I think they are underrating the “porn attack” angle. I remember being in college when Facebook first became a thing, and the first time images came up of a girl I was attracted to I was mesmerized. Glued to the screen. I set limits on the amount of time spent looking at one picture but it quickly became clear to me that this wasn’t goin…
I think they are underrating the “porn attack” angle. I remember being in college when Facebook first became a thing, and the first time images came up of a girl I was attracted to I was mesmerized. Glued to the screen. I set limits on the amount of time spent looking at one picture but it quickly became clear to me that this wasn’t going to work so I banned myself from looking at pictures of attractive women I knew. We’re talking about fully clothed pictures mind you, not even bikini-clad thirst trap photos of the sort that are now ubiquitous on instagram. And this was several years before I ever knew anything about online pornography.
You should think about heterosexual men and images of reasonably attractive women in the same way that you would think about putting a line of powder in front of a cocaine addict. The effect is that powerful.
I think they are underrating the “porn attack” angle. I remember being in college when Facebook first became a thing, and the first time images came up of a girl I was attracted to I was mesmerized. Glued to the screen. I set limits on the amount of time spent looking at one picture but it quickly became clear to me that this wasn’t going to work so I banned myself from looking at pictures of attractive women I knew. We’re talking about fully clothed pictures mind you, not even bikini-clad thirst trap photos of the sort that are now ubiquitous on instagram. And this was several years before I ever knew anything about online pornography.
You should think about heterosexual men and images of reasonably attractive women in the same way that you would think about putting a line of powder in front of a cocaine addict. The effect is that powerful.