Debunking: "Does Porn Make You Gay?" | What Psychological Studies Actually Shows About @JesusAndWhatnot's Claim

After seeing Catholic apologist Noah ( @Jesus.andwhatnot )  argue that pornography may cause homosexual desires, I decided to dig into the actual research. In this video, I work through more than two dozen academic sources covering sexual orientation, sexual identity formation, pornography use, childhood abuse, correlation vs. causation, sexual fluidity, and sexual orientation change efforts. I also explain some of the basic research concepts that can help us distinguish a provocative correlation from evidence that one thing actually causes another. As a gay former traditional Catholic apologist myself, I also want to talk about why these claims matter beyond an academic debate. Ideas about sexual orientation being caused or changed by particular behaviors can quickly overlap with claims underlying conversion therapy and sexual orientation change efforts. My sources: https://gayextrad.substack.com/p/debunking-with-actual-studies-does Noah's original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXtY2xa9lFQ 00:00 Does Porn Make You Gay? 01:17 It's Not a Study 01:34 Survey Not Study 01:58 Orientation Is Complex 03:44 Identity Attraction Behavior 05:54 Porn Survey Problems 12:32 Correlation Not Causation 14:43 How To Test It 17:17 Puberty And Timing 18:34 What The Data Show 21:54 Abuse Claim Reversed 28:04 Hypothetheory Critique 29:44 Disordered Language Harm 31:28 Conversion Therapy Harms 32:38 Causality And Methods 35:55 Expert Consensus Matters 41:12 Motte Bailey To join our discord community for $1 or to support my work/get early access to content, check out my patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/gayextrad To be a guest on the episode, visit my YT channel and send me an email.