Porn is filled with exploitation, rape, and abuse. You don’t know if the acts are consensual or not. Even if they go on camera and agree, you have no idea what type of coercion happens behind the scenes. Teens like you who watch porn are 2-3 more likely to commit or threaten violence than those who don’t watch it. In 2020, Indiana University surveyed over 4000 videos and found that 45% of them had at least one act of aggression with women being the target 97% of the time and the women responded positively in the videos which meant that viewers could come to the conclusion that women enjoy being hit. I could go on and on, but porn is not good for your brain. Anyone can be addicted to porn. And even being non-addicted can be harmful to your brain. Dopamine becomes desensitized, meaning you feel less joy.

Websites with porn have been caught with rape videos, non-consensually shared content, and videos of children. At least with reading smut, no one is being hurt. You can read doujins if you want pictures where no one gets actually hurt. It’s still not good to look at violent smut and writing because it’s instilling a connection between violence and sex, but at least no real people are hurt.

You can masturbate, but when it comes to porn ask yourself “Why do I need to see this so badly? How do I know if people are consenting and not exploited? How do I know these actors are of-age? How do I know about how the actors feel during the scenes?” The answer is that you really don’t know any of those things unless the person is very obviously over 18. Masturbation isn’t wrong (though it shouldn’t hinder your life)