Porn and Society
While surfing I found an article on Porn. Apparantly pornographic material is what truly divides us as a nation. Here are some stats (and commentary).
47% of women and 33% of men think porn harms the relationship between men and women.
I am definately part of the majority on this one. Watching 1 to 300 people doing the most intimate of acts together isn't wrong. It's game film. You learn new things, tricks, and get motivated to go over and molest your partner. Porn helps relationships. Couples should watch porn together.
About half of all adults believe that pornography raises men's expectation of how women should look and that it changes men's expectations of how women should behave.
I say bullshit. I don't think women should behave like porn stars. If I did, I'd be really suspicious of the pizza delivery guy, the mailman, and all those muscular extremely well hung guys who are having sex with 5 single women with breast implants every day they work. After watching X-Men, I didn't expect anyone I know to be a mutant. Its called entertainment, fantasy, fiction, etc. for a reason. Anyone who believes porn is real life, let me get a sledgehammer and hit them in the head WWE style, and see them just get a little cut.
About the same amount (half) say pornography is demeaning towards women, although this view is more widely held by women than by men.
Oh, really? It isn't demeaning towards men? why? The guys are just as naked, and just as involved. Just like sometimes its 2 guys on one girl, and sometimes its 2 girls on one guy. Is one more demeaning to one sex than the other? And what about gay porn? If its 2 to 300 guys going at it, is that just not demeaning to anyone at all, because they are guys? Switch that out with women, does that suddenly make it any more or less demeaning?
The rest of the article actually makes some sense, as it refers to kids watching porn. Then again... isn't that why its got that rating? You don't see Gangbang Cum Shots Part 15 next to the Lion King in video stores.
And as far as the net goes, police your kids people. There are ways to block websites from your kids, and there are ways to check back on them. If they delete their cookies and clear their history... they're grounded. That simple. Don't leave parenting up to the government. Whose a better parent, you or dubs? Remember, he's got the alcoholic daughter who's got crotch shots all over the net. (just do a pic search for Jenna Bush on google, with safesearch off...)
47% of women and 33% of men think porn harms the relationship between men and women.
I am definately part of the majority on this one. Watching 1 to 300 people doing the most intimate of acts together isn't wrong. It's game film. You learn new things, tricks, and get motivated to go over and molest your partner. Porn helps relationships. Couples should watch porn together.
About half of all adults believe that pornography raises men's expectation of how women should look and that it changes men's expectations of how women should behave.
I say bullshit. I don't think women should behave like porn stars. If I did, I'd be really suspicious of the pizza delivery guy, the mailman, and all those muscular extremely well hung guys who are having sex with 5 single women with breast implants every day they work. After watching X-Men, I didn't expect anyone I know to be a mutant. Its called entertainment, fantasy, fiction, etc. for a reason. Anyone who believes porn is real life, let me get a sledgehammer and hit them in the head WWE style, and see them just get a little cut.
About the same amount (half) say pornography is demeaning towards women, although this view is more widely held by women than by men.
Oh, really? It isn't demeaning towards men? why? The guys are just as naked, and just as involved. Just like sometimes its 2 guys on one girl, and sometimes its 2 girls on one guy. Is one more demeaning to one sex than the other? And what about gay porn? If its 2 to 300 guys going at it, is that just not demeaning to anyone at all, because they are guys? Switch that out with women, does that suddenly make it any more or less demeaning?
The rest of the article actually makes some sense, as it refers to kids watching porn. Then again... isn't that why its got that rating? You don't see Gangbang Cum Shots Part 15 next to the Lion King in video stores.
And as far as the net goes, police your kids people. There are ways to block websites from your kids, and there are ways to check back on them. If they delete their cookies and clear their history... they're grounded. That simple. Don't leave parenting up to the government. Whose a better parent, you or dubs? Remember, he's got the alcoholic daughter who's got crotch shots all over the net. (just do a pic search for Jenna Bush on google, with safesearch off...)
posted by Michael at 11/10/2005 03:19:00 PM
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gotta disagree with you there. i do think porn is part of the problem with men's attitude toward female aesthetics, and it does raise the bar ridiculously high. but it's not just porn. it's ads, tv....eachother. look at the rise of plastic surgery. you can't not notice something is amiss.
and some of the pickiest guys i meet( picky about appearance not personality) watch the most porn.
and damn, some of them are gargoyles!!!
look at the increase of eating disorders...
the evidence is overwhelming.
i should find the article but there was a small island never expose to tv. once exposed...eating disorders increased, where their ahd never been any b4. whether we humans want to admit it or not, we are subject to the whims of pop culture.
i don't like it. just saying what it is.
high divorce rate? well, once the partner gets 45ish, and shit goes....the shallow marriage crumbles. and most marriages are shallow.
I wrote this one a few years ago, and poorly I might add. It was a pissed off ramble over a one sided article 3 years in the past.
My point was that men AND women are stereotyped into thinking they should look and act a certain way. Which goes into the media thing, etc. Its not a disagreement with your view, it was a disagreement the one sidedness of the article.
I get aggravated by views that always place blame one sidedly. Justin Timberlake and Usher pics on the covers of magazines also have thier influence on the psyche and self image of men.
However, I don't see any harm in watching porn if you have a healthy attitude about it. I don't expect the women I'm with to look like a porn star, as I don't expect them to think I should be walking around with ripped abs.
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