Yea that’s right, I’m going to talk about porn and why
neither male nor female should watch it. First of all, rape is a crime and
should be prosecuted in full extent to the law. Many female porn stars are
raped on and off the camera; many are even raped by the producers themselves.
People are starting to forget that porn stars are real people, and over the Internet they are romanticized
over but in real they are looked down upon and shunned.
No real woman (at least none that I’ve ever met) want to be
called degrading names like, “slut” or “bitch” over and over again. No woman
wants to be raped by multiple guys until she’s crying from pain. No woman wants
to be slapped, beaten, or gagged until they can’t breath. (BUT if you’re into
that and you and your partner talk about it that’s totally cool) Yet, a lot of
the porn being released is circled around these kind of degrading acts.
The porn industry is extremely sexist and exploits women.
The porn industry shows boys and men that being abusive is okay. Porn teaches
men to treat women as objects rather than people. It makes men believe that
there is no correlation between sex and relationships. Porn becomes something
that men do for themselves, by themselves, using women as the way to do it, as
another object to get off.
This isn’t just about the people that watch porn. It’s about
the massive consumption of porn and the porn industry hyper sexualizing our
whole culture. We are apart of a porn centered culture and unfortunately women
are paying the biggest price for that. Porn gives the impression to women that
their self worth is based on their attractiveness and how sexy they are.
Not to mention that porn gives this unnatural expectation of
what sex is supposed to be like. Because of this it leaved both men and women
completely unsatisfied, which sucks.
I think porn is very dangerous. It has always disgusted me and forever will. It depersonalizes an act that is the most personal one in human experience. You hit on a lot of important things. I especially think it is important to consider the unrealistic expectations and ideas of sex; imagine the number of young men (and even young women, too) who learn about sex through watching porn. It's unnatural and sex should be understood for what it truly is.
ReplyDeleteI also think that our society's view of those who do and don't watch porn is very sexist. What I mean is that it is totally normal for a male to watch porn and masturbate, but a female is expected not to. Either because she is not interested in such things or because she doesn't have the "needs" that men have in order to lead her to masturbate.
The web site http://yourbrainonporn.com/ summarizes a lot of medical evidence demonstrating the harmful health effects of visual porn.
ReplyDeleteSadly, just like the tobacco industry, if there is a profit to be made, this will continue to exist. Through education, it is possible to curb the negative effects porn has on our society, but it will never truly cease to exist.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with this blog. http://www.yourtango.com/charlesjorlando/abuse/page/3 "How we teach men to abuse women in relationships" inspired my final project in social psychology and it talks a lot about what you're talking about here. Some porn gives men unrealistic expectations about how women should act and what they like in the bedroom. It ultimately makes women believe if they're not performing like a porn star to please their man - there's something wrong with them. I think this is very wrong and as Bellatrix mentioned above, very dangerous. Porn teaches men that the most important aspect of sex isn't emotional connection, and smacking/choking/beating is "passionate."
ReplyDeleteVery good blog and great topic!
I like that you took the risk of talking about a tricky subject like this. I think that when more people know about a situation like this it can make the process of fixing the problem more beneficial. I like the way that you structured this piece, and how you went about it.
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