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I was thinking about this the other day. Are the powers that be worried about innovation in adult content getting so good that people will stop seeking out real companionship? In their minds it could lead to a drop in births, leading to a drop in consumers and producers.
The only people that would consider porn/etc as a replacement for real sexual intimacy are people who've never experienced it.
That is generally the impetus behind religious institutions disdain for it. Their best chance to increase their numbers is through indoctrination of the children of their current members. Conversions rarely occur, despite how much they are talked up when they do.
They are, of course, wrong to think that. Toys, in practice, generally increase intimacy and likelihood of a couple having children. But not as much as being raised your entire life being told that it is the entire purpose of life and if you don't have as many kids as you theoretically could, you have done yourself a disservice. So as long as they conflate the results, they will keep assuming they are correct in doing both.
IMO it's more about control. I went to Christian private school. Students dating was forbidden.
They keep children sheltered before pushing them into a marriage/parenthood that is sustained by their participation in the church community. Tho this doesn't seem to work as well these days as I know of several marriages that ended within 1 year.
From there it's a simple matter of peer pressure to keep people in line. I've seen parents disown their children to protect their reputation at church.
It's a fucking cult.