Negative Social Aspects of Pornography
Negative Social Aspects of Pornography
The topic of pornography is widely controversial, and is deeply rooted into our cultural beliefs and trends. Although pornography has become readily available nowadays, it is an early sexual expression, that appears in almost every culture. The complexity of the subject develops from the individuality of human nature, and therefore the difficulty to withhold a clear definition of what should and what should not be considered pornographic. In general terms, pornography will be defined as any material that depicts erotic behavior and is intended to cause sexual excitement. It can take the form of written, graphic, or oral representations of erotic subjects and is usually divided into two categories: soft-core, in which the erotic material is less explicit; and hard-core, in which the erotic content is more intense. Although in common usage pornography is often associated with obscenity, the latter is a legal term covering anything offensive to public morals, whereas the former refers specifically and exclusively to the erotic content. Although pornography is a longstanding phenomenon, it has become more readily available throughout the last decade.
The effect of pornography on society is not yet understood, but to a certain extent, pornography works as a behavioral conditioner and stimulates violence, sexual discrimination, etc. According to recent reports, pornography appeared to be a significant factor in the chain of events leading to abnormal sexual behaviors in 25% of the cases studied. Apparently, it leads to an association between sex and violence which provokes unhealthy attitudes towards the opposite sex and their sexual identities.
The fact is, pornography has and is determined to remain as a widely controversial issue over which most people would rather turn a blind eye, in order to avoid the crude reality. Sex, throughout history has been more than merely a method of procreation. Indeed, the human body is a natural part of life in all of its forms, so why do we regard the naked body as being obscene. We should understand that sex is not the real concern in pornography, but obscenity is. Pornography seems to be a mixture of sex which is completely natural and nearly every person enjoys at one time or another and obscenity which is the element that provokes perversion. Yet one of the greatest attributes of sex, and one of the things that make it sacred are the feelings involved between the two people. Therefore we could...