The New Puritans
By Mitch Berg
Joe Doakes from Como Park emails:
New study: porn is a public health crisis.
No, it’s not from a right-wing fundamentalist Christian group. It’s a couple of college professors who want the federal government to stomp out porn on-line, in hotels and in retail shops.
If their dream came true, inevitably some cop would kill a cherub for selling dirty pictures. What would the protest symbol be? Hoodie for Trayvon, Hands Up for Ferguson, perhaps Clutch your Crotch for Porn?
Joe Doakes
Legions of fans who grew up listening to Eminem already have the gesture in muscle memory.
It occurs to me that there is a generation of adults who grew up listening to Eminem.
December 17th, 2014 at 5:50 am
Do you imagine it surpasses ‘gun violence’ as a public health issue? ;^)
December 17th, 2014 at 6:09 am
It occurs to me that there is a generation of “adults” who grew up listening to Eminem.
FIFY
December 17th, 2014 at 6:21 am
In the new study, Ms. Bridges said that while some researchers have found neutral or positive outcomes for pornography use, mainstream pornographic materials are “overwhelmingly centered on acts of violence and degradation toward women.”
So gay porn is okay. Take note, Emery!!
December 17th, 2014 at 12:02 pm
Tom Lehrer, live from Copenhagen, with “Smut”:
http://youtu.be/iaHDBL7dVgs
December 17th, 2014 at 2:34 pm
It is interesting that the study really doesn’t quantify the damage. Now it is intuitive that porn use would get people to….well, act like the stereotypical porn user. The question is what effects it has. Is it linked to divorce, involuntary singleness, abuse, crime…..? The article does not make this clear.
December 17th, 2014 at 4:24 pm
You think internet porn is bad, wait until Sexbots hit the market. There won’t be enough cats in all of North America for all the feminist spinsters.
December 17th, 2014 at 7:06 pm
bikebubba: Tennis elbow?
December 17th, 2014 at 7:33 pm
nate-
The goal of the feminazi’s is to control the male gaze, not eliminate it. The corollary to forbidding male lust that is unwanted is requiring male lust that is wanted. Note that in both cases, the female is still objectified. It’s a matter of who controls the objectification.