Is porn conquering the world?

[ShaneK]

The internet was, and still is, for porn. The ever expanding porn of the internet made the perfect conditons where blogs, social networking and You Tube could be born and thrive. The media becomes porn and porn gradually becomes snuff. As our world gets flooded with porn we lose sight of the real. More than half of what we see on television is porn, junk news, reality tv to name a few. Porn goes for the primitive side of our nature, we turn on and then wonder why?

Some people have a big prob defining pornography so just for you

por·nog·ra·phy (pôr-nŏgˈrə-fē)
noun

1. Sexually explicit pictures, writing, or other material whose primary purpose is to cause sexual arousal.
2. The presentation or production of this material.
3. Lurid or sensational material: “Recent novels about the Holocaust have kept Hitler well offstage [so as] to avoid the … pornography of the era” (Morris Dickstein).

Origin: French pornographie, from pornographe, pornographer, from Late Greek pornographos, writing about prostitutes : pornē, prostitute; see per-5 in Indo-European roots + graphein, to write; see -graphy .

Related Forms:

* pornographer por·nogˈra·pher noun

* pornographic porˌno·graphˈic (pôrˌnə-grăfˈĭk) adjective

* pornographically porˌno·graphˈi·cal·ly adverb

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

[ShatteredWings]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiFD6EFVsTg

But seriously, people like sex. I doubt snuff films of that nature will become too popular though, we have morals still.

[MoveAlong]

I don't see that much porn on TV. You mean sex scenes in movies or TV shows? That's not porn, that's a sex scene.

No I don't think that porn taking over the world.

Yes, there's junk news and reality shows, and perhaps it's just a phase. But I don't think we'll all ever be content with society so why bitch about it all the time?

[ShaneK]

Its sex used to sell to everyone. All of us becoming whores selling ourselves to everyone else in an increasingly dumb world. People are losing touch with reality and themselves. Porn is worth more than media and sports combined now, it ain't gonna stop growing either. The world is becoming more sexualized.

[MoveAlong]

Its sex used to sell to everyone. All of us becoming whores selling ourselves to everyone else in an increasingly dumb world. People are losing touch with reality and themselves. Porn is worth more than media and sports combined now, it ain't gonna stop growing either.

Prostitution and advertising are two different things.

People are losing touch with reality? I think they've always been like that because reality is pretty boring when you can be focusing on art or science or games or something else.

Sure, the porn industry is worth more than media and sports. So what? Why does that bother you?

[ShaneK]

The reference was to social networking. Now advertising thats dead simple. Your buying into being one of the sexy people. The stores have staff who look like models.

Why does it bother me, porn isn't real, its extreme sex not real sex. Porn leads to porn not sex.

[Rutherford The Brave]

Fuck Porn, I like having sex and not watching others.

[ShaneK]

someone who gets the difference from the fantasy and the real

[MoveAlong]

The reference was to social networking. Now advertising thats dead simple. Your buying into being one of the sexy people. The stores have staff who look like models.

Why does it bother me, porn isn't real, its extreme sex not real sex. Porn leads to porn not sex.

So? Porn isn't real. A lot of movies aren't real. Is it bad that they are making movies that aren't realistic or practical? You seem to think that it's bad to make porn because it isn't realistic or practical.

Plus idk what porn you watch but I've been watching amateur porn because that's the free stuff and it's closer to real than all of that crap that the porn companies make. Do you think that amateur porn should end?

Sure, people want to be sexy. Sure, it's going overboard (skinny models and attractive people as the salespersons). As far as advertising and models are concerned, I think that's more about money - companies are using sex as a conduit to make money. They're abusing sexiness in a way. So, as far as advertising and models are concerned, I think your anger is misplaced. I think it's more logical to be unhappy with money and companies, rather than sex itself.

[Amnesiac]

The internet was, and still is, for porn. The ever expanding porn of the internet made the perfect conditons where blogs, social networking and You Tube could be born and thrive. The media becomes porn and porn gradually becomes snuff. As our world gets flooded with porn we lose sight of the real. More than half of what we see on television is porn, junk news, reality tv to name a few. Porn goes for the primitive side of our nature, we turn on and then wonder why?

