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Fearless

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122. Exactly.
Mon Jan 14, 2013, 12:59 AM
Jan 2013

What's done by consenting adults for money is far less risky then say professional gambling or on the less legal side, drug dealing.

It's not a big deal if done properly.

And people will say oh but it objectifies X Y and Z. That is in regards to a particular instance not the industry. There is perfectly good porn that doesn't objectify. No sense in throwing the baby out with the bath water.

Etc. Etc.

All men watch porn, scientists find [View all] Little Star Jan 2013 OP
possibly not samsingh Jan 2013 #1
So all men are bad. L0oniX Jan 2013 #2
I remember when I was in college with my boyfriend we used to have parties on Friday nights, and hrmjustin Jan 2013 #3
Well let me put it this way... Agschmid Jan 2013 #125
Irresponsible journalism. redqueen Jan 2013 #4
Exactly ! I suspect everyone has taken a look just out of curiosity. The question is hedgehog Jan 2013 #20
Don't have to have a 'habit' AgingAmerican Jan 2013 #46
BLASPHEMY!!!! Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #168
I mean, what else am I going to masturbate to? Drunken Irishman Jan 2013 #252
Magazines are so pre-2000 AgingAmerican Jan 2013 #253
I know. The venerable smut shack has gone the way of other beloved American Institutions Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #268
Yeah, a priest or a televangelist! Atman Jan 2013 #60
and then there is the definition problem... Whisp Jan 2013 #65
I am sure there are men- a very small minority- who *never* look at porn, naked pictures, etc. Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #162
pro porn men seem to be the only ones wagging their fingers in this thread. nt seabeyond Jan 2013 #165
Hah? Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #167
it's not fingers they're wagging dlwickham Jan 2013 #227
well, arent you a dlwick... so funneeeee. nt seabeyond Jan 2013 #231
Yes I am dlwickham Jan 2013 #242
Alert! Alert! Phlem Jan 2013 #247
Its why I never go into these threads Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #250
Nice gear. Phlem Jan 2013 #254
yet another one I need to tell to bite my ass dlwickham Jan 2013 #255
Oh no you D'int Phlem Jan 2013 #256
Duck, It's Huge! Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #269
"Irresponsible" journalism, to me, is what Judith Miller did at the NY Times to enable the Iraq War. Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #190
I'm 47, I have never watched porn. Denninmi Jan 2013 #5
Sounds like you need to call the University of Montreal Orrex Jan 2013 #6
LOL ailsagirl Jan 2013 #140
and right there answering the question, you would have to say yes. any woman not seen porn? seabeyond Jan 2013 #9
So you looked at that Playboy or Penthouse when you were 15? RomneyLies Jan 2013 #10
The question was, I believe, watched, as in video. Denninmi Jan 2013 #22
Misleading headline RomneyLies Jan 2013 #24
Warning: should not be taken internally CreekDog Jan 2013 #42
There's the definition problem wercal Jan 2013 #109
? deutsey Jan 2013 #126
I grew up in the same era wercal Jan 2013 #141
Yep..me too pipoman Jan 2013 #143
"Son, you got a haircut just 4 days ago, didn't you? klook Jan 2013 #229
Good for you! june starling Jan 2013 #59
That's not what it sounds like to me. Atman Jan 2013 #63
So, if a man watches porn bama_blue_dot Jan 2013 #66
Thank you. Denninmi Jan 2013 #85
So a nude female body breeds misogyny? Courtesy Flush Jan 2013 #111
Yes, because sex is bad. Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #163
You thought Playboy was VULGAR? Atman Jan 2013 #62
There is a difference between art and exploitation. Denninmi Jan 2013 #83
. seabeyond Jan 2013 #84
Wow! (((hugs))). You won't get a lot of support on DU for this but please know that I hear you riderinthestorm Jan 2013 #117
A hug for you, Den, and thanks for standing up. Nay Jan 2013 #124
