Some people have argued that porn is a private experience that they enjoy, so they should be left alone. As oneangrygirl points out, there is more to the story….
…[P]orn: it might enhance your masturbation or finally convince your wife to try anal sex, but every dollar you spend on porn…and escorts…and strip clubs…helps to feed an industry that thrives on the suffering of others.
Some examples:
- Pedophiles use porn to “season” their victims. If you want an 8-year-old to give you a blow job, you’re going to need to show him a photo so he knows what to do. 87% of molesters of girls, and 77% of the molesters of boys admitted to regular use of hard-core pornography.
- Prostitutes often have porn made of them which is used to blackmail them (Farley, 2003)
- At a 2003 meeting of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, two-thirds of the 350 divorce lawyers who attended said Internet porn contributed to more than half of the divorce cases they handled.
- Porn performers commonly turn to drugs to cope with the effects of porn on their psyches. As ex-actress Shelley Lubben notes, “some women hate it so much you can hear them vomiting in the bathroom between scenes.”
- Over half of convicted rapists in a 1988 study said they imitated favorite porn scenes while committing their crimes. And a detective examining rapes committed in Michigan between 1956-1979 found that porn was used before or during the crime in 41% of the incidents.
yes, of course. porn is about violence against women. it has nothing to do with free speech as the male left, the male courts, are so careful to say to avoid the issue of violence against women. its about objectifying women, using them for male purposes, dehumanizing. it is not about sexuality. it is about abuse, crime, violence. lets all stop tip toeing around the real issue. the crime porn causes is against women: rape being a major one, domestic abuse etc. the silence surrounding these truths in the ordinace and in the whole “community” discussion is deafening.
That’s 2 cveler by half and 2×2 clever 4 me. Thanks!