You don't really have any evidence to back these claims up. Contrary to popular belief, the amount of porn on the Internet is falling and porn sites only make up ~12% of all webpages on the Internet (http://internet-filter-review.toptenreviews.com/internet-pornography-statistics-pg4.html). There is no porn on TV due to FCC regulations, which have gotten stricter since the 2004 Super Bowl incident. Social networking and YouTube both have no relation to pornography whatsoever.

[ShaneK]

I don't watch porn, it does nothing for me. Before you sai I know a lil about it. the world is over sexualised. Children are becoming sexualized at an increasingly early age, or a slutty mini adult. But we don't notice in this sexualised world of ours.

People don't know anymore the difference between having sex and making love. The reality is getting lost in the fantasy.

[MoveAlong]

I don't watch porn, it does nothing for me. Before you sai I know a lil about it. the world is over sexualised. Children are becoming sexualized at an increasingly early age, or a slutty mini adult. But we don't notice in this sexualised world of ours.

Some of us do notice, but not enough of us notice. I blame the companies for sexualizing children (Bratz dolls for instance)
I don't think this part of your post is due to pornography. I attribute this to companies, marketing and money.

People don't know anymore the difference between having sex and making love. The reality is getting lost in the fantasy.

I can see how that's true and I think it's the responsibility of those wise to educate their children and perhaps the people around them.

[ShaneK]

Your right, but i still view it as porn, the over sexualization of children (what else can we call it, and all these things come from the same place - exploitation and abuse of people). A lot of televison news is pornographic because it's not real news. It's pure junk for the mind. They are manipulating the audience to feel a certain way, It's all encompassing, Pop Idol is pornographic, completely exploiting people's talent or lack of talent for television ratings.

[Jess]

I don't watch it. I don't see the point of it. don't people have BETTER things to watch than that? and no offense, but I find it DISGUSTING

-rep me if you want but this is MY OPINION. and you may ask, how do you know it's gross if you've never watched it? well I KNOW what it is but why do I have to watch it to know what it is....>_>

[MoveAlong]

ShaneK - Okay now I think you're twisting the meaning of porn.

Pornography: creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire (wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn)

All junk or stupid stuff like The Real World or Rock of Love or American Idol or manipulation in the news like TMZ and National Enquirer cannot be considered pornography. And yes, much of that stuff is related to sex - but that is not pornography. It is intended to gain popularity and money.

[ShaneK]

But the lines increasingly blur between the media and the porn industry. So the porn industry moves to further extremes.

[Amnesiac]

I don't watch it. I don't see the point of it. don't people have BETTER things to watch than that? and no offense, but I find it DISGUSTING

-rep me if you want but this is MY OPINION. and you may ask, how do you know it's gross if you've never watched it? well I KNOW what it is but why do I have to watch it to know what it is....>_>

It's a form of entertainment, like any other. That's why people watch it. You could argue that people have "better things to watch", but really, wouldn't it be better if we all actually did something productive instead? Porn is the same as Jersey Shore or Ray William Johnson — they're all forms of entertainment, made for profit, and nothing more.

Also, you can't judge something you haven't seen. I refrain from making judgement on something, no matter how bad everyone says it is, until I see it for myself.

[MoveAlong]

But the lines increasingly blur between the media and the porn industry. So the porn industry moves further.

Somewhat. But talking about how Ryan Reynolds cheated on whats-her-face, that one made-up scandal about how Obama was supposedly not a U.S. citizen or how Oprah looks really bad in a bikini isn't porn...

[ShaneK]

Thats junk for the mind for sure. Porn images don't give us any choice: here's what turns you on, here's what makes you respond. Television is increasingly working this way. By manipulating peoples feelings and ethics they know how they will respond.

[MoveAlong]

Yeah okay I get that but I disagree with how you're using the word "pornography". Whatever.

[Continuum]

You don't really have any evidence to back these claims up. Contrary to popular belief, the amount of porn on the Internet is falling and porn sites only make up ~12% of all webpages on the Internet (http://internet-filter-review.toptenreviews.com/internet-pornography-statistics-pg4.html). There is no porn on TV due to FCC regulations, which have gotten stricter since the 2004 Super Bowl incident. Social networking and YouTube both have no relation to pornography whatsoever.


