Porn doesn't kill, except on CSI. But it sure can dull your real world sexual sense. Naomi Wolf of New York Magazine even proposes that it turns some men off the real thing.
The Porn Myth
For most of human history, erotic images have been reflections of, or celebrations of, or substitutes for, real naked women. For the first time in human history, the images’ power and allure have supplanted that of real naked women. Today, real naked women are just bad porn...Click to read full article.
But it's harmless, just for fun, or perhaps even healthy right?
Perhaps not says Time.com
The Porn Factor
The question is, Can even recreational use be unhealthy? A 2003 online study by Texas Christian University found that the more pornography men watch, the more likely they are to describe women in sexualized terms and categorize women in traditional gender roles. Mark Schwartz, director of the Masters and Johnson clinic in St. Louis, Mo., says porn not only causes men to objectify women--seeing them as an assemblage of breasts, legs and buttocks--but also leads to a dependency on visual imagery for arousal. "Men become like computers, unable to be stimulated by the human beings beside them," he says. "The image of a lonely, isolated man masturbating to his computer is the Willy Loman metaphor of our decade."Click for full article.
Oh, Willy.
Sunday, January 25, 2009
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here is my problem with this... do guys who view porn more often ALREADY objectify women (which leads them to view porn more often in lieu of pursuing something with a pulse) OR did they have healthy views of women that were warped by over-exposure to porn? Methinks the former.
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