Hope you've never hired a housing contractor... brooklynite Jan 2013 #138
I think you're a classy guy. dawg Jan 2013 #142
I agree that he's a "classy guy." Atman Jan 2013 #145
I think the solution is to let adults judge for themselves and to respect everyone's choices. dawg Jan 2013 #147
Great response. Thank you. Atman Jan 2013 #149
I think I need to apologize, too. Denninmi Jan 2013 #160
Peace! Atman Jan 2013 #164
*just hugs n/t Helen Reddy Jan 2013 #151
My partner PasadenaTrudy Jan 2013 #153
Wow Tsiyu Jan 2013 #180
And yet a recent study shows porn stars are more adjusted with higher self-esteem joeglow3 Jan 2013 #220
Kinda tough for a lot of us when other people have LanternWaste Jan 2013 #139
So, you never had a VCR then. nt Deep13 Jan 2013 #91
What is that even supposed to mean? Denninmi Jan 2013 #93
Well, hurray for you, then. nt Deep13 Jan 2013 #116
Thank you for being you, not one of the herd, Denninmi and... Little Star Jan 2013 #123
I wonder how hard they looked, and what they considered porn. UK has bare breasts in its newspapers Honeycombe8 Jan 2013 #7
"Religious men" is an ambiguous concept. Some of the heaviest users of porn hedgehog Jan 2013 #25
Page 3 girls Confusious Jan 2013 #31
I suspect the search consisted of walking up and down St. Catherine St. on a Saturday night at 11pm hughee99 Jan 2013 #115
So that explains the hairy palms madokie Jan 2013 #8
And glasses!!! LOL RKP5637 Jan 2013 #52
LOL madokie Jan 2013 #67
What do you think of the argument that porn can cause sexual dysfunction? bluestateguy Jan 2013 #11
Nope, doesn't happen Confusious Jan 2013 #33
Seemingly it *can* happen, but only with a real dedication to porn use over ordinary sex. sibelian Jan 2013 #72
Delayed ejaculation is a dysfunction? nt Deep13 Jan 2013 #92
Yes. Some of us women like to see our partners get off too. riderinthestorm Jan 2013 #119
Wow, TMI. Thanks, though. nt Deep13 Jan 2013 #150
You asked the question, didn't you? Tsiyu Jan 2013 #182
Doesn't bother me. Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #208
The poster of whom you speak Tsiyu Jan 2013 #213
You realize you're arguing with an opponent that exists only in your imagination? Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #221
As I said before, every thing said is not about you Tsiyu Jan 2013 #222
Oh, im happy to elaborate on that usual suspects thing. Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #224
Has the exact opposite effect on me AgingAmerican Jan 2013 #209
You will be informed in short order that your personal experience is not valid Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #267
Sometimes I think that the number of university "studies" that are truly valid is very small. NYC_SKP Jan 2013 #12
Too often, I think it's people with and agenda/preconceived ideas who set up studies KittyWampus Jan 2013 #18
Maybe some university should conduct a study on the validity of university studies. RomneyLies Jan 2013 #26
Not just university studies... sendero Jan 2013 #74
As we used to say, publish or perish! Hence, there's a lot of crap out there by refuted experts. n/t RKP5637 Jan 2013 #99
Start with the fact that ... Speck Tater Jan 2013 #13
I've never been to a bachelor party hfojvt Jan 2013 #61
Who is "they"? Speck Tater Jan 2013 #64
fortunately we have the 2nd Amendment hfojvt Jan 2013 #69
10 years old. nt redqueen Jan 2013 #14
I just don't like Bad Acting. trumad Jan 2013 #15
You're paying attention to the acting? jeff47 Jan 2013 #55
hmm deafskeptic Jan 2013 #73
I'm a Male Who Kinda Likes The Stories NeedleCast Jan 2013 #174
Men in their 20's who grew up with the Internet? Probably not Spider Jerusalem Jan 2013 #16
"If porn had impact many claim, you'd just have to show hetero films to a homosexual to change his" KittyWampus Jan 2013 #17
Except, that exact result has been found time & again. The idea that porn "reprograms" brains is BS. Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #176
