Positive And Negative Effects On Pornography

It is undeniably much more difficult to regulate everything on the internet in today’s society, including pornography, which somewhat changes the community standards and expectations, as it is more

By the age of 11, most individuals have viewed pornography or sexually explicit content, with 64% of people aged between 13 and 24 viewing porn weekly or more. Generally, sexual socialisation develops through interpersonal interactions (Sabina, Wolak, & Finkelhor, 2008; Wright, 2013; Wright, Tokunaga, & Kraus, 2016). Due to technological allowances and readily available porn, the default means of sexual education has been through porn for modern generations. Therefore the norms relating to sexual behaviour and consumption of porn reflect the omnipresent influence of the porn industry

There was a time in which it was a taboo to look at or talk about pornography, and at those stages children only had a brief glance at it, heard about it, or had any contact with it. With today’s growing technology there is internet available on smartphones, PC computers, music devices, entertainment devices (such as Playstation or Xbox); and with all of this it is extremely difficult to keep track of what the future generation of children are watching, where they are watching it, or who they are watching it with.

It today’s society, pornography is a fast-growing epidemic that is evident in families, marriages, and teenage lifestyles. Supporters of pornography claim that it can be used as a tool to teach students about sex education. However, critics claim that pornography is unjust, influential, and dehumanizing. Pornography is unjust because it has the potential to break down intimate relationships and marriages. It can also have negative effects on children in particular young boys. More and more young boy’s minds are being influenced by pornography which is leading to misinterpretations about how to have a healthy sexual relationship. Most importantly, pornography dehumanizes women and it exploits children. Women and children are being victimized for the sheer pleasure of someone viewing pornography.

Internet Pornography is Damaging to Teenagers and Adolescents and so the Government Should Exercise more Control

In the United States, pornography is considered to be neither legal nor illegal. With the exception of child pornography, there are no laws regarding the sell, distribution, creation, nor purchase of pornography. Despite studies finding it to be “degrading and detrimental to society”, Congress is not able to regulate pornography. One of the reasons is the current misinterpretation of church and state. Congress is not able to use religious standards of morality to judge obscenity.

The NSPCC have published a ‘Provision for young people who have displayed harmful sexual behaviour’ (Smith et al, 2013). This provision looks at how local authorities help young people who have been reported for harmful sexual behaviour. Although harmful sexual behaviour has not been defined, the interpretation is that the provision is based on young people who need help after causing harm through sexual behaviour, for example, sexual abuse. It was found that the procedures and guidelines that support good practice in cases like this do not offer explicit intervention and prevention techniques, which may cause future issues to occur, such as reoffending. As well as this, the NSPCC (2016) have released an advice webpage for parents to understand what is normal sexual behaviour for the ages of 14-16, and what to do if they are worried about certain behaviour. The NSPCC advice page reassures parents that it is normal for young people aged 14-16 to start exploring their sexual behaviour privately, as they are going through or have been through puberty. If they seem to have forceful or aggressive sexual behaviour, this may be a warning sign. If parents are worried, they are told to speak to their child to try to understand why they are acting this way, or speak to a health professional for advice. It is also advised that at this age, young people may come across porn online. However, this may cause distress (NSPCC, 2015). Also, it was found that watching online porn changed the way 28% of surveyed 11-18 year olds viewed relationships (The Telegraph, 2013). This suggests that young people may be influenced by what they see online. This is important as the NSPCC advise parents to keep an eye on their teenagers behaviour, and if they are worried, to seek

For many years there has been a lot of arguments about the ethical and morality of pornography. pornography is defined as the depiction of erotic behavior intended to cause sexual excitement. When it coms down to pornography, people have different opinions about it. Some people might find it moral because it gives them pleasure and it satisfies them physically. some individuals see it as a form of art that describes the figure of a human body in an artistic form. Others see it as immoral because it harms and degrades an individual. Personally I believe that it all depends how pornography is conducted and how we respond to it. It can be morally healthy that we like it because it makes us happy, such as it helps with your marriage relationship in intimacy, and it can be immoral when it is used in an unhealthy that we do not like it because hurts an innocent person.