Fan pages of some porn sites on Facebook? :rolleyes:

But I do think the numbers are still high. Compared to others, ~12% dedicated for masturbatory aid is unsurprising. People just like porn too much for it to downsize.

It's a form of entertainment, like any other. That's why people watch it. You could argue that people have "better things to watch", but really, wouldn't it be better if we all actually did something productive instead? Porn is the same as Jersey Shore or Ray William Johnson — they're all forms of entertainment, made for profit, and nothing more.

It's just really pure entertainment with no sentimental value in any way. People delve much into it too much at one standing. Problem is, it sucks you in as long as you are kept entertained. Just like TV, video games and music.

[ShaneK]

The shiny, plastic fleshy world of porn makes the real world seem drab and uninviting. The perfect instead of the real. It sells lies there isn't even stories anymore just sex.
When watching born I am struck by the message it so desperately attempts to communicate: sex is boring. And the more violent the porn, it seems, the more anti-sex its message.

In the end its more of a turn off than a turn on

[Amnesiac]

Fan pages of some porn sites on Facebook? :rolleyes:

But I do think the numbers are still high. Compared to others, ~12% dedicated for masturbatory aid is unsurprising. People just like porn too much for it to downsize.

That's where you're wrong. (http://arstechnica.com/web/news/2009/02/internet-traffic-report-p2p-porn-down-games-and-flash-up.ars) Even if porn isn't declining rapidly, you can't really say it's increasing either — porn's pretty much stagnated (http://trends.google.com/trends?q=porn,+sex&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0).

I don't think it's surprising that porn is starting to go limp, it had to climax at some given point.

[Continuum]

I don't think it's surprising that porn is starting to go limp, it had to climax at some given point.

I see what you got there, Commander. :P

Likewise, growth became neutral. It's already too large to grow for the internet.

[The Joker]

Prostitution and advertising are two different things.

People are losing touch with reality? I think they've always been like that because reality is pretty boring when you can be focusing on art or science or games or something else.

Sure, the porn industry is worth more than media and sports. So what? Why does that bother you?

I don't think he means literally selling sex.

ITT: a bunch of conservative prudes.

[ShaneK]

this is for one special person whom is quoted above here

por·nog·ra·phy (pôr-nŏgˈrə-fē)
noun

1. Sexually explicit pictures, writing, or other material whose primary purpose is to cause sexual arousal.
2. The presentation or production of this material.
3. Lurid or sensational material: “Recent novels about the Holocaust have kept Hitler well offstage [so as] to avoid the … pornography of the era” (Morris Dickstein).

Origin: French pornographie, from pornographe, pornographer, from Late Greek pornographos, writing about prostitutes : pornē, prostitute; see per-5 in Indo-European roots + graphein, to write; see -graphy .

Related Forms:

* pornographer por·nogˈra·pher noun

* pornographic porˌno·graphˈic (pôrˌnə-grăfˈĭk) adjective

* pornographically porˌno·graphˈi·cal·ly adverb

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

[ShaneK]

Porn is encrouching upon society as it has nowhere else to go. insidiously entering everyones lives and hardly anyone notices anymore. What use to shock is now the norm, as we get more desensitized. The world has to go to more extremes just to get the smallest reaction

[Magus]

I worship Annie Sprinkle. Porn is important, as it is educative. :yes:

[Continuum]

I worship Annie Sprinkle. Porn is important, as it is educative. :yes:

Now I'm convinced. Hail Faris! :)

[Daniel_]

Currently, I don't believe so. However, on the day when an individual takes control of the entire world through matters of filming themselves or others performing intercourse with themselves, or other sexually attractive individuals, my views may change.

[Andrew0017]

I don't watch it. I don't see the point of it. don't people have BETTER things to watch than that? and no offense, but I find it DISGUSTING

-rep me if you want but this is MY OPINION. and you may ask, how do you know it's gross if you've never watched it? well I KNOW what it is but why do I have to watch it to know what it is....>_>

I agree. I hate the idea of porn. It's disgusting and degrading. I've never looked at it and yet I know it would do nothing for me, because in my opinion, sex should be private and special, not something you should go around jacking off to. It's just plain creepy, to be honest.
I don't think porn is overtaking the world yet but I do think it is getting increasingly popular. So many people are obsessed with watching it and have addictions to it that it's getting out of control.
Like Jess said, negative rep me all you want, it's not going to bother me any. People seem to flip out on me whenever I criticize their precious porn on here...which I find pretty amusing. :rolleyes:

