Debunking: "Does Porn Make You Gay?" | What Psychological Studies Actually Shows About @JesusAndWhatnot's Claim

After seeing Catholic apologist Noah ( @Jesus.andwhatnot )  argue that pornography may cause homosexual desires, I decided to dig into the actual research.

In this video, I work through more than two dozen academic sources covering sexual orientation, sexual identity formation, pornography use, childhood abuse, correlation vs. causation, sexual fluidity, and sexual orientation change efforts. I also explain some of the basic research concepts that can help us distinguish a provocative correlation from evidence that one thing actually causes another.

As a gay former traditional Catholic apologist myself, I also want to talk about why these claims matter beyond an academic debate. Ideas about sexual orientation being caused or changed by particular behaviors can quickly overlap with claims underlying conversion therapy and sexual orientation change efforts.

My sources: https://gayextrad.substack.com/p/debunking-with-actual-studies-does

Noah's original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXtY2xa9lFQ

00:00 Does Porn Make You Gay?
01:17 It's Not a Study
01:34 Survey Not Study
01:58 Orientation Is Complex
03:44 Identity Attraction Behavior
05:54 Porn Survey Problems
12:32 Correlation Not Causation
14:43 How To Test It
17:17 Puberty And Timing
18:34 What The Data Show
21:54 Abuse Claim Reversed
28:04 Hypothetheory Critique
29:44 Disordered Language Harm
31:28 Conversion Therapy Harms
32:38 Causality And Methods
35:55 Expert Consensus Matters
41:12 Motte Bailey

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