To be fair, drug use is rampant in porn, and there are definitely people that would never have started using if they didn't go into it. It's not really the porn itself that creates it, it the people in it.
I have said this a lot on this messageboard; the porn industry is full of scumbags and users, more than most people could imagine. In some ways I can see how the whole industry can wear on people. Especially how it wears on the ones that try to stay themselves in it while also staying above it.
Which is why we are only hurting the industry by labeling anyone who wants to enjoy erotica as "outcasts." If pornography was defined by a majority of responsible people who never do anything against the will of others, then the industry would be quite different. Which is why the calling for the end of pornography is not the solution, just something that makes the problem worse.
Because people will always want pornography. Unfortunately, as an "illegal" or "outcast" activity, it tends to be dominated by those who care less about the legality or civility of it. Same could be said about other freedoms that some people abuse. From substances to firearms. The problem is always irresponsibility and harm of others, the means are just the excuses.
I'm a male and built to fuck women. I slice and spear my wife's pussy every chance I get, at least when I'm not doing her mouth or breasts. I don't feel bad or apologize for doing it, wanting to do it, fantasizing about it or otherwise giving into my lust. Lust is not a deadly sin when it doesn't cause you to trespass against the will of others. That means my wife still has full right to tell me to stop in the middle of sex and I will, without question. Consent isn't absolute, it's something that has to be constantly re-given.
People seem to use all sorts of excuses to do different things, saying they are "allowed" or there is "nothing wrong." It's not about wrong or right. It's about what consent you are given, which can be revoked at any time by any one for any reason. Yes, some people will be irresponsible and hurtful with that too, but those are the type of people you avoid as well. I don't make myself a slave to sex, I only make myself agreeable to consensual sex and other forms of pleasure where I have been granted such freedom to lust.
I will never fret over the irresponsibility of what others do, as it is only by the responsible attitudes towards erotica and pornography that we can make things right, as a majority who enjoy it as such. It will never work as a minority among a majority of outcasts and others who pornography as the means and excuses for their much darker issues.