misleading and probably wrong mzteris Jan 2013 #19
It's not "don't watch porn". It's "not exposed to porn". jeff47 Jan 2013 #50
Wonder why this makes some people so mad. Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #169
Exactly Tsiyu Jan 2013 #184
I haven't seen anyone giving men a hard time for *not* watching porn, personally. Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #186
They're understandably defensive ... so they project. redqueen Jan 2013 #193
I don't know about the majority of porn Tsiyu Jan 2013 #195
WTF? 99Forever Jan 2013 #21
Oh, and his study (of a whopping TWENTY men) says that all men in couples watch porn solo. KittyWampus Jan 2013 #23
Why would a partner care? Codeine Jan 2013 #27
But you obviously know about it. Fawke Em Jan 2013 #68
But even if I didn't and then found out, Codeine Jan 2013 #88
I think open and honest communication is important in a relationship. Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #178
Oh, boy Tsiyu Jan 2013 #214
exactly. it is fuckin stupid. seabeyond Jan 2013 #215
I'm wondering WHAT world do these guys LIVE in? Tsiyu Jan 2013 #216
or, maybe they ought to jump into the real world a little more rather than seabeyond Jan 2013 #217
It's an unwinnable debate if your opponent Tsiyu Jan 2013 #218
yes. the bottomline though, is a constant attack on womens sexuality to insult us, one way or seabeyond Jan 2013 #219
Again, where are you getting this? Its not from something anyone has actually said. Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #226
Pot Tsiyu Jan 2013 #236
I don't see a conspiracy, I've just been on DU for 9 years and I know the drill. Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #237
+1 Phlem Jan 2013 #249
You never met Gramps. Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #225
Many couples watch it together, and many partners know and dont care at all. Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #171
Some great comments on this at another site. BTW, this "research" is old. KittyWampus Jan 2013 #28
They should look in an Amish community (nt) Nye Bevan Jan 2013 #29
I bet money there's Amish porn too johnlucas Jan 2013 #157
Churn my butter, goodman Brown! Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #179
Hilarious! johnlucas Jan 2013 #188
"Consumed"? jberryhill Jan 2013 #30
The damn DVDs got pretty hard to digest!!! RKP5637 Jan 2013 #105
BREAKING: Twenty 20 yr olds watched some porn !! leftstreet Jan 2013 #32
I hear the kids are twitting each others facebooks, too. And listening to satanic Mubstep music. Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #170
But do they watch it at work? undeterred Jan 2013 #34
I had a college roommate who claimed he never masturbated rickford66 Jan 2013 #35
If he isn't jerking his gherkin, and not doing anything else FrodosPet Jan 2013 #41
But God created men to be most sexually active early on rickford66 Jan 2013 #45
I read the OP, and before I even finished, the question I had was, RC Jan 2013 #36
Ah, the Rigid Calender rickford66 Jan 2013 #39
No idea. RC Jan 2013 #43
Did a quick Google rickford66 Jan 2013 #47
Yep, I remember those too! n/t RKP5637 Jan 2013 #101
The masturbation police Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #177
I'm 32. In middle school, I was on BBSes and online services like SWTORFanatic Jan 2013 #37
I've watched porn. And what's the problem with that? Fearless Jan 2013 #38
K&R! Porn, BFD to me, unless someone is being exploited. n/t RKP5637 Jan 2013 #100
Exactly. Fearless Jan 2013 #122
BREAKING NEWS! A new study reveals that 60% of men admit to masturbation NashvilleLefty Jan 2013 #40
really...? FirstLight Jan 2013 #44
research shows women are as much if not more so cause their sexuality is more fluid. seabeyond Jan 2013 #48
Uh oh marions ghost Jan 2013 #128
so true. seabeyond Jan 2013 #129
Yeah marions ghost Jan 2013 #130
This message was self-deleted by its author Fumesucker Jan 2013 #133