[Jess]

I agree. I hate the idea of porn. It's disgusting and degrading. I've never looked at it and yet I know it would do nothing for me, because in my opinion, sex should be private and special, not something you should go around jacking off to. It's just plain creepy, to be honest.
I don't think porn is overtaking the world yet but I do think it is getting increasingly popular. So many people are obsessed with watching it and have addictions to it that it's getting out of control.
Like Jess said, negative rep me all you want, it's not going to bother me any. People seem to flip out on me whenever I criticize their precious porn on here...which I find pretty amusing. :rolleyes:

yes!! someone agrees with me :D

+rep!

[Sogeking]

The shiny, plastic fleshy world of porn makes the real world seem drab and uninviting. The perfect instead of the real. It sells lies there isn't even stories anymore just sex.
When watching born I am struck by the message it so desperately attempts to communicate: sex is boring. And the more violent the porn, it seems, the more anti-sex its message.

In the end its more of a turn off than a turn on
Kind of like drugs, as your body builds tolerance, you need more just to achieve the same high.

Porn is encroaching upon society as it has nowhere else to go. insidiously entering everyones lives and hardly anyone notices anymore. What use to shock is now the norm, as we get more desensitized. The world has to go to more extremes just to get the smallest reaction

I agree with you here, the media is slowly swaying the masses that the real life is boring and to live a life of extreme should be the norm. Though I myself, haven't truly witnessed this, I wouldn't be surprised if 10-20 years the extreme does become popular.

[Amnesiac]

I don't think porn is overtaking the world yet but I do think it is getting increasingly popular. So many people are obsessed with watching it and have addictions to it that it's getting out of control.
Like Jess said, negative rep me all you want, it's not going to bother me any. People seem to flip out on me whenever I criticize their precious porn on here...which I find pretty amusing. :rolleyes:

I'm not going to neg rep you, but your argument really falls apart here. As I have shown before, porn is not getting more popular. It's also not possible to really be addicted to porn — the enjoyment that comes from porn is a temporary thing that relies strongly on hormones that are quickly exhausted. Any person can stop looking at porn any time they want to. It's not like drugs or tobacco, which use chemicals to get one psychologically addicted.

People aren't annoyed by how you criticize porn, they're annoyed by how you don't have any evidence at all to support your claims that it's "addictive" and "getting more popular". Don't automatically assume everyone defends porn because they look at it all the time. Besides, the topic is over whether porn is "taking over the world," not if you think it's disgusting or not. Debate the topic, not your personal views on the subject.

[Lasky]

The internet was, and still is, for porn. The ever expanding porn of the internet made the perfect conditons where blogs, social networking and You Tube could be born and thrive. The media becomes porn and porn gradually becomes snuff. As our world gets flooded with porn we lose sight of the real. More than half of what we see on television is porn, junk news, reality tv to name a few. Porn goes for the primitive side of our nature, we turn on and then wonder why?

Some people have a big prob defining pornography so just for you

por·nog·ra·phy (pôr-nŏgˈrə-fē)
noun

1. Sexually explicit pictures, writing, or other material whose primary purpose is to cause sexual arousal.
2. The presentation or production of this material.
3. Lurid or sensational material: “Recent novels about the Holocaust have kept Hitler well offstage [so as] to avoid the … pornography of the era” (Morris Dickstein).

Origin: French pornographie, from pornographe, pornographer, from Late Greek pornographos, writing about prostitutes : pornē, prostitute; see per-5 in Indo-European roots + graphein, to write; see -graphy .

Related Forms:

* pornographer por·nogˈra·pher noun

* pornographic porˌno·graphˈic (pôrˌnə-grăfˈĭk) adjective

* pornographically porˌno·graphˈi·cal·ly adverb

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.



You are seriously overreacting in my opinion.

[Perseus]

I haven't read through all this thread, because y'know, I don't want. In my personal opinion, porn is not taking over the world. If you want porn, you go find it. Porn does not find you. Sure, porn is not giant no-no thing to talk about, but why is that bad? And what channels do you watch that is porn? I don't see porn on t.v.

