Ban Pornography
... the entire male or female body posted on a Calvin Klein advertisement. The word pornography actually originates from two Greek words, porne, which means to harlot, and graphine, which means to write.( Leone and O’neil pg.100) What I get out of this definition is maybe stories about sexual acts of women. As time passed the definition of pornography has exploded to graphic pictures and movies. Most men want to see women having sex with multiple partners, other women, and even animals. Just because it sells does not mean that it is okay. To many woman are seen as objects, not humans. There has to be a point where men should not want to degrade women anymore. Violence has been added to the industry. What are we imposing when we let this type of activity go on? People may begin to think that sexual violence is okay if we allow it in moves. There is a possibility that society has been brainwashed to think pornography has no affect on the way people behave. It has been studied at universities all across the world on sexual behavior after watching pornographic films. They have found that men are more sexually aggressive after viewing the movies.(Donnerstein, Linz, Penrod pg.88) This should be enough of a reason to ban pornography, it is proven to cause violence from men and to put women in danger. Ted Bundy would be a prime example of this behavior. He was much into pornography. He stated “As a teenager, my buddies and would all sneak around and watch porn. As I grew older I became more interested and involved in it, pornography became an obsession.” (Donnerstein, Linz, Penrod pg.103) It is possible that pornography acts like a key to unlock the evil in some unstable minds. I think it definitely has a helping hand in it. They are also more likely to become violent while performing sexual activities. Things like hitting and scratching their partner. (Donnerstein, Linz, Penrod pg.113) If it becomes normal to them, than it becomes a threat to women. When will they know when to stop? They think it normal so why stop? Obviously this does not include every man, every man that watches pornography will not turn into sex offenders, but for those few that do should be enough to persuade society that pornography needs to banned. Some of the women are to blame as well. Not only are they the main providers, they are also viewers. Today you can’t even log on the internet without ten pornographic sites pop up. This industry is hard to avoid. One argument against banning pornography is that it is unconstitutional. Some people think that by banning porn the government is trying to take away our...