It restricts blood flow (not air flow) when done properly, leading to an oxdep high. When you release at the *cough cough* right moment, the flood of blood carries a load of hormones (dopamine, oxytocin, vasopressin and other endorphins) that hit harder if the bloodflow has been restricted.

(Former sex worker)

Thanks

I suspect that whatever you see in porn and whatever you see in public which disturb you for the same basic reason are similar because they have a common underlying cause, not because one is causing the other.

The people making the porn don't have a secret agenda to shape society to serve a particular cause, they are just trying to get customers/viewers. You are not seeing society being molded by porn for a specific purpose (except perhaps to spend more time/money on their industry/products), you are seeing porn mirror society including its dark underbelly.

We see the same questioning of causality with Trump. IMO and contrary to many pundits, Trump did NOT make Right-wingers and Republicans awful. Republicans chose and continue to follow Trump because THEY ARE awful. Following Trump is just another manifestation of the basic underlying Repuke awfulness. So too is the disturbing stuff you are seeing in porn just a manifestation of a disturbing aspect of our society.

That makes sense.

Andrea Dworkin pointed out what's wrong with p0rn long ago and how it's violent and demeaning towards women. It's far worse now than an innocent Playboy centerfold of a woman with a nice figure, from when I was young.

The men who make porn don't care that they are abusing and hurting women. Not wearing a mask, and refusing to protect others from possible infection, is the same kind of authoritarianism and lack of empathy seen in porn. Same basic urge to hurt and control others, and damned what anyone else thinks or cares about.