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What I miss in these kinds of discussions is this: Porn portrays a very distorted view of sexuality. It often objectifies and marginalizes women, portraying the

What I miss in these kinds of discussions is this: Porn portrays a very distorted view of sexuality. It often objectifies and marginalizes women, portraying them as mere objects for male pleasure. Men frequently dominate women in these movies, perpetuating harmful gender stereotypes. Now, imagine a minor growing up with exposure to these images. How will this affect their behavior towards girls and their understanding of sexuality? Pornography often portrays an unrealistic and distorted view of sex and relationships, which can lead to unhealthy and unrealistic expectations. Limiting access to porn can help promote a healthier and more realistic view of sexuality. So yes, I strongly believe we should limit access to porn.

mbork_pl 4y ago
I would even say that I can see no reason creating/distributing/etc. of pornography should be legal at all.
- SketchySeaBeast 4y ago
  That's how I feel about the Fast and the Furious movies.
  - ben_w 4y ago
    I've never been moved in the slightest by the trailers for the franchise, and so never bothered watching them. "Saw" on the other hand? For that franchise, I find even the adverts disturbing… though not as disturbing as the logical conclusion that a significant number of people must be responding to those adverts with "that looks interesting, I desire to spend two hours looking at cinematic footage of the content that this image or clip only hints at".
bastawhiz 4y ago
> Men frequently dominate women in these movies, perpetuating harmful gender stereotypes. As a lifelong homosexual, I strongly disagree with your notion that all porn promotes harmful stereotypes against women. In fact, I would argue that 100% of the porn I've watched in recent memory includes no forms of gender-based power dynamic. > Now, imagine a minor growing up with exposure to these images. How will this affect their behavior towards girls and their understanding of sexuality? This is the job of a parent. If parents don't want to acknowledge that their children are watching porn and being exposed to ideas that are harmful (for whatever you deem harmful), the parents are negligent in teaching the kids to be respectful, empathetic young adults. > Limiting access to porn can help promote a healthier and more realistic view of sexuality. Banning porn doesn't stop this. In fact, it makes the problem worse! You can't stop people from making or covertly distributing porn. It's physically impossible without turning off the internet. All you're accomplishing is making the problem less visible and more taboo to discuss. See: decades of "the war on drugs" As well-intentioned as I think you are, there's zero evidence to suggest limiting access to porn will do any good at all and mountains of evidence to suggest the contrary. And all to avoid having difficult conversations about sexuality with minors.
tomjen3 4y ago
Or we should make some good porn. It baffles me to no extent why there are no instructional videos on how to improve your sex lives. Porn shows unrealistic sex and it’s bad that people learn from it? Then make porn that shows how to have better sex.

mbork_pl 4y ago

I would even say that I can see no reason creating/distributing/etc. of pornography should be legal at all.

SketchySeaBeast 4y ago
That's how I feel about the Fast and the Furious movies.
- ben_w 4y ago
  I've never been moved in the slightest by the trailers for the franchise, and so never bothered watching them. "Saw" on the other hand? For that franchise, I find even the adverts disturbing… though not as disturbing as the logical conclusion that a significant number of people must be responding to those adverts with "that looks interesting, I desire to spend two hours looking at cinematic footage of the content that this image or clip only hints at".

bastawhiz 4y ago

> Men frequently dominate women in these movies, perpetuating harmful gender stereotypes. As a lifelong homosexual, I strongly disagree with your notion that all porn promotes harmful stereotypes against women. In fact, I would argue that 100% of the porn I've watched in recent memory includes no forms of gender-based power dynamic. > Now, imagine a minor growing up with exposure to these images. How will this affect their behavior towards girls and their understanding of sexuality? This is the job of a parent. If parents don't want to acknowledge that their children are watching porn and being exposed to ideas that are harmful (for whatever you deem harmful), the parents are negligent in teaching the kids to be respectful, empathetic young adults. > Limiting access to porn can help promote a healthier and more realistic view of sexuality. Banning porn doesn't stop this. In fact, it makes the problem worse! You can't stop people from making or covertly distributing porn. It's physically impossible without turning off the internet. All you're accomplishing is making the problem less visible and more taboo to discuss. See: decades of "the war on drugs" As well-intentioned as I think you are, there's zero evidence to suggest limiting access to porn will do any good at all and mountains of evidence to suggest the contrary. And all to avoid having difficult conversations about sexuality with minors.

tomjen3 4y ago

Or we should make some good porn. It baffles me to no extent why there are no instructional videos on how to improve your sex lives. Porn shows unrealistic sex and it’s bad that people learn from it? Then make porn that shows how to have better sex.