Pornography exploits women and has no redeeming social value. It commoditizes sex and objectifies women.

The problem I see with porn is that it desensitizes us towards what is beautiful or normal or realistic! What is beautiful is the human body, not a ton of plastic and silicone.

although im addicted to it i do believe it damages the perception we have of women Although i dont subscribe to the taboo feelings some have about Sex i do realize the damage seeing women as sex tools can be hurtful.the porn has become more degrading and lower nature thruout the years so yeah id rather make homemeade porn and watch it on my own time ..the best way to indulge

Yes.

I would get SO much more work done if it were not for porn, and I would learn so much more. I got addicted to it, and now it wastes a few hours of my day everyday.

People who like porn [as opposed to healthy relationships with real women etc.,are inadequate in themselves and in their ability to have overall creative relationships ,fullstop.Their animal ,lower selve is overactivated and will result in the long run in them losing their status as a human being .What goes around come around,so you will become a victim of sexual exploitation in some ghastly place,the cycle will continue to descend,until you become no more than an abused animal some where and it will not stop.In other words hell.Christians think that hell exists somewhere else ,but no it exists right here on this earth,and sexual perversion,ie.no relationship or exploitation ,or same sex ,sex, will all lead to hell on this lovely planet.They are all from the 8 th house ,the house of death .There are other heaven and hells, but it all begins here sometimes not far away ,sometimes on another continent,but you can never escape the laws of karma. And yes there is evil,and there is good.Some people would have you believe you can avoid the consequences of you actions, but no you never can .The greatest negative karma comes from seriously crude sex.The churches in recent times have been too strict about divorce and condoms etc but you cannot emphasis enough the cruder side of porno.as bad

Pornography's sole purpose is to give the viewer lustful feelings toward the people on the screen or page. Exodus 20:14 says thou shalt not commit adultery and Matthew 5:28 says that whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. Therefore, pornography is sinful and degrading to society.

If you removed the financial dimension from the porn industry, would there be any willing porn stars? For instance, say 100% of a porn star's earnings went to the government or even a charity. Would young women be so eager to have sex with strangers on film?

Yah bu tthat's why it's so much fun, right?

Pornography is totally sexist to women and does not need to exist on the internet, television, or anywhere else.

Of course pornography is degrading to our society. What is pornography other than our body's sexual desire and our lack of control over it. All that it does is teach us to treat people as sex objects, not as equal human beings worthy of our respect. It essentially turns us into animals, which is the exact opposite of what human society is, the distancing of ourselves from animal like behavior.

By definition, pornography has no redeeming social value. It portrays sex in a degrading way.

There are videos out there that no one ought to see, and only someone who is sick would produce to begin with. A justice of the Supreme Court has said something like, "I can't tell you what pornography is, but I know it when I see it.' Viiewing actual pornography, reasonable people are going to say, "This is disgusting; it is detrimental to our society."

The nation's most talented people are at risk of shooting their load all over their key board and potentially electrocuting themselves. We need to save them from themselves.

i dont use it

Pornography is created by us and therefore is a reflection of our sexual desires. It is a creative expression of our sexuality, which is one of our most basic drives. Almost all of us are sexual beings with sexual fantasies, aren't they just pornography of the mind's eye? Are our sexual fantasies degrading to society? I think only the most self loathing would say they were. However, if we try and record them and share them, all of a sudden we are causing the world harm? When you think of it this way, it's a hard jump to make.

When people object to pornography, what they are really objecting towards someone else's differing taste in pornography. Otherwise they would have to admit their own fantasies are somehow degrading and negative.

Pornography will be here as long as sex is here. Perhaps when we stop teaching everyone to be ashamed of their sexuality this will be resolved, but not any time soon I suppose. The demonizing of sexuality has a history almost as old as writing itself. Every strand of DNA in you is programed to make you a sexual creature as a biological imperative. Couple this with the fact that having sex is, in consensus opinion of the weight of human writing, the absolute measure and scale for pleasurable experience in the human condition. It is then easy to conclude why we do it and why we want to revel in it. It feels damn good ,and it is a part of who and what we are. It is only in exception to the norm when sex becomes something cruel or evil and that is why we treat such crimes with extreme intensity, but pornography(which is an arguable term in itself) cannot and does not degrade society or anything else... unless they want to be.

