"Internet pornography is the new crack cocaine, leading to addiction, misogyny, pedophilia, boob jobs and erectile dysfunction"
I'd argue that it's our puritanical society that can't seem to find a comfort level with it's own sexuality that causes it. Do European countries have the levels of sex crimes that we do?... > -----Original Message----- > From: Angel Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 10:22 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: America's new war: War On Porn > > I certainly agree that this is scary stuff :) > The FCC decision that it DOES control all forms of broadcasting, and now > specious hearings "not attached to any bill or legislation" > that compares internet porn to Crack Cocaine. > > And we're not even that far into Bush's Second Term yet! > ^_^ > "called porn the "most concerning thing to psychological health that I > know of existing today." " > LOL! > > -Gel > -------- > Internet pornography is the new crack cocaine, leading to addiction, > misogyny, pedophilia, boob jobs and erectile dysfunction, > according to clinicians and researchers testifying before a Senate > committee Thursday. > > Witnesses before the Senate Commerce Committee's Science, > Technology and Space Subcommittee spared no superlative in their > description of the negative effects of pornography > > Mary Anne Layden, co-director of the Sexual Trauma and > Psychopathology Program at the University of Pennsylvania's Center for > Cognitive Therapy, called porn the "most concerning thing to > psychological health that I know of existing today." > > "The internet is a perfect drug delivery system because you are > anonymous, aroused and have role models for these behaviors," Layden > said. "To have drug pumped into your house 24/7, free, and children > know how to use it better than grown-ups know how to use it -- > it's a perfect delivery system if we want to have a whole generation of > young addicts who will never have the drug out of their > mind." > > Pornography addicts have a more difficult time recovering from their > addiction than cocaine addicts, since coke users can get the > drug out of their system, but pornographic images stay in the brain > forever, Layden said. > > Jeffrey Satinover, a psychiatrist and advisor to the National Association > for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality echoed Layden's > concern about the internet and the somatic effects of pornography. > > "Pornography really does, unlike other addictions, biologically cause > direct release of the most perfect addictive substance," > Satinover said. "That is, it causes masturbation, which causes release of > the naturally occurring opioids. It does what heroin can't > do, in effect." > > The internet is dangerous because it removes the inefficiency in the > delivery of pornography, making porn much more ubiquitous than > in the days when guys in trench coats would sell nudie postcards, > Satinover said. > > Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kansas), the subcommitee's chairman, called > the hearing the most disturbing one he'd ever seen in the Senate. > Brownback said porn was ubiquitous now, compared to when he was > growing up and "some guy would sneak a magazine in somewhere and > show some of us, but you had to find him at the right time." > > Judith Reisman of the California Protective Parents Association suggested > that more study of "erototoxins" could show how > pornography is not speech-protected under the First Amendment. > > The panelists all agreed that the government should fund health > campaigns to educate the public about the dangers of pornography. > The campaign should combat the messages of pornography by putting > signs on buses saying sex with children is not OK, said Layden. > > However, as the panelists themselves acknowledged, there is no > consensus among mental health professionals about the dangers of porn > or the use of the term "pornography addiction." > > http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,65772,00.html?tw=rss.TO > P > > ---------- > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:137389 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
