While it is evident that there are some legitimate arguments made as to why pornography should be neither illegal or restricted, they all miss the point of focusing on the true repercussions that porn has in society. First, people are ignorant to the role that pornography has in the sex-trafficking trade. "It is commonly known in the anti-trafficking field that 80 percent of survivors report that their customers showed them pornography to illustrate the kinds of sexual acts they want performed." Additionally, porn is used for training on specific acts and movements that are highly requested by clients. Victims are often forced into pornography through abusive psychological and physical actions for the sole purpose of the trafficker's financial
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To briefly summarize, the brain has pathways that are constantly changing due to the way humans interact with their surroundings. Dopamine, a chemical that is emitted when people feel pleasure, travels through one of the many pathways into the "reward center," a epicenter of possible feelings that the brain gifts the individual with in times of excitement, whether it be joyful or sexual (Love, 2015). In addition, the "reward center" has a "braking system" in it that limits the amount of dopamine secreted, and, just as with addicts using drugs, when a user views too much porn, the "reward center" is overused, often damaging a large portion of the brain (Hilton, 2011). Specifically, the underlying problem is that as the viewer becomes numb to the effects of the dopamine in their system, they frequently have to increase the volume and extremity of the porn that they view, often expanding their Internet searches to more hardcore forms of pornographic material. Additionally, the user perceives that his or her perception of wanting the sensation decreases, yet the continue to watch porn more habitually. Uniquely, the subjects in this case typically do not realize that they are creating a periodic form of an addiction until it is too late ("Porn, Escalating Behavior," 2017). The calamitous reality is that pornography is nearly as toxic to the brain as any other drug. Ironically, people begin to become nauseous to the feeling that they so desperately yearned for. Unfortunately, humans do not view things in light of the future, and are often swayed by their temporary desires that are longing to be
To briefly summarize, the brain has pathways that are constantly changing due to the way humans interact with their surroundings. Dopamine, a chemical that is emitted when people feel pleasure, travels through one of the many pathways into the "reward center," a epicenter of possible feelings that the brain gifts the individual with in times of excitement, whether it be joyful or sexual (Love, 2015). In addition, the "reward center" has a "braking system" in it that limits the amount of dopamine secreted, and, just as with addicts using drugs, when a user views too much porn, the "reward center" is overused, often damaging a large portion of the brain (Hilton, 2011). Specifically, the underlying problem is that as the viewer becomes numb to the effects of the dopamine in their system, they frequently have to increase the volume and extremity of the porn that they view, often expanding their Internet searches to more hardcore forms of pornographic material. Additionally, the user perceives that his or her perception of wanting the sensation decreases, yet the continue to watch porn more habitually. Uniquely, the subjects in this case typically do not realize that they are creating a periodic form of an addiction until it is too late ("Porn, Escalating Behavior," 2017). The calamitous reality is that pornography is nearly as toxic to the brain as any other drug. Ironically, people begin to become nauseous to the feeling that they so desperately yearned for. Unfortunately, humans do not view things in light of the future, and are often swayed by their temporary desires that are longing to be