Views Of Feanagraphy : A Negative View Of Pornography

The Naturalist believes that individuals who are unable to control their sexual urges commit most sexual crimes. Pornography is beneficial to the individual and the society. It promotes sex education and reduces sexual crimes. The naturalist believe the Jehovanist are fact dominating. There are various stem originating from naturalism and some of which includes Secularization, this is when the jehovanist loose their spiritual and social confidence not knowing that sex has no basis. Materialization deals with the Naturalist having a good look at themselves and realizing that sex has no metaphysic (No connection with the spiritual). They identify the mind, self and the body and acknowledge that sex is nothing more than a physical behavior. The Biologist takes a different approaching by accepting the human behavior as synonymous to that of an animal. As they say be like water as nothing is as essential as it.

“It can snatch any kid out of the home…It snatched me out of mine 20 years ago.” (Final Interview, 2:54-3:02 minutes). The addiction to pornography is often likened to that of a drug, “One should become addicted to it, and I look at this as kind of like an addiction. Like other kinds of addictions…you keep…I would keep looking for more potent, explicit, more graphic kinds of material. Like an addiction, you keep craving something that’s harder…something…which gives you a greater sense of excitement.” (Final Interview,

The article takes many examples from primary sources, mostly from films of the pre-Code and post-Code era. He utilizes these films to exemplify the difference in the portrayal of sexuality due to the Production Code. Secondary sources, including a book called Pre-Code Hollywood by film historian Thomas Doherty, are used to analyze pre-Code films, which did not follow political or moral patterns of the time.

There have been many speculations about porn and its significance. Many would argue there is no sole purpose for it other then opening up doors for people to fantasize about things that generally do not happen in a normal sexual encounter. However, that is quite the contrary research has shown over the past decade that porn isn't entirely 100% bad. Although, there are negative connotations associated with porn especially for a female, researchers are finding that more

The impacts of pornography in the modern world are far reaching. Its motives remain unaddressed, and hence people create varying views towards it. One wonders whether pornography silences women. If it does, then how? Then, why women and not the opposite gender? If pornography harms women, why do they still act it? The clip may have two meanings, literal and symbolical. However, the speaker seems to be delivering her information. Still, one may wonders how pornography subordinate woman yet mostly acted by women. The female body has always been mysterious. Then how does pornography play as a tool of subordination? For a person to understand the speaker’s claims, it may be wise to understand the purpose of pornography. The mystery of pornography is broad. There are those who act, those who advertise and market it and those who watch. Most of pornographic images and videos are recorded using high definition graphics. Still, most pornographic content free to access and download. Then how to its producer’s pay back the production cost? Many people may hold that there exist different motives behind pornography. Though, most people hold differing views towards pornography. The insights from the clip suggest some attitudes to the viewer.

Pornography's whole purpose, it seems to me, is to treat human beings obscenely, to deprive them of their specifically human dimension. Imagine a well-known man in a hospital ward, dying an agonizing death. His bladder and bowels empty themselves of their own accord. His consciousness is

Obscene and pornographic material are relevant and applied to many aspects of life. The adult film industry brings in approximately 12.6 billion dollars a year (Tibbals) from the United States alone, and that is not inclusive of the revenue increase from sexually endorsed advertisements and products. On a global scale, the industry produces about 97 billion dollars in revenue. The industry contributes greatly to the economy and has several benefits, but also has other aspects regarding mental health, physical health, relationships, and feminism. To fully grasp the effect of the pornographic industry, all factors must be evaluated.

While the objectification of women in the media has been discussed in other classes, we watched Killing Us Softly 4 (Jhally & Kilbourne, 2010) in my diverse population’s class and my philosophy class in undergraduate discussed the morality of prostitution, the connections made in this class really gave a troubling picture about how the media is effecting our relationships. There was a balanced representation of both side of the arguments regarding prostitution and pornography, but a bleak picture was painted for women and sexual relationships in the future in some of the articles. The stories in Pornified (Paul, 2005), while selected examples to make a point, highlights how the constant accessibility of media and porn has already changed how some men view women and relationships. While the perception is that it is teenage boys and single males who consume the most porn, example after example was presented of married men ruining relationships due to the consumption of pornographic material. The statistics that were presented in those chapters were eye opening for me since I had never really thought about whether to accept or condemn porn. The statistic that “60 percent of those who viewed no pornography during the experiment endorsed marriage as “in important institution”; only 39 percent of those who viewed “massive” amounts of pornography agreed” (Paul, 2005, p.141) really highlights the effect that media consumption has on our thoughts and beliefs. It is not like the dangers of porn are not discussed, but I feel like it is described the same way that potential rapists are described, a stranger lurking in the bushes and not something that can start innocently and quickly become detrimental to an individual’s sexual identity and

