Degradation of Porn

[LiveBetterLife]

Go ahead and read this peer-reviewed research paper on the subject of pornography and sex trafficking. If you don't bother to read the entire paper then don't bother to discuss the subject with me further.
Porn & Trafficking Research Article.pdf

Read it.

It doesn't make your case for you.

Got anything else?

 

[LiveBetterLife]

In 2007, an American Psychological Association task force found that girls increasingly view themselves as objects in a process called “sexual self-objectification.” One result is today’s epidemic of “sexting,” teens sending pornographic photos of themselves or others via cell phones.

Pornography thrives in this sex-charged culture, leading to a pandemic of harm. A recent study of top-selling porn videos in America by Dr. Ana J. Bridges revealed that 88 percent of the scenes contained either physical or verbal violence. Males are viewing near nonstop depictions of predatory men acting as sexual psychopaths attacking women. These images condition men to view women as objects for their pleasure and desensitize them to the real pain caused by sexual exploitation, including sex trafficking.

Thus, pornography creates the demand for sex trafficking. Court-tested obscenity laws that prohibit distribution of hardcore adult porn are on the books, if only prosecutors would enforce them. Ever since the U.S. Supreme Court’s Miller ruling in 1973, the definition of obscenity, which is not protected by the First Amendment, has been clear. In case after case, courts have convicted pornographers that sell obscene material. Yet, despite this success, the U.S. Department of Justice has failed to initiate a new obscenity case in the last six years.

Pornography thrives in an atmosphere of non-enforcement. So, too, does sex trafficking, which is found in every major city in America. Attorney Laura Lederer, a founder of America’s anti-trafficking movement, warned, “We should not say that pornography leads to sex trafficking; pornography is sex trafficking.”


Read more here: https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/op-ed/article1976789.html#storylink=cpy

Hearsay and conjecture.

 

[LiveBetterLife]

Then you know bupkis about the porn industry. They're no more trapped in the porn industry than are women working at Walmart trapped in the retail merchandising industry out of financial desperation and are being exploited.

Sheesh!

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Precisely.

Pretty ignorant OP here.

 

[InChrist]

Most porn is entirely legal and actually empowering to the women who participate in it; as stated above, the men are usually merely props or voice overs and make far less money than the actual stars. Not to mention the upsurge of homemade, amateur porn and the lucrative online opportunities they carry.

Depictions of abuse or degrading sexual behavior is little more than an exploitation of the fetishes associated with those behaviors and the only people being exploited are those who are enjoying watching it while all financial benefit goes to the women agreeing to pretend to be abused / degraded on camera.

"That there is a danger of physical violence for performers should hardly be surprising given the content of modern commercial pornography. Those within the porn industry itself have, for almost a decade, been voicing concerns over the increasingly violent nature of mainstream porn. In Selling Sex Short, for example, I provide a number of insider perspectives from directors and performers worried about the physically and psychologically punishing nature of US-based porn in the early 2000s.


These industry-based concerns are supported by one of the most recent academic content analyses of bestselling pornography which found that almost 90% of scenes “contained physical aggression, principally spanking, gagging and slapping,” and that “perpetrators of aggression were usually male, whereas targets of aggression were overwhelmingly female.”

"There is also mounting evidence of the broader cultural effects of the proliferation of porn. The School of Advanced International Studies at John Hopkins recently published research which claims pornography can be linked to increases in sex trafficking. Not to mention the growing reports from psychologists and sex therapists about the damaging nature of pornography use in many relationships. And teachers worried about the changing sexual expectations of a generation who have routinely accessed hard-core imagery before even reaching adolescence."
Facing up to the difficult truth about how porn harms women

 

[InChrist]

Hearsay and conjecture.

Clearly you just don't want to face the reality concerning the damage pornography causes to others.

 

[LiveBetterLife]

"That there is a danger of physical violence for performers should hardly be surprising given the content of modern commercial pornography. Those within the porn industry itself have, for almost a decade, been voicing concerns over the increasingly violent nature of mainstream porn. In Selling Sex Short, for example, I provide a number of insider perspectives from directors and performers worried about the physically and psychologically punishing nature of US-based porn in the early 2000s.


These industry-based concerns are supported by one of the most recent academic content analyses of bestselling pornography which found that almost 90% of scenes “contained physical aggression, principally spanking, gagging and slapping,” and that “perpetrators of aggression were usually male, whereas targets of aggression were overwhelmingly female.”

"There is also mounting evidence of the broader cultural effects of the proliferation of porn. The School of Advanced International Studies at John Hopkins recently published research which claims pornography can be linked to increases in sex trafficking. Not to mention the growing reports from psychologists and sex therapists about the damaging nature of pornography use in many relationships. And teachers worried about the changing sexual expectations of a generation who have routinely accessed hard-core imagery before even reaching adolescence."
Facing up to the difficult truth about how porn harms women

More hearsay and conjecture.

And here's some more:

People who share opinions like yours are often just prudes who don't particularly like sex themselves or have a very difficult relationship with their own sexuality.

