Is Pornography a Catalyst of Sexual Violence? (At Male Matters)
In his article about whether pornography has something to do with crimes like rapes and sexual harassment, Steve Chapman claims that “we can be confident from the experience of recent years that it certainly doesn’t cause such crimes”. If we agree with that, it means to accept pornography as a part of our lives that does not cause any problems and is not a question of concern because it does not cause any harm at all. However, we can argue that exactly pornography is the cause for braking relationships, creating addiction to sex and encouraging perversion in all kinds towards women, men and sometimes children. Stating that “pornographic Web sites provide a harmless way for potential predators to satisfy those desires” is wrong because exactly the so called “adult movies” are the thing that promote sex in great doses and spread the myth that women enjoy forceful sex and may serve as a “how-to-do-it” book for sex crimes, such as rapes and child pornography, which is a serious abuse. May be pornography is not the exact reason for the decreased rape in US, but it is a reason for many other things which may lead to these crimes. It can promote adultery, prostitution and promiscuous behavior and if that is not enough to ban pornography, then what is?
For more info:
http://battlinbog.blog-city.com/is_pornography_a_catalyst_of_sexual_violence_at_male_matte.htm
More Information about the topic
This web site is very useful for those, who think that pornography is harmless. On the contrary, it gives proofs of how it can affect us and what consequences it can have not only on adults, but on children as well. It defines what pornography is and helps to distinguish between that term and the obscenity, which turns out to be legal term according to the US Supreme Court. What is more, the web sites proofs that pornography can affect the psychosexual development of a person and it can cause personality disorders like sex addiction and acting out extremely sexually.
http://www.blazinggrace.org/Whatlustdoes.htm
This web site is about the lust and sexual desires that people do not realize they actually have. It is not only about the effects from the porn and sex addiction, but about what people do not see and how they deny they have a problem. The posting is about how sex addiction affects people’s personality, their social life and the people around them in a negative way. As it is said in the web site, the main thing that happens to the addicted person is that he becomes extremely self – centered and his priorities change from “God, family and others” to “himself, acting out, and trying to feel good”
http://www.cybercollege.com/sexrsh-2.htm
This web site is useful because it provides some questions with answers on how people are affected by pornography. It proves that this kind of media is really widely spread among people, especially young ones. It provides statistical data and graphs, which show the rising number of people, who watch pornographic material, and also in what age people are the most vulnerable to sexual harassment, as victims or offenders.
And more :
http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/1997/01/01-31-97tdc/01-31-97d07-002.htm
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pornography
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/pornography-censorship/
Midsummer Night’s Dream – A Hef Night
Midsummer Night’s Dream, named after the Shakespeare’s comedy, is one of the biggest events that take place in US. It is organized by Hugh Hefner, the owner of the popular Playboy magazine, and is famous with its glamorous atmosphere, famous guests and gains great media attention not only because it is attended by the most popular people in the world, but because of the exposure of all Playboy models. What makes the party so exceptional is its unique creations, especially designed for the event. The party itself is nothing so special, except the guests and all the alcohol offered there, which naturally leads to promiscuous behavior and losing control over manners and modesty and diving into the real world of playboy, along with all desires, allowed to be freely expressed only that night in that house, without being judged after that. That is why it is so attractive to people, who go there not only to have fun but to “feel the taste” of the after party. That after party is legendary, and unfortunately, there is not much information about it because it is only for people, who are on the VIP list and no journalists are allowed there. However, nothing remains hidden and everybody knows what happens in the famous Hef’s Mansion, where the guests go to “relax and have fun” after the party is over. Some people may say that it is pathetic for one 80 years old man to do things like this, but what is worse, is that most people support him and would be proud to be part of these parties. Anyway, who wouldn’t be, when you know that this is once in a lifetime opportunity and you should enjoy life as much as you can, just like Hugh Hefner does. And despite that that promotes great sexuality and people may be critical, we should admit that this man found the way to be happy and people cannot judge him for that. The truth is that if they do not want to be affected by the magazine and by the sexual exposure, they just have to forget about these things and live their lives in the best possible way.
Playboy parties – naked girls and lots of alcohol
Berlin Porn Festival
Seductive? Think again!
Berlin Porn Film Festival
One of the biggest events in the industry of adult movies takes place in Berlin. Surprisingly, that conservative country opens doors for one of the most promiscuous and conflictive events and shows hundreds of movies, which usually are restricted or banned because of their violent nature and negative effects they have on the society.
What is shocking is that porn industry has turned into art and creative work for some people, and women and men who participate there consider themselves real actors and real directors. Despite all the movies are not really different from each other, every production is considered important and it has special features, effects and stories.
Imagine that you are going to the Oscars and you have to put your best dress or suit, make your hair, go to the after party and talk to famous people. The porn festival has the same value and people think of it like for the most important event of the year.
However, I would say that this Festival, as it is called, is not really good example for anyone and shows negative aspect of behavior and can change social opinion about what is good and bad. This is because of all the effects porn has on the society, like dangerous behavior, changing women’s social image in a negative way, showing children sexual scenes, when they are still not prepared for that and leading to violent attitude towards family, friends and girlfriends. The word itself “festival” means celebrating some particular event and this is what is wrong about it. By celebrating the porn industry and its products, that means that our society officially accepts pornography by all means and spreads it among people of all ages. By making that event socially visible we show people that there is nothing wrong with pornography and what is more, we actually tell people to go and see it, we make them interested in that issue and strengthen these effects and change completely the social values.
“Erika Lust, a recent mom, announced that as a woman she loves cocksucking, which is why it’s so prevalent in her films. The audience seemed unconvinced, while the directors were pretty unapologetic about their enthusiasm for the blowjob” (eros-zine.com) .This is what people learn from going to these festivals. This is what people get interested in when they visit that place and this is what they talk about after that. This turns out to be new trend in movie industry showing what women should do and that women like what they do. And that wrong impression can lead to extremely bad influence. We have to ask ourselves is that normal? We have to ask ourselves is that what we want to believe in and is that what we want to be interested in? The degradation is a fact, and if not fully banned, it can be at least reduced and not so visible.
For some more information:
http://www.eros-zine.com/articles/2007-11-27/berlinpff112707/
Adult movies – women vs. men
Whether we like it or not, pornography has turned into an important part of our society and affects it in many way and often can lead to promiscuous behavior and violent attitude towards other people. That’s why I can say that it affects people in a negative way and concerns not only teenagers but adults as well, as turning them into consumers of physical pleasure and changing radically their opinion about women and their place in the society. Pornography reduces women’s role as an important part of the social life and shows them only as sexual objects created to please men.
The reason I think pornography is an important subject to discuss is because of its ambiguous nature and despite it should be restricted and many people think that it spread only violence, it is still a matter of personal choice of people whether to participate in it or not. That’s why here comes the philosophical term Freedom of Choice which claims that something cannot be considered harmful, if it doesn’t hurt other people. Actually, pornography and the actions shown there are rude and in places violent, we all know that. However, the people who participate in it are there voluntary and by their own will and they cannot be judged for that and because despite it is pornography, it is still a matter of freedom and speech and choice and people can choose whether to look at it or not.
accessible everywhere, easy to find. Can it be stopped or it already has its roots in our society?
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