In the 1980s in America, a war raged. There were casualties and broken lives. What transpired during that war changed the face of America for generations. This was not a war between countries however; this was a war between women: what they called the “The Feminist Sex Wars”. “Anti-porn” feminists led by Andrea Dworkin debated with “pro-sex” feminists on subjects such as prostitution, erotica, and pornography and their position within feminism and our society. Dworkin and her supporters argued that these were products of a patriarchal society, that these were extremely harmful toward the image and status of women. Others such as Susie Bright argue that prostitution and pornography can be “feminist” or empowering to women, and are not intrinsically harmful. In this paper, I will endorse the view of radical feminists that pornography is harmful, not only for those who appear in it, but those who consume it.

The Meese Report is a legal document that was released July 9th, 1986. It was intended to promote a higher level of restriction towards obscenity laws and to expand on definitions of obscenity (“The Meese Commission on Pornography”) in order to “encourage the abolition of sexually explicit materials” (“The Meese Commission on Pornography”). Even that document acknowledged several areas where the uses of sexually explicit materials have been put towards positive purposes (Strossen 163). For example, “the treatment of sexual dysfunctions and the diagnosis and treatment of some paraphilias”, or in other words, the addiction of strange sex practices (Strossen 163). Furthermore, many experts, namely doctors, have strong faith in the notion that it can “improve the sex lives of many couples” (Strossen 163). Evidence of this is through Patti Britton, Ph.D., a board-certified clinical sexologist who states “[…] it is common knowledge in my field that sexually explicit films and videos are often recommended as a mode of treatment for couples or individuals with clinical sexual problems” (Strossen 163). Not to mention that even individuals with no significant sexual problems can easily benefit from pornography to also “spice up” their sex lives. As a result, many doctors have stated that explicit materials add strength to many relationships, consequently solidifying them (Strossen 164). As

Pornography has a tremendously evolved from being shunned in the past to its increasing popularity in today’s

Evolution has not prepared the human brain for today’s Internet porn. Erotic depictions of human sexuality have existed for as long as humanity. Archaeological evidence of pornographic concepts in ancient civilizations exists in the form of rock art and venus figurines. Throughout the centuries, erotic literature would ultimately evolve into various magazines featuring nude photography and pictures of other sexual acts. The printing press would dominate as the main medium for porn consumption for nearly half a millennia until the 20th century, when video pornography was first produced. Nearly overnight, a seemingly infinite number of porn studios were conceived exploding video pornography into a multi-billion dollar industry generating more revenue than the music and film industries combined. The adult film industry of this era (20th century), while lucrative, was not quite the universal phenomenon that it is today. Prior to the expansion into the Internet, lack of discretion and difficulty of access prevented the market from reaching its full potential. Porn’s audience grew exponentially with the introduction of the Internet, shifting its status from underworld to mainstream. There was a time when the only way to view a porn movie was to trade your money and dignity at the video store in public view. But this idea of porn consumption being limited to shameless, desperate basement dwellers is now a relic of the past, as the Internet’s infinite supply of an endless

With the surge of wider-spread accessibility to the internet on mobile phones and laptops comes a surge in the accessibility and viewing of pornography. Much research has been done to study how such an increase in pornography consumption is impacting the marriage relationship. Some findings have indicated that users incur serious negative effects, including a 25% higher divorce rate, are 101% more likely to be unfaithful to a spouse, and were 12% less likely to describe their marriage as ‘very happy’ (Doran & Price, 2014). Interestingly, various studies have also noted that the effects may be different for men than they are for women, stating that “for women who viewed pornography in ranges between “2–3 times a month” and “once a day or more,” their marital quality was actually higher than those who never viewed pornography…” (Perry, 2017).

The Scriptures present us with a dynamic tension in which “Wine is a mocker and

Our society has socially excepted explicit language as well as sexual undertones as a way of introducing sex and pornography to our young people and mature adults alike.There are hidden secret sexual desires simply because we are taught that if our sexual thoughts or desires are different from others we are strange. Women were taught that they are damaged if they are to engage in watching pornography or engage in altered sexual desires that are outside of the vanilla spectrum. According to Concepcion, C. M. (1999) “ To deny any women any form of sexual expression, including the enjoyment and production of pornography can stunt sexual development and thereby, stunt the development of our sexuality, forces women to question our intuition and police our desires”.