THE PORNO-IZATION OF AMERICAN MEDIA AND MARKETING

Advertising Age ^ | 1.26.04 | T.L. Stanley

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

As for the rest, I can't really think of any example where actual pornography appears in supermarkets, billboards or television (at least, not regular television).

Some of those checkout magazine covers come fairly close ("Nine easy ways to make him hot!", etc.)

[Modernman]

Some of those checkout magazine covers come fairly close ("Nine easy ways to make him hot!", etc.)

Yup, but by pornography, I mean pictures of naked people in sexual situations or pornographic stories. A few titilating words is not enough, IMHO.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Yup, but by pornography, I mean pictures of naked people in sexual situations or pornographic stories. A few titilating words is not enough, IMHO.

Still not something I'd want my little brats to see if I had any little brats. "Daddy, how do I make my friend Dwayne 'hot?'"

[TheBigB]

For some folks, the underwear ads in the newspapers are porn. These folks still wear full-body swimsuits with caps and stockings. :)

[antiRepublicrat]

Why else would he squander his talent and educational background in this slimeball industry?

Money? Still, what a waste.

[Helms]

I had to attend a wedding with John Bobbit and Ron Jeremy

Whoa! That's quite a weird thing that happened to you and when was this? He actually carries a diary cataloging everyone he meets and gets phone numbers. He is a now rather pretty pathetic older man trying to get attention, still. Betcha he knows Jack Nicholson and Dennis Hopper and Charlie Sheen pretty well.

[Helms]

I'm on cable.

Boy is this interesting and I suspect it will not be the full 1080i but less than that but wow.

"A lot of the girls are not that pretty. You can only do so much with hair and makeup," English said in an interview"

Boy are they lying. I suspect they are paying some of these gals thousands of bucks per shoot. And maybe now they can transition into mainstream movies.

They are still tacky when it comes to production but what if they start doing CGI?

This is a fascinating article although I intend to pass but this will be eye candy for some.

[squarebarb]

You got that right. Not only are men made to feel entitled, with the constant presence of near-porn everywhere, but now the endless ads inviting us to enlarge our penises. Voiced in sultry tones. Who suffers? Kids. A society that sexualizes everything has abandoned its children. Note the articles this evening concerning teachers arrested and bestiality in Sweden. And the usual porn-lovers flocking to this thread.

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

I worked for a radio station and a couple won a contest for a free wedding. The prize was to have Ron Jeremy as the best man and John Bobbitt was the minister. I couldn't believe that I was there, but it was part of my job. Jeremy smells really bad. He piles on the cologne and he is just a big overbearing slob.

[JoJo Gunn]

I wasn't going to add to this thread, but I'll not let you slam someone while in one breath saying porno sewage doesn't come outta nowhere, implying that you have to seek it out, and then when confronted you'll allude someone isn't smart enough to use spyware.

I mean, why have a need for spyware if the sewage doesn't exist?

You like that crap, fine, but don't lie about it's pervasiveness.

[Modernman]

I wasn't going to add to this thread, but I'll not let you slam someone while in one breath saying porno sewage doesn't come outta nowhere, implying that you have to seek it out, and then when confronted you'll allude someone isn't smart enough to use spyware.

I found it unusual that the poster was getting popups without visiting adult sites. To me, that implies that they had spyware on their computer and I was just making a suggestion as to how to deal with the problem. Any other implication was purely in your mind.

[JoJo Gunn]

Let's recap, shall we?

"I'll grant you the internet pop-ups, but you only get those if you go on adult sites. They don't come out of nowhere."

A friend of mine has a 12 year old son who likes to surf sites about skateboarding and cheat codes for Playstation and the X-Box, etc. More than once he's hit sites where those sewage popups appear, sometimes the page enlarged so that you can't click and close it out, and the only remedy is a control-al-delete or a shutdown. Some people don't know what to do in times like that. That trash tactic aimed at kids alone is well documented, and I can provide some. No doubt you'd like that.

As already stated, if you like that sewage, I can't stop you. But your defense don't wash.

[Slings and Arrows]

Try Pop-Up Stopper. Freeware from http://www.panicware.com/ Works wonders.

[Hillarys nightmare]

I understand all too well what you are saying and know that it is true!
I have withheld saying anything about this post, but here goes!
Porn is a Perverse Art form that takes a Normal and even necessary human function, that was meant to be private, beautiful, wonderful, and special for 2 committed people of the opposite sex, and turns it into something vile,ugly, and disgustingly shameful!
There have been numerous studies that prove that porn alters how young men perceive themselves sexually, and also the opposite sex. I can attest to the truth of this, due to promiscuousness in my youth. There wasn't much that I didn't do, and allot of it was inspiration that I had received from smut magazines. God I hate the things that I did, because I knew it was wrong when I did it, but felt I had to in order to prove I was a man. Or so I believed!
It wasn't until I had married a woman whom I truly was committed to that I began to understand what good and Wholesome sex really was! I have never looked at porn since! I don't need it, and I am enjoying what God has given me to the fullest with the woman I married, and have been for 20 years! In fact, I am now revolted to even think about looking at any man and woman in pictures, engaged in a sexual act.

For many who see Porn, it becomes an insidious drug that eats at their mind and perverts their conscience. I know such people! It renders them unable to see sex as the the gift that it is, but makes sex seem as a low level form of entertainment!
I have lived long enough to know that this is an evil art form, because I have not only witnessed it's destructiveness, but so has ancient societies!

So what if you think it's harmless? I also know several women who have aborted babies, and they were consenting adults! Who do the dead babies have to accuse? How about the current sufferer's of Aid and those who have died from Aids? Have no Porn stars died from aids? What about all the sexually screwed up people who have a perverted sexual outlook. Not to mention the broken homes, and the children of those homes.
You don't think porn may have played a part in any of it? May be not, but I wouldn't be a bit surprised to learn that it didn't at least exacerbate the problems. You want to indulge your senses in it? Go ahead at your own peril. You can't say that you haven't been warned now!

[Hillarys nightmare]

Please forgive me if it seems my comments in my previous post were directed at you.
I got carried away , and was directing my comments at those who want to justify their indulgence of the crap!

[JoJo Gunn]

I've seen the tattooed testaments to plastic surgery and body piercings, the same old yawn inducing camera angles, and heard the library of overdubbed moans and groans. But not once have I ever seen actual and real passion, the unmistakable whatever it is which draws a man and woman together like no other power on earth.

It might temporarily stir the blood, but it'll never give you the feeling of being in touch with the Eternal.