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MagneticMonopole — 5 months ago(October 09, 2025 02:03 PM)
Why shouldn't they see sexual content, Karen? Please articulate exactly what objectively measurable harms would come as a result.
I was a voracious reader as a kid and I loved that librarians didn't restrict what I could borrow and take home. I read tons and tons of novels and short stories awash with sexual and violent content in my teens, books my conservative parents would never have allowed me to touch had they ever known what I was signing out. (The one parent who actually read books, my mother, kept strictly to trashy romance novels, so neither one of them was intellectually competent to judge my reading in the first place.)
I turned out just fine. In fact, my level of sophistication in understanding humanity was light years beyond what my parents had at the same age, all because I exposed myself to complicated, messy ideas in works intended for adults. This was a good thing.
And by the way, let's drop any pretense that these images and books don't live rent free in your head and turn you on at some level. You've been posting this crap on at least two different forums now over a span of months if not years. You've saved these images to reuse when the urges get too strong, and I have no doubt you pore over them feverishly on a routine basis. -
kuatorises — 5 months ago(October 09, 2025 02:14 PM)
I turned out just fine.
That's….. debatable.
Why shouldn't they see sexual content, Karen?
all because I exposed myself to complicated, messy ideas in works intended for adults.
And by the way, let's drop any pretense that these images and books don't live rent free in your head and turn you on at some level.
Speaking of getting turned on, you seem to have a vested interest in giving minors access to sexual content. -
MagneticMonopole — 5 months ago(October 09, 2025 02:19 PM)
Your inability to defend your pearl clutching with anything resembling an intelligent, adult argument has been duly noted.
Thanks for participating–it's always a joy watching you make a fool of yourself in a public space. It's just about the only thing you know how to do. -
kuatorises — 5 months ago(October 10, 2025 01:47 PM)
Your inability to defend your pearl clutching with a
nything resembling an intelligent, adult argument
has been duly noted.
Sorry, what were you saying?
And by the way, let's drop any pretense that these images and books don't live rent free in your head
and turn you on at some level
. You've been posting this crap on at least two different forums now over a span of months if not years. You've saved these images to reuse when the urges get too strong, and
I have no doubt you pore over them feverishly on a routine basis. -
MagneticMonopole — 5 months ago(October 10, 2025 04:49 PM)
That's my psycho-analysis of your mind, not an argument for anything other than you come off as a Karen who makes a show of moral concern to compensate for guilt from private obsessions.
You still can't articulate the measurable, quantifiable harm that would result in a minor voluntarily encountering this kind of material in a library. Go ahead, try. -
kuatorises — 5 months ago(October 10, 2025 05:18 PM)
Your first response to a conversation was to ponder my masturbation habits and turn around and say, "Well, if you're not going to have a serious conversation."
Sir…
Table 2. Impact of Premature Digital Sexual Content Exposure on the Developmental Trajectory.
Domain Description
Psychological effects Premature exposure to sexual content can lead to confusion, distress, anxiety, depression, sleep issues, and behavioral problems among children who may not be developmentally ready to process such information.1
Sexual developmental trajectory Premature exposure to sexual content can disrupt the natural progression of sexual development, as children may struggle to understand complex concepts related to sexuality and relationships.13
Early sexualization Exposure to sexual content at a young age may contribute to the early sexualization of children, leading to inappropriate behaviors, attitudes, and beliefs about sex and relationships.14
Normalization of risky behaviors Constant exposure to sexualized content may desensitize children to the risks associated with early sexual activity, such as unintended pregnancies, sexually transmitted infections, and sexual exploitation.14
Impact on relationships Misinterpretation of sexual content or language may influence children’s perceptions of intimacy, consent, and healthy relationships, potentially affecting their future interactions and choices.14-16
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/26318318251322555
Exposure to sexual content and problematic sexual behaviors in children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Camille Mori 1 , Julianna Park 2 , Nicole Racine 3 , Heather Ganshorn 4 , Cailey Hartwick 5 , Sheri Madigan 6
Affiliations
PMID: 37343427 DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106255
Abstract
Background: Exposure to sexual content, such as online pornography or live sexual content, has been posited in the literature as a risk factor for problematic sexual behaviors (PSBs) in children and adolescents, and has been identified as an important avenue for research and intervention, particularly given the ubiquitous access to technology among children.