Pornography is not "degrading to our society"

Pornography is an essential part of modern human existence.

Almost every human has sexual desires, those desires come in different shapes and sizes but are essentially the same....Monkey see ,... Monkey want to have sex with.

In the animal kingdom this is not a problem, but if you are human, you might find yourself in handcuffs(and not the kinky kind)for exercising your animal desires.

So what is a person who has a sexual desire, but no one to exercise it with to do?? They could use their imagination for sexual release because there is no difference, as far as your brain is concerned, between a naked person in front of you in real life, and a naked person in your fantasies.

However for some people that can be a lot of work and too time consuming.

But fear not ...Pornography... is the answer,.. it is available in many formats for your viewing pleasure to help release those natural human desires.

By arguing against pornography, you are essentially arguing against sex itself and without sex, you wouldn't be here reading this !

Pornography, Democracy and Freedom of speech are very good friends. Just take a look at the countries where pornography is a crime, you will find dictatorships, totalitarisms and theocratic goverments. In that kind of places you will see a lot of huge crimes against the humans rights. So pornography is not degrading the society, repression is degrading the society.

The purpose of pornography is to excite the viewer which is why the different genres of pornography (IE:fetish, group, racial, bestiality,etc) exist. Depictions of sexual activities have existed since the beginning of civilization and wasn't considered obscene until the Victorian era. It's not new, so why is it an issue...again.

This is a tricky subject, to me, I feel that pornography is a healthy fetish (watching others) in which all parties are consenting. Furthermore, it is closely regulated (to prevent the spread of disease) which would be another issue. To me, it is just sex, in an unconvential manner. It is difficult for me to see any problems with it...however...I am also a male. There are arguments out there (aside from religious) that pornography is degrading to women and the industry is as patriarchal in intent as anything else in the world. At the same time, there is an argument (by some feminists)that pornography actually empowers women.

Nothing wrong with pornography if you are mature about it.

It's a healthy, safe sexual release for both genders, especially for men. Better than sexual assault, right?

I mean, its not forced on anyone, so I dont see a problem.

You'll go blind! After a 100 years or so, so.....

no, only because it is a commonly accepted form of entertainment. everyone watches porn (except sean hannity).

it makes us less innocent, but is that really degrading? i will admit though that it does turn our interest into stranger and more perverted things, but that just makes life more fun (c'mon people, we all love trolling friends with goatse).

Pornography isn't degrading! It's created by adults, for adults (or for bored teenagers) as a healthy, sexual outlet.

Boobs. Big Boobs. Absolutely Ginourmous Tits. Glorious Titties. Enough Said.

Lemme start by saying, I think i would be more concerned with feminist ideas on pornography than religious. The religious debate is constantly fought on this site and often end in the same results. For someone to say that god says "pornography is an aborration" is meaningless to me and many others because we don't believe in a god. However, I have found there tends to be a two sided debate for feminists on this topic...Some being for and others being against...this is what I would like to be the focus of this debate.

Maybe it's not the PORN that is corrupting man, but the man corrupting porn. What I mean is, there aught to be a threshold, where they know that something is unhealthy... at that point, if they were looking out for their best interest and the interests of others, s/he would do something about it.

Some people cannot control themselves, and that is what I think is wrong with pornography.

A healthy little pussy never hurt anyone.

"Real" mammalian protrusions are too soft to hurt anyone. Silicone protrusions on the other hand can be harmful.

Without porn nerds would go on psycho killing sprees :)

No, ugly porn stars are degrading our society.

i think pornography is safe and i think that you dont need to be 18 at least 10 because who actually w8s they just go and enter and jacking off is perfectly fine man