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Just a little something I read and thought was interesting. Comment, tell me what you think.


Pornography and Creating a Rape culture<\/u><\/b><\/center>
Pornography is about much more than sex; it’s about the fantasy world of porn becoming one with the real world. In the last decade alone, pornography has grown to a point that this purpose is being fulfilled and
pornography is setting the standard for sex in our society.

THE NEW GUIDELINES FOR SEX
Pornography is not just entertainment; it’s a celebration of a “fantasy world”. This “fantasy world” sets up false guidelines for sex based on scientific inaccuracies about human nature and response. Some of these new guidelines for sexual fulfillment (according to porn) are: sex anywhere, anytime, with anybody, is a good thing; sex has no consequences; people only have value from the neck down; group sex is the best sex; fidelity is boring; and everyone wants sex, even when they say they don’t. Pornography bombards its viewer with these thoughts, changing their perceptions of sex and replacing them with the value system of porn.

CHANGING THE VALUE SYSTEM
It does not take long for pornography’s value system to saturate the viewer. Dolf Zillman and Jennings Bryant of the University of Indiana conducted studies on exposure to pornography. In one study, they discovered it takes only six hours of exposure to pornography for a viewer to: 1.) question their perception of sex, 2.) have a decrease in the value of faithfulness, and 3.) perceive and dissatisfaction with their sexual
partner. 1

MYTH: “IT’S NATURAL”
After pornography has caused the viewer to have feelings of dissatisfaction and confusion, they soon embrace the pornographic images as guidelines for sexual fulfillment, reasoning that “this must be the best way to have sex”. All of this causes the viewer to start accepting uncommon, unhealthy, and perverse forms of sex. 2 For example, pornography glorifies anal sex as a form of sex that everyone should perform when, in fact, the body is not designed for that type of sexual practice.

MYTH: “PORNOGRAPHY DOESN’T AFFECT YOU”
These unhealthy sexual practices are only the beginning of pornography changing the viewer’s sexual value systems. Once the viewer accepts these practices as “normal and natural”, the next step is the acceptance of the rape mindset.

THE MINDSET OF RAPE EMBRACED
The mindset of rape begins with a single thought – That forced sex is good and that everyone wants sex regardless of what they say. The viewer of porn is first deluged with images of the “girl-next-door” enjoyed being
forced into having sex and subsequently realizing that their “purpose” is to merely fulfill others sexually. Repeated viewing of these images forces the viewer to conclude that “Since these girls-next-door in pornography enjoy being forced into sex, why shouldn’t this real woman sitting next to me be the same way?” This is the lie that pornography sells in order to makes this “fantasy world” as real as possible.

MYTH: “EXPLORATION IS HEALTHY”
In a study done by James Check, both hard and soft-core pornography were shown to 436 males who were then studied to see how it changed their sexual perceptions. The results showed an increase in sympathy for rapists and an extreme increase in the likelihood of committing rape. 3 Subsequent studies have confirmed those findings. Studies conducted by the University of Manitoba and Winnipeg concluded that subjects were more likely to rape if they thought they would not be caught. 4 This study also showed that although pornography does not turn all its readers into rapists, it does give the mindset of a rapist. Pornography cannot be viewed as something
healthy and natural if it does nothing but promote sexual practices and thinking that is neither healthy or natural.

OUR RAPE CULTURE
Our society is being flooded with the values of pornography. We live in a culture of rape, a culture in which every two minutes a woman is raped. 5 Pornography is a form of educating people on how to think like a rapist and embrace the fantasies of one. Pornography takes something as beautiful as sex and wraps it up in lies. The lies are then embraced as the standards for a normal and fulfilling sex life. Pornography must be fought, and the only way to fight its lies is to educate others about the truth behind
pornography. If you have any questions about this brochure or desire to speak with someone concerning the subject matter discussed within these pages, please contact PFY.<\/i>

-Porn Free Youth (www.pfy-online.org<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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