Comments on: Reason magazine: does porn make society better? http://www.tinynibbles.com/blogarchives/2009/07/reason-magazine-does-porn-make-society-better.html Journalist and author Violet Blue's site for sex and tech culture, accurate sex information, erotica and more. Tue, 26 May 2015 17:18:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Craig http://www.tinynibbles.com/blogarchives/2009/07/reason-magazine-does-porn-make-society-better.html/comment-page-1#comment-6466 Craig Thu, 23 Jul 2009 12:03:43 +0000 http://www.tinynibbles.com/?p=2828#comment-6466 Internet porn wastes so much time. That said, I like porn. So I set up a self imposed ban by giving over my system passwords and setting up opendns.com to block all porn apart from a few sites which engage the mind as well. My problem was that given 2 hours spare time, and a crappy TV schedule, I'd look at porn on the Net. Pretty much an addiction. The Internet is sooo permissive. I don't want the government to control it, but I have to exercise self control Internet porn wastes so much time. That said, I like porn. So I set up a self imposed ban by giving over my system passwords and setting up opendns.com to block all porn apart from a few sites which engage the mind as well.

My problem was that given 2 hours spare time, and a crappy TV schedule, I’d look at porn on the Net. Pretty much an addiction.

The Internet is sooo permissive. I don’t want the government to control it, but I have to exercise self control

]]> By: Iamcuriousblue http://www.tinynibbles.com/blogarchives/2009/07/reason-magazine-does-porn-make-society-better.html/comment-page-1#comment-6465 Iamcuriousblue Thu, 23 Jul 2009 09:52:26 +0000 http://www.tinynibbles.com/?p=2828#comment-6465 "Porn’s a mixed bag. It certainly has a destructive effect on some people, though it probably also has a “useful outlet for antisocial impulses” role for others. I agree that the question should be confronted head-on, but it needs to be approached scientifically. It’s not a question you’re going to be able to answer through exercises in rhetoric/polemic." The science has largely been done, actually. And 30 years of studies that have gone out of their way to establish a link between porn and sexual aggression have largely failed to establish anything. The most that has been suggested is that a subset of already-violent men viewing the most violent subset of porn may show increased aggression. And even that conclusion is disputed. So at worst, all you can say is that porn is not good for already messed-up people. However, you really could say the same thing about religion – a small subset of people who read holy books will shoot abortion providers or fly a plane into a building. In that case, however, I don't see anybody trying to ban religion based on the actions of a few psychos and fanatics. “Porn’s a mixed bag. It certainly has a destructive effect on some people, though it probably also has a “useful outlet for antisocial impulses” role for others. I agree that the question should be confronted head-on, but it needs to be approached scientifically. It’s not a question you’re going to be able to answer through exercises in rhetoric/polemic.”

The science has largely been done, actually. And 30 years of studies that have gone out of their way to establish a link between porn and sexual aggression have largely failed to establish anything. The most that has been suggested is that a subset of already-violent men viewing the most violent subset of porn may show increased aggression. And even that conclusion is disputed. So at worst, all you can say is that porn is not good for already messed-up people. However, you really could say the same thing about religion – a small subset of people who read holy books will shoot abortion providers or fly a plane into a building. In that case, however, I don’t see anybody trying to ban religion based on the actions of a few psychos and fanatics.

]]> By: casualencounters.com/blog http://www.tinynibbles.com/blogarchives/2009/07/reason-magazine-does-porn-make-society-better.html/comment-page-1#comment-6431 casualencounters.com/blog Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:23:55 +0000 http://www.tinynibbles.com/?p=2828#comment-6431 Porn's a mixed bag. It certainly has a destructive effect on some people, though it probably also has a "useful outlet for antisocial impulses" role for others. I agree that the question should be confronted head-on, but it needs to be approached scientifically. It's not a question you're going to be able to answer through exercises in rhetoric/polemic. Porn’s a mixed bag. It certainly has a destructive effect on some people, though it probably also has a “useful outlet for antisocial impulses” role for others. I agree that the question should be confronted head-on, but it needs to be approached scientifically. It’s not a question you’re going to be able to answer through exercises in rhetoric/polemic.

]]> By: Ken http://www.tinynibbles.com/blogarchives/2009/07/reason-magazine-does-porn-make-society-better.html/comment-page-1#comment-6430 Ken Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:16:20 +0000 http://www.tinynibbles.com/?p=2828#comment-6430 Just for the record, I think I'd rather kill somebody than have to sit through Hannibal again. Just for the record, I think I’d rather kill somebody than have to sit through Hannibal again.

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