Taking on the Issue of Pornography

This smacks of suppression of freedom, especially the freedom of speech, and expression. It is unamerican to repress freedoms. I dont necessarily agree with everyones likes or dislikes, but I have no business saying they are bad for liking them.

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.

from the blog...
"I learned how to be a 'guy' in college and how to survive as one," Jensen said. "I bonded with guys by denigrating women. I was trying to fit a norm that was, first of all, not me, but second of all, isn't anyone."
Jensen has toured the country on multiple occasions to give lectures to all-male audiences, preaching the danger of pornography's influence on masculinity and his perception of where it leads: sexual violence.

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I'm sorry but I simply don't see the connection to pornography for this behavior since there are so many people, male, female, and couples as well where this never happen. What I do see as a more likely cause is male dominance group-think in situations when men live together without close female relationships where they have mutual repect for each other. (and often exacerbated by overindulgance in alcohol)

As a prime example, from my experiences in college 3 decades ago combined with what both my son and daughter tell me about college today, the only men known for displaying this attitude toward women were/are the arrogant fraternity jerks.

Perhaps we should encourage closer scrutiny of this by monitoring the ratio of rapes and other violence towards women with the organizations and social-circles of the offendors.

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.

I'm a "mens right activist" that is against the new gender feminist raunch culture.

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

Sex has always been here,I am an old 77 year man, I was always taught by my father to respect a woman,to me sex is a loving
caring experince,if people need porno, so be it,what do I know?

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!

Just out of curiosity, why is this article, which was run several days ago on abcnews.com being run again today as if it's a new article? Am I missing some kind of agenda by ABC?

Porn is bad for society.

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I watched some porn today . There were two hot looking chicks getting on with one well hung stud . These women did not seem as if they were being force to perform as well as they . after seeing that I really needed some alone time for myself.

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

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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.

Skin and flesh of CHILDEN? Let's be specific. I never said "Hate myself." Ha, You did. what does that say about you? Well,well well, You are are what you need,,,well, well .well.. I'm so sorry that you have to see your self i the mirror tomorrow....I Will be praying for you!! Porn does lead to Children Sexual abuse..

I KNOW THAT

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.

Hey PORN WATCERS,

If you watch PORN on a daily basis, and you are married you will never see your wife the same.

Only with the Grace of GOD will your Marriage be

as it once was before... REMEMBER THAT? I will say it again...PORN LEADS TO CHILD SEXUAL MOLESTATION!!!

CHECH YOUR SELF.....NOW!!!!SAVE A CHILD!!!
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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.

Hey PORN WATCERS,

If you watch PORN on a daily basis, and you are married you will never see your wife the same.

Only with the Grace of GOD will your Marriage be

as it once was before... REMEMBER THAT? I will say it again...PORN LEADS TO CHILD SEXUAL MOLESTATION!!!

CHECH YOUR SELF.....NOW!!!!SAVE A CHILD!!!
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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.