(1) It rots the mind. (2) It rots the spirit. (3) It interferes with genuine sexual intimacy.
So how is it different than network TV, Romance novels and Pop music?
My theory is that the real source of anti-porn sentiments are that:
Porn in most uses is probably still sinful, but then so is 50 shades of grey and the programming on the lifetime channel. But only porn gets the vitriolic responses.
It's not.
My theory is that the real source of anti-porn sentiments are that:
Wives feel like they have to work at being better in bed when they would rather not. Also they have to pay more attention to their appearance.
WRONG!!!!!
How would MEN like being compared to some handsome movie star and being told that they are coming up short?
And based on what I see walking on the streets in general, I don't see a lot of men who seem to care much about THEIR appearance?
Sex is a lever of control for women over men, especially wives over their husbands and porn neutralizes that control.
Not necessarily so. I know that some women do use it as such, but a woman who's husband is meeting her emotional needs isn't going to have that problem.
Porn is a male expression of sexual desire, where romance novels and the lifetime channel are female expressions: feminists condemn male sexuality while embracing the female desires.
Sadly true. The thing that so many seem to not realize is that for women sex is more about emotional fulfillment than physical fulfillment. Women will get that from romance novels. That's why they are so popular over simply viewing sex.
Either way, it short changes relationship and puts unrealistic expectations on BOTH parties. Women for not looking or acting like a porn star, and men for not acting like the romancer in the novels or soap stories.
The church has not recovered from a thousand years of tepidly condemning sex and veneration of celibacy creating a guilt complex over real intimacy.
I have to agree but you'll be hearing about it from some who still think that way.
Porn is like the term abuse, it has no fixed meaning so that discontent wives can always have something to feel offend and threatened about and therefor can maintain their life of drama.
If men are getting their sexual fulfillment from someone or something besides their wives, those woman have a legitimate reason to feel offended and threatened.
Pron destroys relationships.
It's the mans job to be the provider and protector of the family and if he abdicates that role, he has no one to blame but himself for the consequences.
A woman's self-esteem is often tied to how her husband views her as being attractive and desirable and if he's sending her signals that she's not, by viewing porn, then he is not providing for her needs nor protecting their marriage.