What Australia’s porn crackdown can’t fix

Aditya Gautam was addicted to porn. As Australia rolls out new laws requiring age checks to access online adult content, the India-born comedian speaks to Dilpreet Taggar about how porn became his sex education and how digital desire reshaped his expectations of intimacy, relationships and masculinity. Can new laws change behaviour, or has porn already changed a generation? Listen, only on SBS Spice.

Under 18s can no longer legally access porn in Australia. But one comedian says addiction can start long before regulation catches up. Tap the audio player to listen.

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