These are from an Article in Time Magazine.
Can even recreational use be unhealthy? A 2003 online study by Texas Christian University found that the more pornography men watch, the more likely they are to describe women in sexualized terms and categorize women in traditional gender roles. Mark Schwartz, director of the Masters and Johnson clinic in St. Louis, Mo., says porn not only causes men to objectify women鈥攕eeing them as an assemblage of breasts, legs and buttocks鈥攂ut also leads to a dependency on visual imagery for arousal. "Men become like computers, unable to be stimulated by the human beings beside them," he says. "The image of a lonely, isolated man masturbating to his computer is the Willy Loman metaphor of our decade."
Sometimes pornography tears couples apart. At the 2003 meeting of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, two-thirds of the 350 divorce lawyers who attended said the Internet played a significant role in divorces in the past year, with excessive interest in online porn contributing to more than half of such cases. "This is clearly related to the Internet," says Richard Barry, president of the association. "Pornography had an almost nonexistent role in divorce just seven or eight years ago."
wrong idea at a formative age. Whereas children used to supplement sex education by tearing through National Geographic in search of naked aboriginals and leafing through the occasional Penthouse they stumbled across in the garage, today many are confronted by pornographic images on a daily basis. In a 2001 poll by the Kaiser Family Foundation, 70% of 15-to 17-year-olds said they had accidentally come across pornography online. Older teens may be aware of the effects of such images: 59% of 15-to-24-year-olds told the pollsters they believe seeing porn on the Internet encourages young people to have sex before they are ready; 49% said it promotes bad attitudes toward women and encourages viewers to think unprotected sex is O.K. "Pornography is affecting people at an increasingly young age," says sociologist Diana Russell, who has written several books on the subject. "And unfortunately for many kids growing up today, pornography is the only sex education they'll get."
Because children learn sexual cues early, boys may train themselves to respond only to images shaped by porn stars, while girls may learn that submission and Brazilian bikini waxes are the keys to pleasing men. Recent studies show a correlation between increased aggressiveness in boys and exposure to pornography, and a link between childhood use of porn and sexually abusive behavior in adulthood. "It's not easy to shock me," says Judith Coche, a therapist in Philadelphia who has been in practice for 25 years. "But one 11-year-old girl's parents discovered their daughter creating her own pornographic website because it's 'cool' among her friends." As such incidents multiply, more Americans鈥攑arents especially鈥攎ay come to Chandler's conclusion: We have to turn off the porn.
Whats your opinion? Do you think it's healthy or normal?Porn; is it really "healthy'?
Your concern is genuine. In fact, we all have to admit that this is the evil side of the development of the technology. We have allowed this advancement without any control over it. Now, if any attempt is made to prevent its misuse, there will be a huge outcry and protest, which are likely to topple governments. This borderless monster has eaten into every society, corrupting the young and old alike. There is literally no known weapon that could fight against this monster, which has began to destroy the cultural and social fabrics and the much cherished family ethics in all possible ways.
The saying, that unless the thieves correct themselves, you cannot prevent thefts, goes well with this menace, and unless the sites that encourage such adulterated contents for commercial gains stops themselves, it would be hard and difficult exercise for external control.
The time has now come, where the Political leaders, Governments, Service providers, parents, sociologist, police and any one related to this field have to come together to work out a strategy for a collective control over the contents on the net.
A mass movement or a public revolution is the need of the hour, and the earliest the better.
Though this is a difficult task, it is certainly not an impossible task. only thing it requires is the will of the Government and the public.
You pay me enough and will write an article on any subject you want, and it will come out the way you want. Porn is a business, about 3 billion a year business. Good Luck with your crusade against porn. Even the government will not support you, they want the taxes from it.Porn; is it really "healthy'?
Too much of everything is bad.
We can't stop most men from watching them. lt's better if they have a good relationship with lady friends and female family members. Their respect for women will start from it.Porn; is it really "healthy'?
I agree with the article. It does tear up relationships because there are men that can't get themselves away from the porn they are addicted.
By "Texas %26gt;Christian%26lt; University"
Clearly any report from them can be trusted to be unbias. /sarcam
Again we are displacing the real problem, lack of parenting, and pick an easy target, porn.
You can turn most of the porn 'off' with a decent proxy, firewalling filter. They make them, you can buy them $100~$200.
I offer no good solutions beyond it is the human condition that teenagers are horny but not ready to handle the physical nor emotional consequences of acting on it.
What /can/ be done about that?
Teaching them to masturbate remains the best option on the table at-the-moment.
I hold a tenuous view that Pornography is men's liberation.
After being used and abused by women long enough, porn offers a sublimation of your sex drive without requiring you to subjugate your will to hers.
"...encourages viewers to think unprotected sex is O.K."
That's a disgusting view-point.
Unprotected sex IS O.K. That's how it's suppose to be.
If you're not a whoring around you don't need condoms.
