pornography

             Today there are many controversial ideas on pornography. Mens
             views of women are warped by the dominating and explicit scenes of
             pornography. The community can find adult entertainment stores on almost
             every corner and everywhere on the Internet. Women feel pornography
             degrades them in the eyes of men and may have an affect on their position in
             society. Pornography victimizes women by changing men's views towards
             them, by selling and advertising magazines with nude women on the cover in
             every corner store in America, and showing women to be sexual toys that are
             Many men's views towards women are affected as they see more and
             more pornography. Men get accustomed to seeing women used as toys
             instead of people in the community. University of Virginia law and
             psychiatry Professor Park Elliot Dietz states, "A person who learned about
             human sexuality in the 'adults only' outlets of America would be a person
             who had never conceived of a man and a women marrying or even falling in
             love before having intercourse, who had never conceived of tender foreplay,
             and who had never conceived of procreation as a purpose of sexual union.
             Instead such a person would be one who had learned that sex at most meant
             sex with one's children, stepchildren, parents, siblings, pets, and with
             neighbors, plumbers, salesmen, burglars, and peepers."(Somerville, 3)
             Dr. Michael Stevenson found that much of the sexually violent material
             people see carries the message that even if a women seems to be disinterested
             or repulsed, her need to be dominated will ultimately result in her becoming
             turned on once overpowered by her male assailant.(Murray, 5) Edwin Meese
             asserts that pornography no only harms the individual taking part in it, but it
             also has an effect on the entire community. A frequently cited 1988 FBI
             study found that eighty-one percent of violent sexual offenders reg...

More Essays:

APA     MLA     Chicago
pornography. (1969, December 31). In MegaEssays.com. Retrieved 04:30, March 29, 2024, from https://www.megaessays.com/viewpaper/50203.html