marions ghost, what is really sad is i do not know seabeyond Jan 2013 #134
Agree -- marions ghost Jan 2013 #135
They didn't try hard enough imo. Rex Jan 2013 #49
just being on du we have seen porn. it may have been deleted or hidden seabeyond Jan 2013 #57
I agree, it was a set up question Rex Jan 2013 #71
i watch porn samsingh Jan 2013 #51
Ditto! RKP5637 Jan 2013 #103
it is a very healthy thing to do samsingh Jan 2013 #118
I certainly think so. I've never understood all of the fuss about sexual things in America. It's RKP5637 Jan 2013 #120
the prudish attitude causes more problems samsingh Jan 2013 #137
What about men who have been blind since birth? nt ZombieHorde Jan 2013 #53
If available, they watch it from 3rd grade...nt fadedrose Jan 2013 #54
View porn currently or ever saw it? june starling Jan 2013 #56
There's a DU porn group? Did you say? RKP5637 Jan 2013 #58
I dare you to suggest it. I TRIPLE DOG DARE YOU. KittyWampus Jan 2013 #75
Starting a group tomorrow. NYC_SKP Jan 2013 #78
Me!!! Me!!! RKP5637 Jan 2013 #104
LOL I've always wondered what DU people look like! RKP5637 Jan 2013 #97
Y'all couldnt handle it. Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #166
... RKP5637 Jan 2013 #181
Why are they being called scientists? Coyotl Jan 2013 #70
+1 HiPointDem Jan 2013 #77
bs study. interviewed 20 men? what? HiPointDem Jan 2013 #76
Yes, 20 men...that's called a Bachelor Party. Atman Jan 2013 #82
Told my wife that I have never partaken of hard core pornography, but acknowledged indepat Jan 2013 #79
On behalf of all men, the rest of you are welcome for the internets. bluedigger Jan 2013 #80
Rick Santorum never did. alfredo Jan 2013 #81
Rick Santorum IS pornography SmileyRose Jan 2013 #263
Yes! alfredo Jan 2013 #264
Uh....no. "Male Canadian University Students" = "n," not "All Men." WinkyDink Jan 2013 #86
If you have never watched porn... SouthernDonkey Jan 2013 #87
I think that is bullshit. nt Raine Jan 2013 #89
20 college students is the sample? Deep13 Jan 2013 #90
and in other news, The Sky Is Blue and Fish Swim.. BadGimp Jan 2013 #94
We used to watch porn in college... bobclark86 Jan 2013 #95
The wife and I both enjoy porn big deal! stultusporcos Jan 2013 #96
Yep, well said!!! n/t RKP5637 Jan 2013 #106
What about Greased-Hamster porn? Ken Burch Jan 2013 #98
Thats so 80s Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #228
The tough part was training the hamster to drive the Vespa, from what I've heard. Ken Burch Jan 2013 #270
*** Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #271
I thought at first this was a gag, since the prof's name is French for "the kids" but dimbear Jan 2013 #102
I read Playboy but only for the articles. edbermac Jan 2013 #107
duh.... crazyjoe Jan 2013 #108
~Seven Billion... deathrind Jan 2013 #110
"Watching porn" implies video Courtesy Flush Jan 2013 #112
"All" is not a very scientific word. Socal31 Jan 2013 #113
How many women watched porn? B Calm Jan 2013 #114
Every woman I've ever dated has loved porn. Codeine Jan 2013 #148
BLASPHEMY!!!! Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #175
They are counting whoever saw any of it at all, ever treestar Jan 2013 #121
This thread is porn Orrex Jan 2013 #127
Was this study done by the Water Is Indeed Wet Society? Arkana Jan 2013 #131
So what? HappyMe Jan 2013 #132
So I must be an exception. Kablooie Jan 2013 #136
Does that include all those torture Guy Whitey Corngood Jan 2013 #144
I think Downton Abbey produces an unauthorized addictive endocrine brain rush in my wife. Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #173
I work at a residence with men and women between ages 20-26 WhaTHellsgoingonhere Jan 2013 #146
I have watched 0 porn Incitatus Jan 2013 #152
That is a PERNICIOUS LIE! I found one. Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #154
OK. Small asterisk on this one. He HEARS phone sex. johnlucas Jan 2013 #158
Duh! Next study: All humans breathe air. johnlucas Jan 2013 #155