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MagneticMonopole — 5 months ago(October 10, 2025 05:30 PM)
Did mama drop you on your head multiple times when you were an infant? My first response to you, the one you can't respond to, was to ask for intelligent reasons to think access to such books in libraries is bad, even for minors.
You run and run, but always evade this central question. If you can't answer it, you are justifiably dismiss-able as a Karen crackpot. -
Uncreative — 5 months ago(October 09, 2025 02:03 PM)
The book you're throwing a hissy fit about seems to be about the author figuring out who they were and I assume the target audience is other adults who have been through the same thing or in the process of it and wanted to find something relatable.
You don't think libraries shouldn't carry anything that might make someone uncomfortable because kids might read it? The last book I checked out from the library had rape and incest and forced pregnancy of minors in it. Want we take that out too? Stephen King's IT ends with a child orgy. Let's remove him while we're at it. Maybe some kid heard about Game of Thrones and decides to check that out. More incest and graphic violence. Oh no, cancel George RR Martin please. -
kuatorises — 5 months ago(October 09, 2025 02:42 PM)
You don't think libraries shouldn't carry anything that might make someone uncomfortable because kids might read it?
The last book I checked out from the library had rape and incest and forced pregnancy of minors in it. Want we take that out too? Stephen King's IT ends with a child orgy. Let's remove him while we're at it. Maybe some kid heard about Game of Thrones and decides to check that out. More incest and graphic violence. Oh no, cancel George RR Martin please.
Actually, my original question was why do books like that exist? What purpose do they serve?
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Uncreative — 5 months ago(October 09, 2025 03:03 PM)
I already told you why it exists. Not everything is about you. Just because you allegedly don't want to read it doesn't mean everyone else in the world feels the same way. Since that book is getting so much attention I'm assuming it must have sold a decent amount so there probably was/is an audience for it. That's capitalism for you.
I don't understand what is the point of that horrible looking Bruce Springsteen biopic that's coming out this month. Just sitting the trailer for that piece of **** before every movie I've seen in the theater for the last 6 months annoys the hell out of me. Let's ban musician biopics because they're stupid. It makes slightly more sense than taking books out of libraries. -
kuatorises — 5 months ago(October 09, 2025 04:06 PM)
I already told you why it exists.
Not everything is about you. Just because you allegedly don't want to read it doesn't mean everyone else in the world feels the same way. Since that book is getting so much attention I'm assuming it must have sold a decent amount so there probably
was/is an audience for it.
That's capitalism for you.
No, you didn't. You were too busy having a circle jerk with the other libs and running from the topic at hand. It took 2 or so days for you to reply with something resembling an answer, so here we are.
Who is that audience? You keep claiming it's an "adult" book. Why would an adult want to read about fantacizing about having sex with a minor or masturbating? Is that normal adult behavior to you?
In one commonly cited panel, a 14-year-old Kobabe fantasizes about a scene in which an older man touches the penis of a youth. The illustration is based on a piece of painted ancient Greek pottery depicting a "courting scene."[25][2] Detractors have described this as a depiction of pedophilia.[26][27] Another illustration frequently cited by critics depicts Kobabe's girlfriend performing oral sex on Kobabe while Kobabe wears a strap-on dildo.[1][31][32] The book also includes depiction of masturbation.[25] The ACB found the book's "descriptions and depictions of sexual activity" as "an integral part of the story on the author's struggle to understanding gender identity and sexuality, and the sex is highly stylised and containing little or no realistic detail, as well as infrequent".[33] On the Plato's Symposium image, the ACB noted that it was "highly stylised" and no sexual activity is depicted "in a detailed or realistic manner, and it is not possible to determine the age of the two male figures in the image", noting "the most that can accurately be said is that the panel contains a depiction of an older-looking male and a younger-looking male".[33]
Or… is it actually aimed towards minors?