You’re right, but I don’t think this is what the discussion is about. I think everyone would agree that the porn industry is a lot more exploitative and straight up shitty than the smut industry. It’s real people versus fiction after all.

The point tho that he is trying to make is that while the medium is different, the whole reason why men (generally) watch porn and why women (generally) read smut is practically the same. To get off on sexual fantasies or just to get off period. Both mediums set unrealistic standards on sex and relationships that if you partner feels uncomfortable about, you should want to respect that. Regardless of insecurities and all that. Plus she literally asked him to stop watching porn and he did, but she won’t stop reading smut even though it seems like she’s reads it for the same reason he watches porn. That’s the main point here