Never have I been so grateful to the Continental Army...

[Lobster]

[eynon81]

[eynon81]

[PoS]

[Lobster]

Look at any attempt to regulate or censor sexuality, and you will find overlap between a faction of feminists and religious conservatives. You can't really pin it on feminism in general, because feminism is not a monolithical ideology. It is just as fragmented and divided as any other, especially on this issue.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opposition_to_pornography

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminist_Sex_Wars

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminist_v ... ornography

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/porno ... rOthEmpEvi

[exploited]

There is a huge schism between Second and Third Wave feminism, and has been for years.

Anti-pornography feminists are almost exclusively Second Wave, and are typically either a Boomer or just a little younger. Third Wave feminists are typically Generation X and younger.

The major ideological difference is on whether the virtues of femininity can be linked with gender. Second Wave feminists believe that women have unique personal and social needs, that are fundamentally different (the hardcore fringe would say opposed) to mens. To them, a woman doing porn was degrading herself to gain favour from the patriarchy.

Third Wave feminists think that is nonsense, and that we all have essentially the same needs, with basic personality and upbringing informing the rest of who we are. To them, a woman who choose to do porn can be either a victim or a success story, depending on why she is doing it and under what circumstances. Is this a drug addict, or a person trying to pay for college, or baby food? A child abuse victim, or a married couple getting paid to experience their fantasies on the internet?

When the Second Wave dies off, it'll correct itself.

[Homer]

[lil bit]

Don't get your knickers in a twist, boys.

The co op is a supermarket chain and is just responding to numerous complaints from their customers that they're fed up with having their children confronted by highly sexualised images of women when buying their groceries.

Randy 14 year olds, who would doubtless flee incontinent from an actual sexy woman, can still buy the magazines.

edit: David Cameron's proposal won't work. While no one with more than two brain cells could possibly think it a good idea that young children have free and unlimited access to pornographic internet sites, it wouldn't take the average 5 year old more than two minutes to bypass any blocks any geek can think up.

And eynon...let me know when you actually find any wits to sharpen. Until that far off day, there is paint drying I can watch if I want to be bored out of my skull.

[Lobster]

[The Dharma Bum]

I don't know if I could say banning porn is anti-sex so much as it is about limiting unrealistic or negative representations of sexual behavior. Porn does not equal sex. It is a manipulation of sexual images designed to generate commercial profits. It takes advantage of known psychological traits found in most males to artificially create demand for the product. Do you think the porno industry would be what it is if it just filmed normal realistic sexual encounters? It wouldn't. No one would watch it because it would be boring. (and probably slightly disgusting lol)

Not supporting a ban on pornographic material just making a point.

A case could be made that the prevalence of these unrealistic ideas about sexual behavior are having a negative effect on society. Pornographic material has made it's demographic footprint known on more than one occasion. Statistical information shows changes in social behavior that can be attributed to the availability of pornographic material. Other studies show alteration of individual behavior and mental state attributable to viewing pornographic material.

So there is objective scientific evidence that watching excessive pornography has negative effects on both society and individuals. But I think the damage is caused by unrealistic expectations due to a worldview that has been altered by the input of more fictional information than actually usable information.

If you are predominantly inputting information into your consciousness that is irrelevant or incorrect you may simply not have as much room for relevant or coorrect information to process about their surroundings and therefore come to erroneous conclusions in how to deal with them.