A 2003 article from the New York Magazine titled "The Porn Myth" provides interesting commentary. The author details her conversations with students on college campuses concerning the effects of the pornification of society.
The author points out that pornography has not led to the objectification of women, but rather men are now unsatisfied with women because they are not porn worth. There is certainly a case to be made that both are true, but this article focused on the disconnect men feel to women, and the lack of measuring up that women feel as a result of pornography.
Young people today learn about sex from pornography - young men specifically learn to expect certain looks, images, and behaviors that are horribly skewed and unrealistic. College girls described never being able to "measure up"; if a girl doesn't act like a porn star she won't be able to hold onto a guy.
The young men said that porn teaches them nothing about how to have a relationship with a real woman. The most striking comment was in response to a question about loneliness. "Mostly," said the author" "when I ask about loneliness, a deep, sad silence descends on audiences of young men and young women alike. They know they are lonely together, even when conjoined, and that this imagery is a big part of that loneliness.
The author goes on to say that porn opposition may not come just from moral perspective, but from physical and emotional perspectives as well. "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."
Pornography has raped healthy sexuality of its beautiful and sacred nature. It has debased human relationships; individuals feel alone, even when together.
The author tells of one young man who says he has sex with girls right from the start ". . .just to get it over with. You know it’s going to happen anyway, and it gets rid of the tension."
The author responded “Isn’t the tension kind of fun? Doesn’t that also get rid of the mystery?”
“Mystery?” He looked at me blankly. And then, without hesitating, he replied: “I don’t know what you’re talking about. Sex has no mystery.'"
Since this article was written four years ago things have only gotten worse. The porndemic is and will continue to have dramatic and previously unseen effects on our world. We must do something now to prevent the absolute pornification of future generations.
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