Philosophy

Pornography is broadly defined as any sexually overt material which is developed or produced to arouse sexual interest or provide erotic satisfaction. Many people find the use of Pornography very offensive. It is easily available at the stores and online sources. This easy availability leads to a debate as to whether it should be restricted or legalized. This easy access places no restriction on who should be accessing it and making it accessible to young children and hence corrupting the society and increasing sex crimes especially among juveniles. I believe that Pornography encourages sex crimes and leads to negative activities in the society. It harms children and results in rape, teenage pregnancies, violence, aggression and sexually transmitted diseases through sexual activities and prostitution. Hence I believe that there should be a restriction placed on the sexual content available and Pornography should be censored.

Stages of Addiction to Pornography

There are a total of 5 stages of addiction to Pornography. Early exposure It is the first time one gets in contact with Pornography. The second one is Pornography addiction Slowly and gradually it starts to become an addiction. It becomes a regular part of ones life and a person becomes hooked up and cant quit. The third stage is Escalation Then one starts to surf more and look for more graphic Pornography. What was disgusting to a person earlier now starts to become exciting. The fourth stage is Desensitization One becomes immune to the material and becomes numb to the images. Even it leads to desperation to feel the same thrill again. The fifth and the last stage is Acting out sexually The most harmful effect of Pornography is when it starts to affect other people in that persons life. This is the point where men make a crucial jump and start acting out the images they have seen. When they start acting out with real people in their lives, it becomes destructive.

Harmful effects of Pornography

The production of Pornographic videos and websites makes huge amounts of money around the world. They try to attract people and make sure that people come back and buy more. However the biggest problem with Pornography is that it instills shallowness among people and makes them believe that relationships are built on sex, rather than on commitment, caring and mutual trust. In reality, I believe that a relationship is about being with someone who cares for you, loves you and accepts you the way you are, someone who is committed to you and wants to spend the rest of hisher life with you, someone you can give yourself completely to, and sex is just a part of a relationship. And this love, care, trusts and commitment makes sex a great mutual experience. However, Pornographic material focuses on nothing but weird ways of having sex which leads to those who view it as love which is nothing but fulfilling your sexual desires in the ways depicted in Pornography.

The children who are repeatedly exposed to Pornography are referred to as sexually reactive children and adolescents. These are the group of people who are more vulnerable and likely to experience damaging effects from Pornography. This is because they are a high-risk group for a variety of aggressive behaviors. According to a research, the children who view Pornography are more likely to display aggressive behaviors rather than those who did not. Hence Pornography leads to aggressiveness among youth and teenagers which can later cause domestic violence in their lives.

Moreover, another study was conducted, a meta-analysis to determine whether non-experimental studies revealed an association between mens Pornographic consumption and their attitudes supporting violence against women. The results showed a positive correlation between viewing Pornography and attitudes supporting violence against women. Furthermore, such attitudes were found to correlate significantly higher when a person views sexually violent Pornography rather than viewing nonviolent Pornography.

Another major negative impact is that it affects marriages and families. Sometimes, the aggressive behavior is faced by the spouses resulting in strained marriages and often, divorces. In todays world, Pornography is easily accessible in various different forms. Perhaps the easiest way to find pornography is the World Wide Web which has a total of 260 million WebPages and 7 of those carry pornography.  The simplicity of this has aided in the boost of how wide spread Pornography has become. Besides the internet, there are a huge number of adult bookstores along with theme stores.

Many people may argue that Pornography spreads awareness and it is a means to educate however this is completely wrong. Pornography is not meant to educate, it is meant to sell. It completely twists the truth and spreads wrong images about the realities of life. The following are the myths that are spread in Pornographic images and videos

The Pornography videos depict that women are less human and degrading than men. It refers to females as animals, toys, or body parts. The idea that women are real human beings with thoughts and emotions is clearly neglected. It depicts women as a property of men. It displays women like merchandise in a magazine, exposing them completely for the buyer to look at. It seems to display that women can actually be bought. It instills shallowness and tries to show that a womans value depends on the attractiveness of her body and hence those women who are fat or have less attractive figures feel a blow to their self esteem. It encourages sex crimes such as rape. Sometimes women are shown being raped in pornography which is a very negative image regarding a society Pornography teaches men that pleasure lies in injuring and abusing women for entertainment. It encourages sex among young children. One of the biggest sellers in Pornography is imitation child Pornography. The women are fabricated to look like little girls by wearing pony tails or holding toys etc. This leads the user to view kids as sexual objects It encourages illegal sex and prostitution. It has dangerous items thrown in to make sex more fascinating.  It also gives a very glamorous picture of prostitution. It is also likely to make kids victims of sexual aggression.

The influence of Pornography usually results in unexpected pregnancies, sexual illnesses, and sexual obsession. Due to its adverse effect on teenagers the rate of pregnancy in teens has risen. Many researches have shown that sex addicts have admitted that Pornography is very considerate to their obsession. It may also influence other children to imitate sexual behavior or might harm other children sexually. As child psychology tells us that children often do things what they have seen, heard or read they can do much harm to the other children who are weaker or smaller or younger. The exposure to Pornography hinders a childs mind, his development and his identity.

Conclusion
Hence it shakes the basic foundations of a society which are built on love and respect for one another. It kills a persons emotions to judge someone on the basis of their personality rather they judge people on their body and looks. A society should be deeply rooted on moral principles of respect and should provide a healthy lifestyle for children as well as adults to live in. Pornography neglects this basic living fundamental. It has been proven to have a multitude of negative side effects with no positive attributes what so ever. It conflicts with the religious teachings and offends and harms society in various ways. The religious people claim that GOD created mankind, made sexual intercourse in order to carry on their family names and is only allowed after the marriage. Pornography makes a person more and more lustrous and makes him a slave of sex resulting in addiction and harmful influences on the society. It also shakes the morals and ethics of the person and the surroundings.  Constant exposure to Pornography may result in moderate pleasure and create a strong craving for more brutal and aggressive material. Pornography also degrades women in many ways, most of the times women are treated as toys, and are abused. It restricts a womens value upon her body or figure making them no different than other items in bought by people for personal satisfaction.