Pornography

Pornography

  • Submitted By: jrj1976
  • Date Submitted: 07/03/2008 1:30 AM
  • Category: Psychology
  • Words: 1813
  • Page: 8
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Pornography is found everywhere. In commercialized adds, on big bulletins, in movies, in magazines, and on the internet. For many people, the content of pornography embodies a sexual desire. It's purpose is to arouse the individuals affected by it. How is pornography seen today? Are there actions taken against or for it? Is it perceived by everybody in the same way? How does it affect an individual and a relationship and is it a positive factor in a relationship or is it harmful? The answers to all these question cannot be generalized, because each individual will have a different opinion and state of mind, concerning this topic. A, for our society, healthy outlook on pornography should be pornography “okay”, any abnormal depiction of sexual violence, such as child pornography and rape “no”. Yet, how does pornography psychologically influence people to become better lovers, rapists or pedophiles? How can one factor influence so many different people in so many different ways?

Pornography plays a major role in every culture, every class of people, all over the world. The way people feel and react to pornography, may vary and often the reactions are of opposite extremes in all cultures. Most religions are anti-pornography, although some of the people who practice those religions are affiliated with it. Pornography can be good or bad, depending on the way it is used, the frequency of its usage, and the way every individual perceives it. Pornography can also be good or very harmful for a relationship. It can be used to educate or to pervert, by showing intimate content of a sexual nature. Depending on how it is perceived and demonstrated, it can give ideas to spark one's own sexual relationship with the partner, or it can depict scenes of sexually perverted inhuman treatment. The word pornography comes from the Greek words of “porno” and “graphia”, which mean “depictions of the activities of whores”. The more modern definition is “any sexual explicit writing and...

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