Hi guys!

I have to confess to you about my last poll about porn.

I just wanted to make sure of evident thing, but all the same

Now I want to explain my question and suggest something to you for discussion.

I am former biologist (former - because modern Russia does not need scientists and most normal Russian scientists work and live in USA or Europe now), so I still have special point of view to anything, including porn.

Area of my interests was a synecology, population genetics and dynamics. I worked with wide range of biocenosis, mostly saprophages, but anyway, biological laws are common for all species, aren't they? For human beings too. I had a honor to work with nice scientists... well, I don't want to be boring, so here is my opinion: porn is a negative feedback loop in population dynamics of Homo sapiens. Maybe you know what is a "Malthusian trap", when reproduction of population grows faster, than reproduction of resources. Last year we all could see it in Arabia: the situation when a great amount of young people evidently understand that they will live worse, than their parents. I do know trials to explain the effect of "Arabian spring" with political reasons, but all of them are funny from my point of view. As biologist I see the main reason: too many young people in these countries. It's a result of rapid growth of population. The growth of prosperity always lags, it's natural low (Malthusian trap).

So, let's see a so called "golden billion" (USA, Europe, Japan, some other countries). One of its noticeable feature is a very low speed of growth. 1-2-3 children per family. And a lot of singles. What a reason? There are zillion reasons for all of us personally. But there is a level of population, next to "personal". And it is a negative feedback loop in population dynamics.

Porn makes young men to spend a lot of time at porn sites and masturbate. Young teen males don't date with living girls, don't have experience of real relations and real sex. They are not going to marry. They compares real girls with porn stars. It's a kinda castration.

As result speed of population growth decreases. Some time the population can live at the expense of previous generations. It supplies a high living standard (for a while) and an outward appearance of prosperity.

Propaganda of sexual minorities acts in the same way too. Homosexuals cannot have children. So it is the same "negative feedback loop" in population dynamics, like porn.

By the way, great revolution in my country (in 1917) was made in the same demographic situation like in modern Arabia: there was a great amount of young people. It was a result of previous prosperity in Russian Empire like in Arabia, which began to prosper in the end of last century due to high price of oil.

Paradox? No, just population dynamics.

Discuss, please