[Andrew0017]

Any person can stop looking at porn any time they want to. It's not like drugs or tobacco, which use chemicals to get one psychologically addicted.

People aren't annoyed by how you criticize porn, they're annoyed by how you don't have any evidence at all to support your claims that it's "addictive" and "getting more popular". Don't automatically assume everyone defends porn because they look at it all the time. Besides, the topic is over whether porn is "taking over the world," not if you think it's disgusting or not. Debate the topic, not your personal views on the subject.

Actually there is a such thing as a porn addict...
http://www.sexualrecovery.com/pornography-addiction.php
Also, from what I read, a few others were voicing their opinions. I see no reason not to voice mine as well. I'm sorry that I went off topic.
But back to the discussion, I do think it is taking over the world as more and more people feel the need to incorporate it into their lives. It's much more popular now than it was even 10 years ago,

[Perseus]

Actually there is a such thing as a porn addict...
http://www.sexualrecovery.com/pornography-addiction.php
Also, from what I read, a few others were voicing their opinions. I see no reason not to voice mine as well. I'm sorry that I went off topic.
But back to the discussion, I do think it is taking over the world as more and more people feel the need to incorporate it into their lives. It's much more popular now than it was even 10 years ago,

Because people have easy access to it. Guys like boobs, so guys will look at them if they can. Humans are attracted to nudity. It shouldn't be seen as some act of crime because one wants to see another naked. And yeah, Justin, people do get addicted to porn, as do people get addicted to masturbation.

And Andrew0017, what makes it bad that people want to look at porn? You do realize it is actually to healthy to ejaculate regularly?

[ShaneK]

Porn is bigger than just the net, mags and lil movies. Its the over sexualisation of the world were talking about ya know. There is so much more to it than that - the impact on society our psychology and reality. It is becoming more encompassing as we become more desensitized to the extreme.

[Perseus]

Its the over sexualisation of the world were talking about not just lil movies and mags ya know. There is so much more to it than that - the impact on society our psychology and reality.

You're blowing it out of proportion, though. Everyone is not like, "herp derp, all I care about it sex." Sex is such a huge topic because it's so taboo. People want to do it, etc. because it's taboo. And sex feels good. Us, as humans, like to do things that feel good.

[ShaneK]

Persus i agree with you totally, i love sex. Its more than that though. Slowly our world is becoming more sexualised. Porn has to become more extreme as the mainstream media edges closer to porn. Children are sexualised more lil kids lookin like sluts wit make up on, that aint right. Sex is used to sell more slowly more explicitly.

Sex is an important and natural part of our lives. But being used the way it is it's changing the way we live our lifes.

[Perseus]

Porn has to become more extreme as the mainstream media edges closer to porn.

Eh, I'm not sure about this. I don't know anyone personally who watches "extreme" porn. And I agree with the little kids looking like sluts, but that's where it comes down to the parent.

[ShaneK]

Porn (like sex to some people) is taboo. It needs to grab our attention somehow in a world of hot fleshy offerings that are often so indistinguishable from one another. I know sex sells, hell we all know. More and more the illusion of being able to buy into being sexy is being pushed. People are becoming more interested in sex, nuffin wrong with that.

But when the world as a whole is through, fashion, arts and the general media its reshaping our world.

[Jean Poutine]

The internet was, and still is, for porn.

when i was young it was late night softcore TV specials that satisfied those urges. you gonna try to argue TV is for porn?

The ever expanding porn of the internet made the perfect conditons where blogs, social networking and You Tube could be born and thrive.

that's a really long shot, i hope you can back it up.

*waits*

oh okay.

The media becomes porn and porn gradually becomes snuff.

i fail to see how media becomes porn. porn has a place in media because it's an easy, quick way of diffusing material to loads of people. sports results also have that place for that exact same reason.

quick, hide before media becomes sports matches results!

As our world gets flooded with porn we lose sight of the real.

speak for yourself. there are still a lot of people out there who can distinguish between fictive entertainment and real life.

are we so dense as a species that we must all be considered as 11 years olds that think harry potter is real?

