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There are a lot of assumptions here. (1) You know (or can tell) what content your kids are exposed to on the internet. Most kids I know are quite adept at keep
by Sven7 13y ago
There are a lot of assumptions here.
(1) You know (or can tell) what content your kids are exposed to on the internet. Most kids I know are quite adept at keeping what they are upto hidden from their parents and that isnt unique to the current generation.
(2) Parents have a much better sense of content, kids are exposed to on TV (where content is regulated and rated for the most part) than on the internet.
(3)Even if you are an involved parent with the ability to discuss things with your daughter, you both arent living in isolation from society. There are easily more parents and kids that don't have such a relationship than the number that do. So if boys as young as 8-10, growing up in highly unsupervised environments, are constantly exposed to extreme porn, what do you think their expectations of women are going to be?
(4)Addiction. Everyone has weaknesses. And porn sites are getting better and better at keeping people hooked. Kids are the most susceptible.
Freedom has always come at a cost. And the main cost is equality. If all kids are born equal and all families are created equal sure give them all the freedoms they want. But that is unfortunately not the world we live in today nor is it getting any more equal any time soon.
- Tichy 13y agoKids aren't exposed to anything on the internet. It is not a push medium. I have used the internet for 20 years now and I don't think I have ever involuntarily encountered a porn site.
- anigbrowl 13y agoReally? You've never seen a pornographic pop-up advert? I'm not supporting this proposal, I just find your statement hard to believe.
- Tichy 13y agoWhere should I have seen it (searching for what)? I also use an ad blocker - but afaik most ad networks don't allow porn ads (Google Ads certainly don't). Of course I have seen such ads - when I was searching for porn. One place where the internet turns into a push medium might be specific services, like online chats. That is of course a valid concern, but porn filters wouldn't help with that.
- thenomad 13y ago4) Citation? I know quite a few people working in adult industries, and I've yet to hear a single conversation about how to "addict" people. Now, people working in the games industry are a different story... (Note: I'm not anti-games. But the games industry does consider addiction.)
- bandushrew 13y ago(1) I certainly kept it hidden from my parents. Kids are remarkably good at self-censoring information that they are not ready for. (2) I do not understand your point here. (3) Beats me. I masturbated to porn, and still seemed to achieve reasonable expectations. Frankly, if their expectations of women are unrealistic, they will either figure that out, or fail to breed. Just like every other generation of kids. (4) People with weaknesses will find ways to fulfill it. I can think of better things to do with the government than attempt to prevent porn addicts from finding porn on the internet. I really do not understand your final comment. Freedom is no guarantee of equality. Life is no guarantee of equality. If your desire is to legislate away all differences between people, you are going to have a hard time.