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Just in the interest of playing devil's advocate here, do you truly believe that porn does not play at least some role in fostering the culture? I don't know th

Just in the interest of playing devil's advocate here, do you truly believe that porn does not play at least some role in fostering the culture? I don't know the answer to that, but even if you don't rape anyone, you could absolutely still play a part in creating a culture that blames the victim. After all, if we believe in a culture of influence, then to some extent the media and people we surround ourselves with must play some role in shaping individual attitudes and behaviors, which can then feed each other to reinforce the culture. Is our porn a reflection of our culture, or are we reflections of our porn?

AlexeyBrin 10y ago
Think about it, watching porn is a relatively new phenomenon in remote Indian villages. Do you really think this could have contributed in any way to create a culture of gang rape and of woman shaming ? Banning (or blaming) porn just shifts the focus from the real problem here. > Is our porn a reflection of our culture, or are we reflections of our porn? Neither.
- summarite 10y ago
  Internet porn might be new there, but porn/erotica certainly not. Just like Victorian erotica these villagers too will have had at least three possibility to access pornographic materials. That's actually part of the reason why western women get harassed frequently in India, which is not really a new thing (and buy to neglect that Indian women get harassed a lot) - the men have primarily access to western porn and that's often the only white women they've seen, so if they encounter a real westerner they think she'll behave like those in the magazine's/movies/...
- stinkytaco 10y ago
  That's certainly true. It is a phenomenon that predates pornography, though from the news coverage I'm given to understand it happens more now? Or perhaps it's just shining light onto a long standing problem. I don't know enough about the culture to really say, just trying to understand it.

AlexeyBrin 10y ago

Think about it, watching porn is a relatively new phenomenon in remote Indian villages. Do you really think this could have contributed in any way to create a culture of gang rape and of woman shaming ? Banning (or blaming) porn just shifts the focus from the real problem here. > Is our porn a reflection of our culture, or are we reflections of our porn? Neither.

summarite 10y ago
Internet porn might be new there, but porn/erotica certainly not. Just like Victorian erotica these villagers too will have had at least three possibility to access pornographic materials. That's actually part of the reason why western women get harassed frequently in India, which is not really a new thing (and buy to neglect that Indian women get harassed a lot) - the men have primarily access to western porn and that's often the only white women they've seen, so if they encounter a real westerner they think she'll behave like those in the magazine's/movies/...
stinkytaco 10y ago
That's certainly true. It is a phenomenon that predates pornography, though from the news coverage I'm given to understand it happens more now? Or perhaps it's just shining light onto a long standing problem. I don't know enough about the culture to really say, just trying to understand it.