More than half of what we see on television is porn, junk news, reality tv to name a few.

source or gtfo

Porn goes for the primitive side of our nature, we turn on and then wonder why?

why should we wonder why? it's exactly as you said it is.

lust will always be a factor. a graffiti in a roman city was translated as attributing the war of troy to helen of troy's vagina.

porn was known to the ancients and probably invented right after humans had their first signs of cognition. we're not going to change right now because you think it's time to.

[ShaneK]

I shall answer each of your points in more detail, just for you.

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The internet was, and still is, for porn.
when i was young it was late night softcore TV specials that satisfied those urges. you gonna try to argue TV is for porn?

an academic paper on internet porn
weis2010.econinfosec.org/papers/session2/weis2010_wondracek.pdf

FYI TV has channels for porn. Internet pornography catered primarily to the individual male's niche desires. Jerk-off fantasies were the dominant leitmotifs of the early internet its raison d'etre.

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The ever expanding porn of the internet made the perfect conditons where blogs, social networking and You Tube could be born and thrive.
that's a really long shot, i hope you can back it up.

*waits*

oh okay.

the idea of people showing flesh online is prevalent on social networking sites check the porn tube sites. Everyone liking things because everyone else does. It is just so unreal. An internet search will make my point. The number of sites with pornagraphic images of individuals who later just hook up.

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The media becomes porn and porn gradually becomes snuff.
i fail to see how media becomes porn. porn has a place in media because it's an easy, quick way of diffusing material to loads of people. sports results also have that place for that exact same reason.

quick, hide before media becomes sports matches results!

a lil lame, surely. popular culture example 2 girls 1 cup. yea its sick but its got into popular culture. But that is an extreme example. I aint even gona cite examples just check wiki and there are enough academic papers on the subject. An people can make their own observations.

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As our world gets flooded with porn we lose sight of the real.
speak for yourself. there are still a lot of people out there who can distinguish between fictive entertainment and real life.

are we so dense as a species that we must all be considered as 11 years olds that think harry potter is real? Some people couldn't stand life away from the fictional planet pandora in avatar. Some got depressed some killed themselves. They could not tell real from fiction.

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More than half of what we see on television is porn, junk news, reality tv to name a few.
source or gtfo

Another time I will give you a full tv run-down. Manipulation of social consciousness through mass media By Saida Arifkhanova - Online Journal.
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Porn goes for the primitive side of our nature, we turn on and then wonder why?
why should we wonder why? it's exactly as you said it is.

lust will always be a factor. a graffiti in a roman city was translated as attributing the war of troy to helen of troy's vagina.

porn was known to the ancients and probably invented right after humans had their first signs of cognition. we're not going to change right now because you think it's time to.

My point is with the over-sexualization of media, the lurid and sensational. Porn has its place, just not so influencing. After all its

For you later I will gives you a full lenght history of sex in culture. As for what you sai of me I wonder if you have been sealed in a box for a decade or so.

[Sith Lord 13]

Actually there is a such thing as a porn addict...
http://www.sexualrecovery.com/pornography-addiction.php
Also, from what I read, a few others were voicing their opinions. I see no reason not to voice mine as well. I'm sorry that I went off topic.
But back to the discussion, I do think it is taking over the world as more and more people feel the need to incorporate it into their lives. It's much more popular now than it was even 10 years ago,

There's also such a thing as a food addiction (http://www.allaboutlifechallenges.org/food-addiction.htm). Does that make food bad? No. Anyone can become psychologically addicted to anything.

[ShaneK]

True anyone can be addicted to anything, we all have different thresholds. I have a few addictions myself I don't dispute the validity of what you sai.

As for Andrew, yes we can all see it (well most of) happening around us, yet people choose to ignore it like its inevitable

[Andrew0017]

Because people have easy access to it. Guys like boobs, so guys will look at them if they can. Humans are attracted to nudity. It shouldn't be seen as some act of crime because one wants to see another naked. And yeah, Justin, people do get addicted to porn, as do people get addicted to masturbation.

And Andrew0017, what makes it bad that people want to look at porn? You do realize it is actually to healthy to ejaculate regularly?

Well, I think it comes down to whether or not you personally like that sort of thing. I happen to think sex is private, and why would I want to watch two people doing it, and the part that really gets me is... It's not even real! I don't know, the idea just doesn't sound appealing. And I ejaculate regularly... I've been in a committed relationship for over two years... You do the math.