The seemingly main reason there is such a growth in pornography is because almost everyone and everything in the world reacts and relates to sex. People are captivated with sex and are excited to see something new or something they have not seen before. People are always looking for a version of sex that is new or more different than the norm. This is soaring the pornography industry to grow one step further in order to keep up with the demand.

For children, adult content can be seen as a “forbidden fruit.” Although they know that they are not supposed to be exposed to such matters, the temptation can become too much. “Children will inevitably find out about such matters, whether they do so from television or from somewhere else.” So, as adults we have to figure out whether this matter is something that should be address and if so how can it be addressed? Some adults have found that the answer to this question would be censorship. However, with the advancement of technology, children are still able to gain access to content that may not be meant for them.

Alexy, Burgess, and Prentky investigate a potential association between sexually aggressive behavior in minors and their exposure to and use of pornographic material. The authors use other extensive research, from other expert psychologists in the field of sexual behavior, as the foundation that inspired the study they are presenting. The authors demonstrate how older subjects involved in pedophilia, rape, and harassment, among other sexual aggressive behaviors, have had a strong connection with pornography early in their youth. Alexy, Burgess, and Prentky use this staggering information to support their position that pornography is a risk marker to sexual aggression, in children and adolescents in their current state and in the long term.

In the modern-day and age, we are constantly consuming a variety of information. A number of sources such as the Internet, television, and the phone allow everyone to access the data they consume to watch sites such as extreme violence and pornography, especially for young adults and children because it is extremely difficult to get rid of this addiction once a person has started viewing pornography. While grown-ups can recognize between what is right and wrong and safely control their developed minds, children are much more perceptive towards its unsafe content and thus kids are more likely to be addicted to watching pornography, causing problems for them in their later lives. Therefore, parents passing on vital information regarding the dangers of pornography to their children are essential to implementing strong parental controls.

One of the main issues with pornography is its addictive effect on the brain. A widespread issue that many people are unaware of is that pornography is biologically addicting. According to a studying done by German researchers that was published in JAMA Psychiatry in 2014, regularly viewing pornography seems to dull the response to sexual stimulation over time. The researchers found that the brain needs more dopamine in order to feel the same ‘high’, which causes a person to watch more porn. Furthermore, the German researchers found in the same study that pornography may actually be shrinking men’s brains. The researchers found that “the striatum area of the brain, which is linked with the motivation and reward response, shrank in size the more porn a person viewed.”

Many people would agree that if pornagraphy was negatively effecting people we need to look into it more and administer more research. What many people don’t realize is that porn has already been proven to poorly affect people who view it in multiple ways. Neuroscientists are looking at research that is comparing porn to a drug in the sense that it is an extremely addictive substance. Along with that there are studies that are showing, much like drugs, people who view porn develop a tolerance to it and they begin wanting content that is more perverse, and more abnormal. (frc.org) Some people are referring to porn as “the new drug.” This may not be seen as a problem because for these reasons it is not intruding upon other people’s moral rights. This may be true to a point, but I think the effects of pornography speak for themselves.

Pornography has strong influences over its viewers. Recent research has been done in attempt to find the link between sexually explicit material and how exposure to it has caused changes in a person’s aggression level toward women, and one’s cognitive development of sexual and social standards and expectations. The findings are grounds for advising trying to regulate the accessibility of pornography to minors to avoid these potentially harmful influences. Although, during adolescence, usually centered between the ages of 13 and 19, sexual curiosity is expected, compulsive curiosity to sexual material that is not most realistic in nature can cause unrealistic views of women and sex roles. These impacts are happening in the plastic minds of 13 and 19-year-old web surfers who are unaware of the effects taking place. Child pornography is a form of child sexual abuse. Federal law defines child pornography as any visual depiction of sexually explicit conduct involving a minor less than 18 years old. Progressively, child pornography laws are being used to punish the utilization of computer technology and the Internet to get, share, and appropriate pornographic material including kids, including pictures and movies. Having a violation of federal child pornography laws is a serious crime and first time offenders found guilty of producing child