History of Feminism
In reply to the discussion: Pornography is more popular in red states. Why is that? [View all]sigmasix
(794 posts)The whole paper isnt there but the little I was able to access sounds (reads?) interesting. The conjecture is that cyber porn has become a different sort of creature than pornographic magazines and movies, and that creature needs to be looked at in new ways that incorporate criticism from thinkers and researchers that represent the application of the post modern paradigm. The function of cyber porn is re-examined in light of newer notions from linguistics, psychology and philosophy.
Essentially the paper is stating that cyberporn is an insiduous negative agent within our culture that will continue to attract and twist new consumers in ways we have never seen before. The paper also has some things to say about the social effects of cyber porn.
It certainly seems like a well researched paper and the evidence for the conclusions alluded to seems very fair.
I wonder how America should go about fixing this problem while retaining respect for, and integrity in, our freedom of speech. This is something that requires honesty and civility from all interested parties if we are ever going to make a real difference. My original response was extremely unhelpful in this endeavor and I appologize for it. I am still convinced that there are very real issues about this subject that need to be examined in a way that goes deeper than inflammatory OPs that conflate political party affiliation with cyber porn usage and susceptibility. Men do in-fact suffer from female created media norms and objectifiction, and any complete examination of the real life effects of cyber porn and media objectification will include studies and conjectural hypotheses that articulate and attempt to explain this fact.
If you are able to find the entire paper could you post a link to it? Very engrossing.