[The Dark Lord]

I agree. I hate the idea of porn. It's disgusting and degrading. I've never looked at it and yet I know it would do nothing for me, because in my opinion, sex should be private and special, not something you should go around jacking off to. It's just plain creepy, to be honest.
I don't think porn is overtaking the world yet but I do think it is getting increasingly popular. So many people are obsessed with watching it and have addictions to it that it's getting out of control.
Like Jess said, negative rep me all you want, it's not going to bother me any. People seem to flip out on me whenever I criticize their precious porn on here...which I find pretty amusing. :rolleyes:

Ah, the false sense of moral superiority that accompanies anyone criticising porn.
I don't care whether or not anyone watches porn, it an individuals decision and no-one should judge them.

[Andrew0017]

Ah, the false sense of moral superiority that accompanies anyone criticising porn.
I don't care whether or not anyone watches porn, it an individuals decision and no-one should judge them.

I never said I was judging anyone. Merely stating my opinion, for the umpteenth time.

[The Dark Lord]

I never said I was judging anyone. Merely stating my opinion, for the umpteenth time.

You described it as "disgusting and degrading" and described anyone who watches it as "creepy". You clearly have judged people who watch porn.

[Andrew0017]

You described it as "disgusting and degrading" and described anyone who watches it as "creepy". You clearly have judged people who watch porn.

To me, porn is disgusting, degrading and creepy. Whether or not somebody wants to watch it is completely up to them.

[ShaneK]

As i explained porn is just more than sex and eroticism, its the sensational and lurid. I have never needed to view or look at porn myself. But for many its their only sexual outlet. Better they look at porn than rape or something worse.

[The Dark Lord]

To me, porn is disgusting, degrading and creepy. Whether or not somebody wants to watch it is completely up to them.

How? its perfectly legal and pleasurable. How would you react if someone said what you did was disgusting, degrading and creepy?

[Andrew0017]

How? its perfectly legal and pleasurable. How would you react if someone said what you did was disgusting, degrading and creepy?

Because I don't want to watch two people faking sex in order to "pleasure myself." There's really no other way for me to explain it. I just have no desire to look at it.
And honestly? I wouldn't care. Everybody's entitled to their opinion and not everyone's going to agree with what I do or think.

[ShaneK]

it's not always faked, its a job like any other

[Andrew0017]

it's not always faked, its a job like any other

Still. The point is, I have no desire to watch that.

[ShaneK]

nor do i, but i don't condemn those who wish to watch legal porn. I don't condone porn myself. I said before When watching hardcore porn, one is struck by the message it so desperately attempts to communicate: sex is boring. And the more violent the porn, it seems, the more anti-sex its message.

Its more than just that. Advertising relies increasingly on turn-on and tune-out. In many retail outlets the staff look like models. Your not just buying a product or service, your becoming one of the sexy beautiful people. It is this desire they cash in on.

[Korashk]

Shane, it's spelled "say" not "sai." "Say" is a form of the word "said," a "sai" is a weapon that ninjas use.

[Charleigh]

personally, i think that some people just like the thrill of fantasizing over it! i wouldnt say its becoming very popular, but i would say that some things have sexual content. for example, on advertisments on the telly, you often see women that are revealing themselfs in a very sexual way, to interest the viewers in the product, but i wouldnt call that porn. but thats my opinoin!

also ... i would much rather have a intamate realationship with someone face to face, than to watch them and video them all the time. so in other words, i would much rather experience it with someone, than to watch some randomers doing it!

[deadpie]

Its sex used to sell to everyone. All of us becoming whores selling ourselves to everyone else in an increasingly dumb world. People are losing touch with reality and themselves. Porn is worth more than media and sports combined now, it ain't gonna stop growing either. The world is becoming more sexualized.

False.

With torrents and such PORN BUSINESSES have been actually going bankrupt! It's harder then ever now for porn stars to make as much money as they did when the internet was just starting up.

And what's wrong with the world becoming more interested in sex? Oh, pleasure is bad now.

Many people that have sexual urges turn to porn because they can't find anyone for themselves. I'd rather have someone fapping to porn on the internet other then them becoming so desperate that they slip rohypnol into my drink.

[Charleigh]

sex is a natural act, watching porn is a common hobby for some. thats it.