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Pr0n's Effect On Society
Rytis writes "An article at the Financial Times is analysing the growing impact of internet pornography, the phenomena itself and the problems that it causes to our society. Surveys within Great Britain have shown that more than a half of 9-19 years olds have seen pornography online. From the article: 'To some men, Haynes argues, clicking on porn is simply a way to pass the time. It's a hobby. Once they'd idly play solitaire; now they idly click on a porn site. Others, though, succumb to addiction: Most addictions are to do with internal emptiness, wanting to fill up dead space, and addiction is always destructive.'"
The sole genetic purpose for our existence is breeding.
Cool, from being rational beings capable of creating works of Art like the David or Mona Lisa, we're downgraded to sex-hungry animals. Keep it going, Mr. Darwin.
dude... Jesus married a hooker.
Slashdot needs a "-1, Wrong" moderation option.
The Urban Hippie
Pornography functions as an alternative to fornication. And I'm talking about regular good old fashion hetero or homosexual adult (above 18) porn. Hardcopies (magazines and videos) of pornography seems risky. You have to store them and purchase them--they leave a paper trail. But internet pornography is accessible and can often be acquired for free. It doesn't leave such an obvious trail back to the user.
Bzzzzt. Porn serves as a gateway to fornication, continued self abuse, and in some cases prostitution patronage and rape. It all leads to a heavier form of abuse.
Porn trains you to rev your engines when you see an alluring visual. When you see a co-worker who dresses more provocatively, your mind will eventually be trained to reply with sexual fantasy. Some of the most common porn scenarios are office/repairman fantasies - why would these sort of fantasies not lead to the actual acts in some cases? Are there many married, healthy relationship porn materials? I think not.
Its not a replacement, its the invitation.
Porn also trains your sexual desires towards things that you can't really have. Let's get real. Women's bodies don't usually look like that, and the positions and techniques used in porn can't be that comfy. It's like WWF for sexuality. Scripted, fake bodies pretending to have a natural response.
When you can't have what you really want, you form an addition to this mental sort of drug, and it can even lead to paying for other people to gratify these unnatural desires (through plastic surgery or prostitution), or trying to force or trick others into your fantasy (rape, voyeurism, etc).
Its crafted to get your cash. People put it together to make you want more of what you can't have: so you buy more. Wash, rinse, repeat, profit. Porn is merely the tobacco industry of the new millenia.
-- J