 

[LiveBetterLife]

Clearly you just don't want to face the reality concerning the damage pornography causes to others.

See my above post.

 

[SomeRandom]

Studies have shown the additive nature of pornography. It is especially degrading to women, but I would say it degrades men, too.

What Happened When We Went to a Porn Convention - Exodus Cry

Not sure about where you live, where I live porn stars literally have their own Union. It’s called the Sex Workers Union. There’s also various organisations that campaigns for the rights and to ensure workplace health and safety for sex workers. Here’s one called Secret Alliance.

- Scarlet Alliance, Australian Sex Workers Association is the national peak sex worker organisation in Australia.

And plenty of women enjoy porn. Like wtf are you on about?

It only really poses a danger to young people who do not receive a proper in depth frank sex education. Like the exact type of education the anti porn advocates fight against. Or those with addictive personalities. Maybe people with antisocial tendencies, not sure.

 

[oldbadger]

Studies have shown the additive nature of pornography. It is especially degrading to women, but I would say it degrades men, too.

What Happened When We Went to a Porn Convention - Exodus Cry

You didn't bother to read that junk, did you?
See here in the first two sentences:-
“You don’t really look like you belong here. What are you doing here?”
A man at the porn convention approached me and from our conversation I realized he assumed I was there as an adult performer.

No he didn't! He didn't even think that the writer belonged there!
Agenda filled twaddle!

And just why was she there if she disagrees with such meetings?

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Why do you think that it is 'especially degrading for women'?

You think it's not quite so bad for men?
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I don't happen to visit porn meetings, or sites, I think it's about as boring as going to Church services, but you folks really should stop trying to manipulate and interfere with what other folks want to do for their own pleasures.

 

[InChrist]

Porn cause problems for men, also...
Is Internet Pornography Causing Sexual Dysfunctions? A Review with Clinical Reports
Is Internet Pornography Causing Sexual Dysfunctions? A Review with Clinical Reports

 

[LiveBetterLife]

Porn cause problems for men, also...
Is Internet Pornography Causing Sexual Dysfunctions? A Review with Clinical Reports
Is Internet Pornography Causing Sexual Dysfunctions? A Review with Clinical Reports

I think you might've been brainwashed by a bunch of sexless freaks.

 

[InChrist]

You didn't bother to read that junk, did you?
See here in the first two sentences:-
“You don’t really look like you belong here. What are you doing here?”
A man at the porn convention approached me and from our conversation I realized he assumed I was there as an adult performer.

No he didn't! He didn't even think that the writer belonged there!
Agenda filled twaddle!

And just why was she there if she disagrees with such meetings?

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Why do you think that it is 'especially degrading for women'?

You think it's not quite so bad for men?
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I don't happen to visit porn meetings, or sites, I think it's about as boring as going to Church services, but you folks really should stop trying to manipulate and interfere with what other folks want to do for their own pleasures.

It is one thing for folks to do things for their own pleasure, but another thing when it involves abuse and objectification of other human beings.

 

[LiveBetterLife]

Not sure about where you live, where I live porn stars literally have their own Union. It’s called the Sex Workers Union. There’s also various organisations that campaigns for the rights and to ensure workplace health and safety for sex workers. Here’s one called Secret Alliance.

- Scarlet Alliance, Australian Sex Workers Association is the national peak sex worker organisation in Australia.

And plenty of women enjoy porn. Like wtf are you on about?

It only really poses a danger to young people who do not receive a proper in depth frank sex education. Like the exact type of education the anti porn advocates fight against. Or those with addictive personalities. Maybe people with antisocial tendencies, not sure.

Or people who have been brought up by parents with attitudes like the OP.

 

[InChrist]

I think you might've been brainwashed by a bunch of sexless freaks.

Not brainwashed, just care about people being used and abused.

 

[LiveBetterLife]

It is one thing for folks to do things for their own pleasure, but another thing when it involves abuse and objectification of other human beings.

Um... who has disputed this?

 

[SomeRandom]

Or people who have been brought up by parents with attitudes like the OP.

Perhaps.
Still, on the addictive claim, freaking sugar is addictive. That’s not a reason to ban something.

 

[LiveBetterLife]

Not brainwashed, just care about people being used and abused.

The only one being used and abused is you within this thread.

 

[Skwim]

Go ahead and read this peer-reviewed research paper on the subject of pornography and sex trafficking. If you don't bother to read the entire paper then don't bother to discuss the subject with me further.
Porn & Trafficking Research Article.pdf

Who told you this is seven year-old assortment of articles, short essays, and an interview is a peer-reviewed paper?


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[LiveBetterLife]

A lucrative industry, consisting of consenting adults, unionized, subsidized and regulated is not some harbinger of abuse and degradation within society.

 

[oldbadger]

It is one thing for folks to do things for their own pleasure, but another thing when it involves abuse and objectification of other human beings.

Objectification of human beings is common place, in sport, fashion, the arts, film, screen stage etc.but which human beings are being abused?


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