Because I'm a man objectifying people is in my genes! MAH GENES! nt cecilfirefox Jan 2013 #156
No, sex is bad, and getting turned on by looking at naked humans is the HEIGHT OF OPPRESSION! Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #172
Saying that really violent, degrading porn Tsiyu Jan 2013 #185
Consenting adults, that's the reasonable yardstick. Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #187
I don't see any desperate attempts to shame anybody Tsiyu Jan 2013 #191
It's typical defensiveness. redqueen Jan 2013 #194
Yeppers Tsiyu Jan 2013 #198
Who said "all porn is wholesome"? Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #203
Why so defensive? Tsiyu Jan 2013 #211
And again, straw argument. Where was it said that the shit from steubenville was "acceptable porn"? Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #223
You can't ignore some things Tsiyu Jan 2013 #233
Thats pretty long for a total non-answer. Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #235
The poster upthread is asserting that being turned on by looking at naked people = "objectification" Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #202
My elderly neighbor doesn't warrior1 Jan 2013 #159
How do you know? Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #189
He's 93 warrior1 Jan 2013 #192
I could tell you some stories about some 93 yr. old relatives of mine. Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #201
SMUT DreamGypsy Jan 2013 #161
"Porn" is for twisted lowlife deviants and teens learning to touch themselves for the first time... Blue_Tires Jan 2013 #183
THIS IS A SLIPPERY SLOPE WE'RE ON Capt. Obvious Jan 2013 #196
Close.. but the actual slope is redqueen Jan 2013 #199
Ah, it finally comes out Capt. Obvious Jan 2013 #200
*** Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #206
I'm sorry, what part of this thread was about condom regulations in porn? Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #204
Pssst...got a little secret for ya. Women look at porn too. Taverner Jan 2013 #197
NO THEY DONT Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #205
PORN THREEEEEAAAADDD!!!! Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #207
... LadyHawkAZ Jan 2013 #210
Man, I gotta get me some study money! Iggo Jan 2013 #212
"All men watched porn at some point" would be a better title. MrSlayer Jan 2013 #230
Some people do both. Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #232
I know. MrSlayer Jan 2013 #234
I enjoy looking at pictures of beautiful, naked women. I do! There, I said it. Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #239
Oh Noes! Phlem Jan 2013 #261
I hear tell there is some serious porn related erectile dysfunction waiting like a, um, limp tiger Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #262
Cosmo worked for me when I was young n/t krispos42 Jan 2013 #238
Sears bra ads in the sunday paper. Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #240
*** Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #241
Which is why anything with a phallic symbol is marketable, I'm betting... MrMickeysMom Jan 2013 #243
There are not a lot of good options, for dudes going bald. Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #244
... MrMickeysMom Jan 2013 #246
So in all of Montreal there is not one blind man? Glassunion Jan 2013 #245
They've cured Phlem Jan 2013 #248
Messed up study. Phlem Jan 2013 #251
I would tend to doubt that whoever was responsible for the "research" put forth a hypothesis Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #257
Your probably right Phlem Jan 2013 #258
I think the idea is that at very small scales, spacetime itself is foamy. Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #259
That's what I was wondering. Phlem Jan 2013 #260
I find that stuff fascinating, too. Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #265
Awesome Phlem Jan 2013 #266
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