Canadian Senate considering bill to ‘restrict’ minors’ ability to access sexually explicit material online
Bill S-210 would make 'it an offence for organizations to make sexually explicit material available to young persons on the Internet.'
OTTAWA (LifeSiteNews) – A Canadian senator has proposed a bill that would make it a criminal offence to make sexually explicit material available to young people on the internet.
According to its text, if passed by the Senate and the House of Commons, Bill S-210 would make it “an offence for organizations to make sexually explicit material available to young persons on the Internet. It also enables a designated enforcement authority to take steps to prevent sexually explicit material from being made available to young persons on the Internet in Canada.”
Under the heading “purpose,” the bill states that the goal is to “protect the mental health of young persons by restricting their access to sexually explicit material” and to “protect Canadians … from the harmful effects of the exposure of young persons to sexually explicit material, including demeaning material and material depicting sexual violence.”
The bill also details the harms exposure to pornography can cause to people, particularly young people, including “the development of pornography addiction” and a variety of distorted and damaging views towards women.
Bill S-210 proposes that sites that display sexually explicit material should be considered legally responsible
for ensuring that minors are not able to access it.
The proposed penalties for violating the law are a fine of up to $250,000 for a first offence, and up to $500,000 for subsequent offences.
While initially often characterized as a religious matter or outdated hang-up, views on pornography have been shifting in recent years as more scientific evidence continues to show the negative effects such material has on society and on the human mind.
Dr. Kevin Majeres, a psychiatrist specializing in cognitive-behavioral therapy and a faculty member of Harvard Medical School, explained in a blog called Purity is Possible, just how destructive pornography can be, and just how quickly an addiction can form.
“This first exposure to a new female who is a potential mate wasn’t something that happened a lot to our ancestors; maybe only once in their lives; so the brain thinks this is a big deal. It doesn’t know that now the game has completely changed: it doesn’t understand that these are virtual females only; so with each new one it causes another flood of dopamine, time after time, click after click, as long as [the male] continues. It’s a dopamine binge,” explains Majeres.
“This is why pornography causes a vicious circle. When someone views pornography, he gets overstimulated by dopamine; so his brain destroys some dopamine receptors. This makes him feel depleted, so he goes back to pornography, but, having fewer dopamine receptors, this time it requires more to get the same dopamine thrill; but this causes his brain to destroy more receptors; so he feels an even greater need for pornography to stimulate him,” he continues, adding that as time goes on, much like other addictions, the addicted person feels compelled to seek out more extreme material to get the same dopamine rush.
According to Majeres, this overstimulation and destruction of dopamine receptors can cause depression, anxiety, irritability, and even memory impairment. In turn, this process can destroy the interpersonal relationships one has, as well as create an interior disposition of feeling “numb” and “unable” to feel the “subtle joys of life.”
According to its text, if passed by the Senate and the House of Commons, Bill S-210 would make it “an offence for organizations to make sexually explicit material available to young persons on the Internet. It also enables a designated enforcement authority to take steps to prevent sexually explicit material from being made available to young persons on the Internet in Canada.”
Under the heading “purpose,” the bill states that the goal is to “protect the mental health of young persons by restricting their access to sexually explicit material” and to “protect Canadians … from the harmful effects of the exposure of young persons to sexually explicit material, including demeaning material and material depicting sexual violence.”
The bill also details the harms exposure to pornography can cause to people, particularly young people, including “the development of pornography addiction” and a variety of distorted and damaging views towards women.
Bill S-210 proposes that sites that display sexually explicit material should be considered legally responsible
for ensuring that minors are not able to access it.
The proposed penalties for violating the law are a fine of up to $250,000 for a first offence, and up to $500,000 for subsequent offences.
While initially often characterized as a religious matter or outdated hang-up, views on pornography have been shifting in recent years as more scientific evidence continues to show the negative effects such material has on society and on the human mind.
Dr. Kevin Majeres, a psychiatrist specializing in cognitive-behavioral therapy and a faculty member of Harvard Medical School, explained in a blog called Purity is Possible, just how destructive pornography can be, and just how quickly an addiction can form.
“This first exposure to a new female who is a potential mate wasn’t something that happened a lot to our ancestors; maybe only once in their lives; so the brain thinks this is a big deal. It doesn’t know that now the game has completely changed: it doesn’t understand that these are virtual females only; so with each new one it causes another flood of dopamine, time after time, click after click, as long as [the male] continues. It’s a dopamine binge,” explains Majeres.
“This is why pornography causes a vicious circle. When someone views pornography, he gets overstimulated by dopamine; so his brain destroys some dopamine receptors. This makes him feel depleted, so he goes back to pornography, but, having fewer dopamine receptors, this time it requires more to get the same dopamine thrill; but this causes his brain to destroy more receptors; so he feels an even greater need for pornography to stimulate him,” he continues, adding that as time goes on, much like other addictions, the addicted person feels compelled to seek out more extreme material to get the same dopamine rush.
According to Majeres, this overstimulation and destruction of dopamine receptors can cause depression, anxiety, irritability, and even memory impairment. In turn, this process can destroy the interpersonal relationships one has, as well as create an interior disposition of feeling “numb” and “unable” to feel the “subtle joys of life.”
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