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Originally Posted by photon
Right, but it's the addiction portion that caused the problem, not the porn itself. Just like alcohol, gambling, Internet, or anything else, addiction makes the person exclude everything else, what they're addicted to is almost incidental.
I agree with that, lots of porn goes way over a line. But again I don't think it's the dehumanizing porn that causes people to hate women, if that porn didn't exist men who look at women that way would find another way to feed their views. That kind of porn may exacerbate and reinforce the negative views of the user, but I find it difficult to believe that someone with a healthy view of women would a) view that kind of porn in the first place and b) change their views on women based off of viewing it.
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Addiction can't exist without the addictive substance. As well, not all addictive substances are the same. Alcohol can be used moderately, while heroin cannot.
As for the type of "healthy porn," I'm not sure even someone with a good view of women would even enjoy watching it. The real joy of being with women is to actually spend time with them, not fantasize about them through a computer screen. In fact, you could argue that all pornography is dehumanizing to the extent that it clearly takes away the intimate element of human contact. Something we know to be incredibly important to a humanist conception of morality. Infidelity, in my mind, is just an extension of that dehumanization as there is rarely anything more intended than brief "enjoyment" of the other party.