> Where the argument loses me is that I simply don't believe that the demand in any way causes people to become rapists just to produce content.
Consumers trade material with each other, and a high value is placed on original or custom content - which in turn leads them into finding victims so they can become producers.
It is absolutely vile and consumption does lead directly to abuse.
I don't buy your implication that the production of content is somehow the prime motivator for abusers, and not simply the primal desire for sex along with either a complete lack of compassion or a deeply disturbed understanding of human relationships and complete lack of impulse control. I think the main motivation for filming it is probably just the same as most people who make their own sex tapes. To watch again later.
In any case, I already pointed out that there are gradations here, and you didn't address any of those points.
Consumers trade material with each other, and a high value is placed on original or custom content - which in turn leads them into finding victims so they can become producers.
It is absolutely vile and consumption does lead directly to abuse.