Condoms do more real damage than porn.
They enable the promicious fantasy of porn in real-life.
We field questions here about newlywed wives who won't have unprotected sex with their husbands (not without a condom) and then wonder why he prefers to whack it at the computer. You won't have sex with him. That's why.
...
"Mark Schwartz, director of the Masters and Johnson clinic in St. Louis, Mo., says porn not only causes men to objectify women鈥攕eeing them as an assemblage of breasts, legs and buttocks鈥攂ut also leads to a dependency on visual imagery for arousal. "Men become like computers, unable to be stimulated by the human beings beside them," he says"
I highly question the casuality. Men who objectify /people/ (not just women) would implicitly hold this view. You really think he regards all women as objects but thinks of other men as people? That's ridiculous. He's narcissistic and regards all people as objects and that happened long before he ever looked at porn.
"Because children learn sexual cues early, boys may train themselves to respond only to images shaped by porn stars, while girls may learn that submission and Brazilian bikini waxes are the keys to pleasing men."
Trimming your hair is called hygiene. I shave, trim, %26amp; wash my beard. I don't just let it grow out and get gnarly. This is sexual repression "don't touch it!"
Also casuality is inverted again. Men look at porn because we like nekkid women and sex. We do not look at porn /and then/ start to like nekkid women and sex.
How little oversight must that 11yo had?
Really, you didn't notice the webcam?
You didn't know she made her own website?
How many unattended hours must she have had to learn how to do that and her parents not notice?
"And unfortunately for many kids growing up today, pornography is the only sex education they'll get."
This is the problem; no sex education. Porn is leaking in to fill this massive gap displacing "National Geographic ... naked aboriginals ". Really? Sex ed from NatGeo was ok? That /didn't/ signal a massive problem?
That 11yo should have known to keep her body private.
She should have known her friends were being slutty.
She has to be taught these things.
Like it or not sex education starts at home around the age of 3-4. The only question is what are you teaching.
Well, as far as the number of teenagers and adults that look at porn are concerned, I guess it can be considered normal in the sense that enough people look at it that it's "normal" ....then again, "normal" is really a relative term
Is it healthy? Well, I would like to think so, if you're looking at it as an alternative to complete sexual repression. It's healthy to have some sort of sexual relief every now and again, you're only human to want sex; and frequency can vary amongst individuals. Of course, there is a such thing as *TOO* much, so everything in moderation. However, if you're in a relationship (with a spouse or significant other), that's a tough call. Generally, a good rule of thumb is that you shouldn't spend more (or even as much) time with porn than you do with your loved one.
Also, it's better than *NOT* looking at it, and be at risk of committing a sexual crime. Statistics don't lie, states that have a higher percentage in the consumption of porn have a *MUCH* lower rate of crime in general, much less sexual crime.
Load of crap. This article is full of wild assumptions and attempts to make connections between things that are unrelated.
Consider this. How many people are killed in automobile accidents today compared to 200 years ago? I'm sure anyone with a decent knowledge of history would say that there were no automobile related deaths 200 years ago because there were no automobiles. Since we have so many auto related deaths today does that make cars bad or unhealthy?
Perhaps the problem is not the automobiles themselves but rather the irresponsible drivers. Just the same can be said about pornography. The problem is not the porn itself but rather the irresponsibility of the viewers. Why then blame the porn?
If that is not enough to convince you, try this. Let's say you, me, and 8 other random people look at the same pornographic image. While I may admire the beauty, you may be offended at the supposed exploitation of the woman. Some of the other 8 people may be aroused, some may even feel the urge to masturbate. Even still, some may feel a desire to recreate the image on their own, perhaps with a lover. Notice how 10 people viewing the same image all seemed to show different reactions. It is not the image itself causing the reactions. It is the beliefs of the individuals that dictate their reactions. We cannot blame the pornographic image for my admiration or your disgust. We have only ourselves to blame for the beliefs that we hold which cause us to think and act the way we do.
I think its unhealthy for all the reasons in the article and even more. But I'm one of those crazy people who thinks sexuality was this wonderful amazing thing God created only to enjoyed within marriage. Anything that pulls it out of the intimacy of that one on one relationship is a distortion of what is healthy and what it was intended to be.
EDIT: Also, one disturbing fact. I've heard there was a study that revealed that almost without fail, men who sexually abused children had porn addictions. I don't think it you can view it and not be corrupted.
Porn is a fantasy. Something that you may never reach. My fiance and I had a very tough time in our relationship before, because everytime he was on the computer he was looking at porn. Sometimes to a woman who isnt tiny and perfect it feels deceitful. Like to me its like wow is that really what you think is hot or beautiful and i am nothing like that woman. It makes you feel aweful.He saw nothing wrong with it. And it almost tore us apart.So my answer is No it isnt healthy, if your in a relationship. If your not in a relationship have a good time.
No comments:
Post a Comment