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How aren’t they comparable?

Obviously, they’re not completely one to one, but it’s the same concepts.

people who argue queer media makes you gay do so because they're bigots

Is it because the noncon ones would be… bad in real life?

yeah it is because the noncon ones would be bad in real life and are often bad in fiction too when sexualized and romanticized because it communicates to the viewer that it's okay

when you put queer media on screen and sexualize and romanticized it, it communicates that it is okay to be queer (which it is)

for the last question, no and I never claimed someone would become a pedo if they engage with pedo media

it all depends on how you feel about it

Fiction itself will not change the average person’s morals. If you are simply reading fanfic, and your MORALS are being changed, that’s something to look into.

If, say, the person engaging with the media was an impressionable child, someone with a mental disability and/or illness that can skew their view on fiction, or someone who has a third party involved (such as someone purposefully showing them this content with the intent of making it seem “okay”) then fiction can affect them in major ways.

But for the average person, that’s just not how it works, at all.

Reading child x adult fanfic will not make you believe that it is okay irl. If it does, that means there’s something else happening there (such as something listed above). If you were to read child x adult fanfic, would it make YOU think that’s okay irl? If you said yes, you’re just telling on yourself.

That last sentence is just… wrong.

Fiction and reality do not exist in the same realm, obviously. And they do not have the same rules.

Someone who has no interest in having sex irl can still like smut, and maybe even turned on by it, and still have no interest in sex irl.

Someone can like certain kinks in fiction (even “unproblematic” ones, like bondage) and not like them irl.

This especially goes for taboo things.

In fiction, no one can be hurt, or abused, or traumatized. There is no victim in fiction.

Which creates a great (and healthy!) way to explore taboo topics, interests, and feelings.

sounds like a loser

i wouldn't be reading child x adult smut because I'm not into kids

Because people being not interested, or downright repulsed, by sex irl but enjoying it in fiction is pretty common.

So… I just think you’re a bit too uneducated to actually be speaking on his topic, and I would suggest going and doing some of your own research on how fiction does or doesn’t affect the brain, and how fictional interests impact irl interests.

Here’s a website with a bunch of sources. It is very proship centric (clearly), but it does give some good sources on fiction affecting people, and more.

How aren’t they comparable?

Obviously, they’re not completely one to one, but it’s the same concepts.

people who argue queer media makes you gay do so because they're bigots

Is it because the noncon ones would be… bad in real life?

yeah it is because the noncon ones would be bad in real life and are often bad in fiction too when sexualized and romanticized because it communicates to the viewer that it's okay

when you put queer media on screen and sexualize and romanticized it, it communicates that it is okay to be queer (which it is)

for the last question, no and I never claimed someone would become a pedo if they engage with pedo media

it all depends on how you feel about it

Fiction itself will not change the average person’s morals. If you are simply reading fanfic, and your MORALS are being changed, that’s something to look into.

If, say, the person engaging with the media was an impressionable child, someone with a mental disability and/or illness that can skew their view on fiction, or someone who has a third party involved (such as someone purposefully showing them this content with the intent of making it seem “okay”) then fiction can affect them in major ways.

But for the average person, that’s just not how it works, at all.

Reading child x adult fanfic will not make you believe that it is okay irl. If it does, that means there’s something else happening there (such as something listed above). If you were to read child x adult fanfic, would it make YOU think that’s okay irl? If you said yes, you’re just telling on yourself.

That last sentence is just… wrong.

Fiction and reality do not exist in the same realm, obviously. And they do not have the same rules.

Someone who has no interest in having sex irl can still like smut, and maybe even turned on by it, and still have no interest in sex irl.

Someone can like certain kinks in fiction (even “unproblematic” ones, like bondage) and not like them irl.

This especially goes for taboo things.

In fiction, no one can be hurt, or abused, or traumatized. There is no victim in fiction.

Which creates a great (and healthy!) way to explore taboo topics, interests, and feelings.

sounds like a loser

i wouldn't be reading child x adult smut because I'm not into kids

How aren’t they comparable?

Obviously, they’re not completely one to one, but it’s the same concepts.

people who argue queer media makes you gay do so because they're bigots

Is it because the noncon ones would be… bad in real life?

yeah it is because the noncon ones would be bad in real life and are often bad in fiction too when sexualized and romanticized because it communicates to the viewer that it's okay

when you put queer media on screen and sexualize and romanticized it, it communicates that it is okay to be queer (which it is)

for the last question, no and I never claimed someone would become a pedo if they engage with pedo media

it all depends on how you feel about it