I was in an argument with this guy I know and he claimed that porn lower violence and the likelihood of rapes – is this true, can porn have any good sides ?
Man who lives in glass house dresses in basement
In college I read a book called "Pornography And Censorship" by David Copp and Susan Wendell.
It's whole slant was that porn caused violence and they used statistic to prove it.
If you actually read the book and think about the statistic they present you realize that a quarter century of feminism was based on these studies and then you realize how flawed the studies actually are.
This stuff is silly. It is the foundation of all these so called studies on aggression that motivates idiots like Hannover/Ghouliani administration. One of the stupidest studies involved showing a violent pornographic film to both a male and then a female. They noted that the woman got as aggressive as did the male. To show you how biased these idiots were they speculated that the women were identifying with the victim and were incensed. Talk about projection eh? If there is one thing I know from living with my girl it is that she has more violent thoughts towards women then I ever did. Feminism takes some data and distorts it. It is a game. It is the ultimate stalker. It is stalking the male sex. It is a control mechanism to return us to Alpha Male mentality of the Gorillia herds of one male and nine females. If these morons can show that men are somehow objectiviely more violent... well then you can justify a police state. Anyone who lived in New York City in the 90's and saw Ghouliani go after the Porn industry like he did would see the real aggression. And it wasn't coming from Porn. The aggression came out any way it could... racism... you name it. It was just a good old Alpha Male standing up for the Gorilla harem of overstimulated Gorilla women. The fact is that women have as many violent feelings towards women as men do. and the data that was interpreted in the study was overlooked so that they could come to their own conclusions. The women were not feeling victimized by the aggressive Porn... the women were enjoying the high of a virtual power. But this is not related to our issue exactly... (but it kind of is) The reason I bring it up is because it is an illustrated example of feminist literature based on so called "scientific studies" where the data is interpreted the way the scientists want it.
Anyone who has been to high school knows that the girls tease and the boys hit. No self righteous study like the ones by Susan Wendell can change my memory of 33 years of my life. "CALL A SPADE A SPADE". The reason psychoanalysis is so lost these days is we are turning it into a statistical science. It just is not that kind of thing. People don't test the way they act in life. The reason Freud's analysis is so useful even today (even when he is wrong) is that he just went out there and wrote what happened. He never creates controlled environments. When we start with the institutional statistics and experiments, the end result will always be what the institution wants to prove. Is it no wonder a generation of young boys were forced on Prozac. I guess the studies said that they would behave better.... but the studies could not see the long term result. They couldn't realize that these little boys were just being little boys... not girls. In the case of Prozac the industry wanted to sell drugs... and the studies proved what they wanted to see. That is my first point. My second point is how could there be studies of violent offenders when by nature would not be able to be observed. Sorry that is bullshit. Have you ever seen the way Hilary Clinton conducts herself on T.V.. Do you think G.W.Bush would get away with behaving like she does? We accept her behavior as being feminine and then she pushes back a double standard of claiming she is there to break boundaries. Your not allowed to say anything. and the elitists online will tease me endlessly for pointing this out. But when the people go to that polls in November you will see who feels a certain violence coming from certain parties.
I'm not claiming that violence isn't a more male crime. What I'm claiming is that in the same vein Cyberbullying is a female trait. It is "TEASING" magnified. Out culture just does not have the history with the internet to deal with it yet legally and sociologically. But it is an offense that is happening.
To project violence into the male conscience in relation to porn is foolish. The are plenty of less direct acts of violence perpetrated by women and they are destructive and unrelated to visual sexuality, but rather related to power. If anything porn gives power to men and therefor makes them less desperate to commit an act of violence.
Professor Polinski from Stanford Law School
Why rape someone if already getting off? Most people who rape are not committing a sexual act, but rather are involved in an act of power. You would have to be a minority type of rapist to actually enjoy the act of it... and you would have to be a repeat offender to get to that point. Chances are these repeat offenders are not watching a lot of porn because it would take a tremendous amount of effort to avoid the arms of the law. Pornography gives the voyeur a sense of power, therefor lessoning the reason for power based aggression. The Gloria Steinem analysis is far off! It is frightening that these opinions are being toyed with by the law. Case in point would be the Giuliani administration... who spent a lot of energy doing the bidding of his fascist X-wife and feminist Donna Hanover. New York erupted into a test case for police brutality and oppression as a result. While petty crimes decreased, infrastructural violence increased. It might also help to understand the nature of libidinal energy. A read of the "Accursed Share" by Georges Bataille might be of help in understanding the nature of excess sexual energy and it's need for waste.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accursed_share
" You are as happy , as you ought to be "
Like all things, moderation in everything drink, food, pills, excercise, jesus. Yes there are positive sides it keeps most men at home in front of there computers and tv's without running the streets possibly drunk or high acting out rapes and child molestations. Alot of parents also think if there kids are gonna get high or drink they'd rather them do it at home so as not to harm or injure other folks. Hope this helps. Best wishes
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