Porn Didn’t Ruin Your Kids - You Did.

Submitted by Gwyneth A. on Mon, 07/14/2025 - 05:09

Let’s cut the nonsense: politicians are not protecting children when they wage war on sex workers and adult platforms. They’re protecting themselves from accountability, from responsibility, and from doing the hard work of fixing what’s truly broken in our societies. And what’s broken? Pretty much everything. But sure, let’s blame porn.

The latest scapegoat for the collapsing mental health of a generation is not climate change, economic despair, social isolation, digital overload, or the never-ending global conflicts that hang like a shadow over every young mind. No it’s adult content. Sex. Naked bodies. Online intimacy. That’s the real danger, they say. Not the fact that your teenager has been scrolling mindlessly through TikTok and Reddit for 11 hours today, fed algorithmic poison that celebrates unrealistic beauty, unattainable wealth, and narcissistic fame.

Let’s talk facts: adult websites are not made for kids. They have disclaimers. They restrict access. They make the age warnings clear. But when a 13-year-old ends up on one, somehow it’s the adult industry’s fault? Please. Who gave them the iPad? Who handed them the smartphone at age 8 just to keep them quiet in the backseat or at the dinner table? Parents. Tired, overwhelmed, disconnected or, in many cases, simply too lazy to care. It’s easier to give a child a screen than it is to give them attention. Screens don’t talk back. Screens don't cry. Screens are quiet and for many parents, quiet is golden.

But here’s the brutal truth: if your kid is watching porn, the failure started at home not on a website.

If your child sneaks alcohol from your cabinet, do you sue the liquor company? If they puff a cigarette from your nightstand, do you burn down Philip Morris HQ? Of course not. We hold parents responsible because that’s their job. The same logic applies to digital safety. You have parental controls. You have screen time settings. You have content filters. You have conversations to initiate. And yet many don’t. Because it’s easier to blame the sex worker than to raise a child.

Meanwhile, the same governments demonizing adult platforms stay eerily silent about the avalanche of sexualized content on social media. Instagram models. TikTok dances. “Soft-core” thirst traps that flood the ‘For You’ pages of minors. But those platforms? They’re safe. Politically protected. Financially invaluable. After all, how else do you campaign to young voters these days? Social media is their mainline, and politicians know it. So Meta gets a pass. Twitter sorry, “X” gets a pass. But an independent adult site with a big red 18+ warning? Burn it to the ground.

Let’s be honest: this isn’t about protecting children. It’s about distraction. Sex work is the easiest target in history. It’s always been taboo, easy to moralize against, and deeply misunderstood by design. The same politicians who demonize escorts in front of the cameras will pay them in private without flinching. Hypocrisy is the air they breathe. Meanwhile, real issues eat our youth alive:

  • Climate anxiety is through the roof. But banning porn won’t stop the planet from burning.

  • Economic hopelessness has entire generations wondering if they’ll ever own a home or even afford rent. But sure, adult content is the real threat.

  • Digital addiction and social comparison drive kids to the edge daily. FOMO, bullying, likes, and filters are crushing self-esteem. But who cares, right? Instagram brings votes.

  • Social isolation has become the norm, not the exception. Real connection? Out the window. But politicians aren't talking about community they're talking about censorship.

  • War trauma now affects kids who can recite the names of battlegrounds and death tolls before they can understand taxes or mortgages. We’ve normalized horror. But don’t worry, porn will be the one we cancel.

And let’s not forget: sex work isn’t evil it's work. It's autonomy. It's survival. It’s the oldest profession for a reason. And if regulated properly, it's safer than most people realize. But politicians would rather strip rights from sex workers under the guise of “protecting the youth” than confront the brutal, systemic failures of parenting, policy, and power.

They tell you they're fighting degeneracy. That they're cleaning up society. But all they’re doing is burning the wrong village.

They say, “If we eliminate porn, we save the children.”

Let me ask: where are those same voices when children go hungry? When they drop out of school? When they overdose? When they cry themselves to sleep over an algorithm that told them they weren’t good enough? Silent.

This witch hunt isn't about safety. It's about optics. It’s about performative purity while the real poison spreads unchecked.

So let’s stop pretending. The internet didn’t raise your kids. Porn didn’t destroy them. You did.

And the politicians? They just made sure you had someone else to blame.