to actually seeing a real naked female, or actually having sex. That's as "hardcore" as it gets for a person, no? Yet everyone manages, forever throughout human history, often with no intermediate steps of seeing pictures of women. Crazy, I know.
Yes, we do. We also need a definition of "too much". For too many people, "too much" means "more than I prefer."
>If I wanted to look at pictures of girls when I was a horny teen, I had the bra section of the JC Penny catalog.
Those pictures fulfill the same purpose as looking at a girl with no clothes. The motivation was the same.
>The jump from that to the type of online porn that exists today is pretty big
You know what's an even bigger jump? Going from looking at pictures to actually seeing a real naked female, or actually having sex. That's as "hardcore" as it gets for a person, no? Yet everyone manages, forever throughout human history, often with no intermediate steps of seeing pictures of women. Crazy, I know.