OK. I’m doing a really bad job of expressing myself. This isn’t exactly what I want, but it will do.
Child porn is not a victimless crime.
I don’t believe everyone watches child porn will abuse a child, but I suspect that most people who do sexually abuse children will have viewed child porn. But I have no idea what that means for public policy or safety.
Of course the research in this area is paltry for many reasons, but you can’t even search for the research because google blocks the search term in any context, which is understandable.
It’s not like just the same 1000 people are downloading this stuff, so someone here is married to someone who has. Not justifing anything, just stating.
I found this article helpful years ago in understanding some of this, although it’s not a 1 to 1 match to the OP position. My next question would also be, when do you all plan on taking to your children about viewing this? How would you do it? It’s something we all need to address.
https://medium.com/matter/youre-16-y...w-e11ce4b88bdb