Taking on the Issue of Pornography

mitch is a man.
a man who probably watches porn.
whose expression are we so adamantly freeing with pornographic images that depict women in violent, abusive and denigrated positions?
certainly not a woman’s.

veronica is clearly a woman.
a woman who paints everything with her judgemental broad strokes with probably little personal knowledge on the subject matter.
a woman clearly naive enough to actually think that her husband doesn’t himself view pornography.

Nice one-side article you have here, Chelsey. Let me guess, you’re another student who’s been fired up by Robert Jensen’s speeches on demon pornography and have decided that porn is public enemy number 1.
Some things you’ve gotten wrong here – there is no conclusive evidence of any kind that porn turns psychologically normal men into rapists. Neil Malamuth, who’s studies are among the most frequently misquoted by anti-porn activists, has said this in several of his papers, actually.
The correlative study you cite “countries with low pornographic distribution see the least amount of sexual violence toward women” doesn’t even remotely demonstrate causality or even a link, and there have been other such correlative studies contradicting this. A study published within the last 5 years shows a *negative* correlation between porn consumption at rates of sexual violence in US States. I don’t think that study proves porn prevents sexual violence, either, but I do think the contradictory findings here demonstrate the error of inferring causality from very broad correlation.
Second, you fail to note that there’s a very strong pro-sex worker and anti-anti-porn wing of the feminist movement that is very critical of Robert Jensen and the Stop Porn Culture movement. They would argue, that Robert Jensen is just the latest example of a man using moralistic arguments to control women’s sexuality, but this time using feminism rather than “family values as an argument”.
Finally, you trumpet “The Price of Pleasure” as a credible critique of pornography. What you fail to mention is that numerous people who have appeared in the documentary have spoken out about how they were grossly misquoted and had their words taken out of context. TPoP is nothing but a piece of badly-produced propaganda that is about as truthful on the subject of pornography and sexuality as Reefer Madness was on the subject of marijuana. More critiques of TPoP here:
http://bppa.blogspot.com/search/label/TPoP
http://bppa.blogspot.com/2008/10/price-of-pleasure-deconstructed-part.html

The women are just as sexually agressive as men. College campuses encourage and enable drug use, cheating on papers, and sleeping with anything… conscious or not… If people were really concerned they would crack down on the laws broken on and off campus. But alas, I’m not looking to die from holding my breath that long. The only reason this behavior exists (higher than the national average vs. other locations) is because the administration WANTS it this way. Anything else is just another shameful, EMPTY excuse. I can’t wait to send my son to college where he can die in some drunken, drug filled prank or send my daughter and have her lucky to survive the date/gang/frat rape. Oh boy, and for this they are charging ME!!!! Forget it!!! My kids can learn somewhere else!

Porn is bad for society.
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Aging workforce in the USA.
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Louis XIV : Apres moi le deluge.
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porn leads to destruction of MARRIAGE & FAMILY
and eventually to sexual abuse of children. Don’t you
get it!! So, the next time you view porn I want you to
get up the next day and 1st thing to do is to look at
yourself in the mirror. What do you see? Someone of great CHARACTER?
I DONT THINK SO
I

whatsnext What is your problem why should I hate myself because I watched some porn it’s just skin and flesh , bumping and gridding,sweating and moaning oh I need some more alone time.

I think the main problem porno has is that it places a false sense of womens’ sexuality into the brains of men. Most real women aren’t like the ones in the pornos – they don’t have the libido, endurance, and won’t want to perform many of the sex acts shown – and many men who’s ideas of sexuality are informed by porn will be sorely disappointed in their relationships because of this. This can lead to problematic relationships and a lot of pain for all concerned.

I’d like to add some thoughtful commentary on this pressing social issue, but I’m too busy surfing for porn… I’ll be back later.

That’s right! There was no rape and no mistreatment of women before pornography. And let’s not forget to ban masturbation while we’re at it. Sick people find sickness all around them.

Hmm. Sounds more like violence towards women is caused by membership in a fraternity. I KNEW there was a reason I never joined one. Another area of research ?? Match violence toward women with religion. Certainly works with Islam. Anytime a religious cult says the woman should obey the man, the warning lights go on. And where do we see that again ? Religion poisons everything, to coin a phrase..

An honest and open dialog about sexuality is the surest way to prevent violence and abuse. Shame and guilt over sexual issues only allows abuse to flourish. Well-produced erotica can serve as a catalyst for these discussions.
It should be the sole discretion of consenting adults to determine whether to indulge in erotica. Only the individual has the right to make such a choice, not the state.

My full sized anatomically correct Palin doll arrived in the mail today.
I read the instructions, installed the battery pack, and installed the program chip provided. It immediately started talking and would not stop. When it saw the front ajar it said it was a sign from God and plowed through it. I haven’t seen it since.
Now I can’t get a refund and I may be responsible for whatever this thing does before the battery runs down.
I do not recommend this model, it is unfortunately too lifelike to be practical.