I actually lean toward your side on this more than most people here would it, but I think the framing matters.
It's not that fiction automatically normalizes everything. It's that repeated exposure can gradually shift what feels familiar, and familiar starts to feel acceptable for some people, especially younger or more isolated ones. There's actually a well documented mechanism behind this. It's called orgasm conditioning. Orgasm is one of the strongest behavioral reinforcers the brain has, and research directly states that it's an underlying mechanism in the development of paraphilias and sex addiction. The repeated pairing of a neutral stimulus with sexual pleasure literally reshapes what a person finds arousing over time. So the concern isn't baseless. It's grounded in how conditioning actually works. I just don't think it's a universal law that applies to everyone equally.
I actually lean toward your side on this more than most people here would it, but I think the framing matters.
It's not that fiction automatically normalizes everything. It's that repeated exposure can gradually shift what feels familiar, and familiar starts to feel acceptable for some people, especially younger or more isolated ones. There's actually a well documented mechanism behind this. It's called orgasm conditioning. Orgasm is one of the strongest behavioral reinforcers the brain has, and research directly states that it's an underlying mechanism in the development of paraphilias and sex addiction. The repeated pairing of a neutral stimulus with sexual pleasure literally reshapes what a person finds arousing over time. So the concern isn't baseless. It's grounded in how conditioning actually works. I just don't think it's a universal law that applies to everyone equally.