This is the one HUGE danger with porn. Unfortunately there are some people who just don't or can't realise that fantasy is not the same as reality and the one must never cross over to the other.
The line between fantasy and reality is very fine, though and entirely down to the participants' consent. Roleplay has been a thing in such matters for centuries. All porn has done in this regard is allow the majority of people to feel less ashamed of their kinks and fetishes.
Child porn??
I think it would be better to call it for what it is and that is childhood sexual abuse.
I'm referring more to individuals such as those in this particular case, convicted specifically of possessing indecent images of children, generally considered a lesser charge but also with the greater number of offenders, compared to those who actually create the images.
Creators tend to avoid the Internet directly, to evade traces, whereas the distribution network has grown massively - Hence the comparison in this context.
I agree there are fantasises that have been around for at least decades. But I think we have to acknowledge porn itself as changed.
Porn or adult erotica were more like fully budgetted films, with a cast and a storyline. I'd say they were more close to real life.
I think the difference is porn/sex as become dehumanised. Many people don't see the human side of other people.
I disagree...
Most people of my age know of Debbie Does Dallas and Deep Throat, but couldn't name actresses from either. These were also the rare films, as most porn in the 60s and 70s was just people getting undressed and shagging. You might get the occasional plumber turning up to fix the fridge, or a pizza delivery boy, but that wasn't taken seriously and had mostly died out by the 80s.
Nowadays, many people know Angela White, Mia Khalifa, Lana Rhoades, Lena Paul, and hundreds of other top porn actresses. They have social media channels that fans follow, and video content all about their lives, both on camera and outside of work.
Things like OnlyFans became so popular precisely because it brings the human connection into it.
So it's not difficult to understand how thr French woman or the gangbang girl were objectified. A disturbing trend I've noticed is some women objectify themselves ie using male language to describe themselves.
A lot of women like being objectified.
A lot of men like it, too.
Often the only difference between healthy sexual activities and abusive or criminal ones is consent.
In my opinion two things happened to degrade porn, and influence how many people think about the sex.
Gonzo style porn. Which removed 90% of the empathy of sex. No scene build up. Just sex, and often rough.
This has been a thing since at least the 1700s. Plenty of evidence in contemporary 'naughty' books.
It's also more niche than you perhaps realise, while at the same time plenty of people like a trip to poundtown on occasion.
Kinks becoming normalised. A kink means something odd, unusual. But for some reason in the early 00's kinks were suddenly accepted as part of the regular sexual activities. I could list a few activities. But the main one I never understood why it suddenly became accepted was bdsm. Maybe it just went hand in hand with the lack of empathy and objectification.
BDSM is primarily about power play and the dynamic between partners.
Things like spanking and bondage again are centuries old, with texts from as early as 900 BC describing such things.
As with all things, the defining element is consent.
At least 40% of the population are into traditional 'kink' of some kind, and while it still suffers from Victorian style shaming into secrecy, people are tired of hiding it so it's becoming more normalised. High street shops like Victoria's Secret and Ann Summers quite openly stock BDSM stuff - Is it still a kink?
At one point the Kama Sutra, a 3,000 year old text, was a shocking (and thrilling) idea to Western society... whereas now people are widely considered crap in bed if they only know two positions.
But really, most people have a kink or a fetish of some kind. The modern world is just more honest about it.
I worry about where society is going with this dehumanisation, objectification, and a lack of empathy. It's seeped into every aspect of life. Many people talk at other people not to them.
That's not a porn thing, though. For the most porn reflects society, it doesn't drive it.
Look instead at how many people spend their lives with noses buried in their phones, instead of engaging with the people around them.
I sadly think more of the op subject will happen. Because it feels like more deviant activities are becoming normalised.
In many cases the 'deviant' activities already were pretty normalised, even among those who weren't into it themselves, and only became 'deviant' under a repressive society like the Victorians (who still maintained a secret culture of it anyway) and their repression has lasted well into the modern day.
Strangling, being tied up, and beaten etc I'd consider kinks. I'm not saying these things are wrong or bad between consenting adults. But they are a manifestation of someones dark mind.
Not really.
Again, it's a power exchange - It mostly appeals to people who are either not naturally dominant/submissive, or who spend a lot of their lives being such. CEOs, military commanders and other people in positions of authority often like to switch and be submissive, subservient or subordinate for a while. Similarly there are plenty of people who relish the idea of being in charge, even if it's only within the safety of their own bedroom.
and was involved in other sex crimes (an attempted kidnapping/rape 20 years ago he's admitted to) and IIRC if I heard it correctly potentially a murder that had a lot of similarities to the attempted one he's admitted to and they're also looking into other cases with a similar MO.
