[Ecumenic] Sexual Junk Food: Porn's Degrading Effects

CBN ^ | Tuesday, June 29, 2010 | Paul Strand

[GonzoII]

WASHINGTON -- A group of scholars, social scientists, and psychologists are sounding alarm bells that pornography is much more harmful to society than most people think.

The group recently revealed before the National Press Club startling new evidence of how widespread porn has become in the U.S.

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[GonzoII]

"pornography has begun a widespread warping in many Americans' private lives."

The end effect is the culture at large.

[MEGoody]

A group of scholars, social scientists, and psychologists are sounding alarm bells that pornography is much more harmful to society than most people think.

I'm quite sure they will be ostracized by their peers because of this.

[Perdogg]

The problem is how do you objectively define porn?

[Teacher317]

“You know it when you see it” is the best our legal minds have come up with in 200 years. Definitely not easy!

[Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus]

Cueing libertarians to complain that the Religious Right is trying to take away their nudie books in 5...4...3...

[Perdogg]

we have a legal definition, but how does one do a scientific study that cannot accurately defines something that may be “harmful”?

[Banjoguy]

"Particularly on the Internet, where much of pornography today is consumed, the type of sexuality depicted often has more to do with violence, extreme fetishes, and mutual degradation than with fun, much less with sexual or emotional connection," Paul wrote.

.....needed repeating.

[LiberConservative]

And? Evangelical Christians have been warning us of this since the Internet went mainstream.

[traumer]

Get ready for the SWITCH !

[mkjessup]

The problem is how do you objectively define porn?

Anything that you would be ashamed for your Mother to see you reading in the bathroom.

[central_va]

Porn's Degrading Effects

Too much can cause blindness....

[Nonstatist]

One should be judged by their actions, not their thoughts. Thats got to be the bottom line in all of this.

[Future Snake Eater]

Yet that is the best definition of it, and it’s pretty much universal. But the “clearly define it first” crowd are just using that as a shield to defend their habit. Sad, but that’s how our society is now.

[DJ MacWoW]

The problem is how do you objectively define porn?

Do you want to stand in front of your Maker reading it?

[Bull Man]

Anything that you would be ashamed for your Mother to see you reading in the bathroom...

If my mother is liberal then National Review falls into that category!

[stuartcr]

I don’t think you do, unless you want to turn over power to someone to do your thinking/feeling for you.

[GonzoII]

"One should be judged by their actions, not their thoughts. Thats got to be the bottom line in all of this."

Of course, the viewing of pornography is an action. ;0)

[stuartcr]

Well it’s sure not like He doesn’t already know, is it?

[GonzoII]

"Do you want to stand in front of your Maker reading it?"

That should settle it.