The Porn Myth
The Porn Myth-Naomi Wolf
Naomi Wolf does an interesting take on some old theories about porn and the effect of it on society. Many have contended that porn teaches you to objectify women and treat them only as sex objects.
Naomi Wolf has instead, related porn to fast food. Cheap, readily available, most of it of bad quality. Since it is "junk" it takes more of it to fill you up, and leaves even less space for real food, or outside the analogy, real women and real sex.
She contends that porn has actually deadened the male libido with regard to real women. Additionally real women can't compete with porn images and thus can barely get a man's attention.
Give it a read, toss in two cents, let me know what you think. I've personally always appreciated the different approach Naomi Wolf brings to things even though I only ever agree with about half of her views.
Nick
Naomi Wolf does an interesting take on some old theories about porn and the effect of it on society. Many have contended that porn teaches you to objectify women and treat them only as sex objects.
Naomi Wolf has instead, related porn to fast food. Cheap, readily available, most of it of bad quality. Since it is "junk" it takes more of it to fill you up, and leaves even less space for real food, or outside the analogy, real women and real sex.
She contends that porn has actually deadened the male libido with regard to real women. Additionally real women can't compete with porn images and thus can barely get a man's attention.
Give it a read, toss in two cents, let me know what you think. I've personally always appreciated the different approach Naomi Wolf brings to things even though I only ever agree with about half of her views.
Nick
Comments
Porn should be something enjoyed together with a girl. Our society's refusal to allow men to appreciate women as sexual beings out in the open has driven porn underground. It's a multi-fvcking-billion dollar industry and isn't going away. The religious nuts need to realize that.
I liked this quote:
"...pornography did breach the dike...."
Originally posted by thuh Freak
well, one thing she seems to forget is only with a live woman can there be coitus.
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Ok. How does this work?
Originally posted by Blue Shift
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Ok. How does this work?
Sounds like a case for anal sex.
Originally posted by Blue Shift
but anal is not genital
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It could be if she's face down and your sac is rubbing against her genitals!
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Originally posted by Blue Shift
but anal is not genital
I did see this picture once... no, no... it's too painful to remember!
Definitely no women were exploited in the making of this picture.
Such is the life of an engineer.
By the way, I'm still at work right now. (10:16PM EST)
gen·i·tal
1. Of or relating to biological reproduction.
Guy seduces woman.
Woman get topless.
Gives guy a BJ.
Guy gives it doggy style.
Guy gives it in position 2.
Guy gives it in position 3.
Guy finishes on her face.
Not necessarily in that order.
After 1001 times... YAWN...
Originally posted by trumptman
She contends that porn has actually deadened the male libido with regard to real women. Additionally real women can't compete with porn images and thus can barely get a man's attention.
Hi Nick - well, it's you guys who have to say whether you think porn has deadened your libidos, right? So, what do you guys think? Has it? Maybe for some it has, and for some it hasn't.
I had never been to a porn site until three weeks ago. At first I thought it was gross and disgusting; I think because some of the pictures/video clips made sex seem sleazy, and I don't think of it that way. But I didn't check out too many 'categories', because the 3-6 minute clips took forever to load, and I didn't have that much time or patience. (I guess I need broadband, huh?)
I watched female orgasms from two inches away, which is something I had never seen before. (Btw, can I talk about this stuff here? If not, maybe a mod can send me a pm and I'll delete...OK?) And though I didn't get to too much of the site, I don't personally have a problem with what I saw.
I think there can be mixed effects from porn. If it helps make guys more knowledgeable/skilled/adventurous lovers, then I say 'hooray'! That can only be good - for everyone.
If women can't handle the competition from porn stars, maybe they need to get to the gym and get into shape. Anyone can be in good shape, with some time and effort...male and female. Getting into shape can only be for the good, right?
And, of course, there 'are' nice things a real woman can do for a guy that a video clip or his own hand can't.
My one concern is something I read that Ted Bundy said before he was executed. He said, just days before his execution, that porn was what caused him to abduct, rape and murder all those women. He said porn made him need greater and greater stimulation to get off, so he became a serial killer. I thought that was pretty ****ing alarming. And if those were the effects porn had on him, I imagine similar need for 'increased stimulation' could happen to others.
What do you guys think?
Carol
Anyway, I don't think porn is a bad thing at all, that being said, I do believe that it is used in the wrong way. It can be an awesome thing for married couples to enjoy together, but it is abused everyday by millions of men and women too. I am an advocate of abstinence before marriage and I think that porn tends to ruin that for a lot of people. I don't want to go as far as to say that it encourages sex, but I don't know exactly how to end this thought. I believe the human body is an incredibly beautiful thing, one that should be enjoyed and cherished by everyone, but porn abuses it.
Originally posted by Carol A
If women can't handle the competition from porn stars, maybe they need to get to the gym and get into shape. Anyone can be in good shape, with some time and effort...male and female. Getting into shape can only be for the good, right?
With all due respect, are you going to tell me that you've never felt unjustly pressured to look like a cover girl? If you are, you've got to be the exception, not the rule. I think society does have an ideal body image, and women shouldn't have to succumb to it just because they feel unjustly guilty about it. Yes, exercising is generally good. But what about the woman who exercises and still doesn't look thin, nevermind look like a movie star? That type of woman might always feel pressured and no amount of exercise could change that. So I think your conclusion is rather naïve, especially coming from a woman, the sex that probably feels the pressure of an ideal body image more than a man. Of course all of that is changing as more men are pressured to do the same. Right Nick?
guys are either born with it or they're not. nothing you can do about it if you're on the short end of the stick so to speak.
and nothing you have to do if you aren't.