Skwim
Veteran Member
I came up with this question after watching the following video. Watch it. . . . . Don't watch it.
Whatever the case, it defines porn as depictions or descriptions of sexuality intended to arouse---to turn you on! Now if you find this is an unworthy goal you may as well stop reading. However, if you feel there's merit in sexual arousal please stick with me.
Taken as defined above, I see no real downside to porn. However, this assumes that all those involved; the actors, producers, camera people, and viewer are all of legal age and have consented to be part of the porn operation. (Don't know if it's against the law for a minor to view porn, but I don't think so.)
Unfortunately, porn is often accused of treating women as objects. Granted there is next to no development of the other aspects of women, but the same can be said for the men appearing in porn. They are just as shallowly developed as the women. Yet for the most part women are very commonly depicted as getting as much sexual pleasure, sometimes even more, as are the men. So, is there truly any down side to focusing on one aspect of a person rather than showing a more rounded individual? In answer, I've yet to hear of people complaining that we only get to see one side of musicians when they perform. That we treat them as mere objects of aural pleasure. So I view the "woman as sexual objects in porn complaint" as a phony holdover from the womens lib movement---something I do support, btw.
Of course, there are some cautionary aspects to porn that need to be kept in mind. First of all, almost all porn is acting. Some of the activities depicted are rarely done in real life, and many of the reactions are terribly phony, so one shouldn't expect the same activities and responses in ones own life. That said, more and more online porn is made by amateurs, some even married to each other, and who often seem to exhibit more genuine reactions. Then there are the unsafe activities one has to be aware of. As mentioned in the video, putting a penis in the anus and then into the vagina (or mouth) is unsafe.
So, when I ask what's wrong with pornography I'm not including any porn that not entirely legal and consensual. If you don't like what you see, do as you would with any other such thing. don't watch it. But don't condemn it simply because it's not up your moral standards.
Now, if you still feel pornography as I've described it is wrong, I can only ask, What?
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Whatever the case, it defines porn as depictions or descriptions of sexuality intended to arouse---to turn you on! Now if you find this is an unworthy goal you may as well stop reading. However, if you feel there's merit in sexual arousal please stick with me.
Taken as defined above, I see no real downside to porn. However, this assumes that all those involved; the actors, producers, camera people, and viewer are all of legal age and have consented to be part of the porn operation. (Don't know if it's against the law for a minor to view porn, but I don't think so.)
Unfortunately, porn is often accused of treating women as objects. Granted there is next to no development of the other aspects of women, but the same can be said for the men appearing in porn. They are just as shallowly developed as the women. Yet for the most part women are very commonly depicted as getting as much sexual pleasure, sometimes even more, as are the men. So, is there truly any down side to focusing on one aspect of a person rather than showing a more rounded individual? In answer, I've yet to hear of people complaining that we only get to see one side of musicians when they perform. That we treat them as mere objects of aural pleasure. So I view the "woman as sexual objects in porn complaint" as a phony holdover from the womens lib movement---something I do support, btw.
Of course, there are some cautionary aspects to porn that need to be kept in mind. First of all, almost all porn is acting. Some of the activities depicted are rarely done in real life, and many of the reactions are terribly phony, so one shouldn't expect the same activities and responses in ones own life. That said, more and more online porn is made by amateurs, some even married to each other, and who often seem to exhibit more genuine reactions. Then there are the unsafe activities one has to be aware of. As mentioned in the video, putting a penis in the anus and then into the vagina (or mouth) is unsafe.
So, when I ask what's wrong with pornography I'm not including any porn that not entirely legal and consensual. If you don't like what you see, do as you would with any other such thing. don't watch it. But don't condemn it simply because it's not up your moral standards.
Now, if you still feel pornography as I've described it is wrong, I can only ask, What?
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