For Women Only. Anti Pornography Laws?

Question

Would you, from a female perspective, support Anti-Pornography Laws and how do you define pornography?

Answer 1

No because it would still occur....just like there are anti drug laws, anti abuse laws, anit prostitution laws.The more you prohibit something the more attractive it becomes. Laws would do nothing to stop it.

Answer 2

Pornography to me is the filming or depiction of actual sex acts or sexual poses for profit.

While I believe that some forms of pornography, such as child pornography, should always be illegal, I do not support widespread laws against pornography. We have strong free speech rights in this country that I believe cover pornography. Also, I do believe that sex and attraction are natural, and we should not be afraid of it or disgusted by it. In addition, there is often a fine line between art and pornography. It could depend on a person's point of view. I would hate to see a Botticelli removed from an art museum because someone thought it was pornographic.

Answer 3

1. Supporting anti-porn laws
No. I see no problem with consenting adults making, selling and purchasing pornography, regardless of the acts committed in said porn.

I do acknowledge that some adults have problems with self-control, and for a small subset of those individuals those problems are limited to porn. Unfortunately, the onus to manage such problems remains the responsibility of those individuals (and the people who choose to associate with them).

It should never be the government's prerogative to 'babysit' adults by limiting their access to potentially objectionable materials, especially as a workaround to a deeper problem affecting a small portion of the population. There are existing social structures in place which can help to correct problems like 'porn addiction'.

2. Define pornography
Generally, I see porn as being something created using an artistic medium (video, photo, prose, drawing etc.) with the intent to titillate and arouse the audience. There is an overlap between porn and non-porn -- a photograph of a naked woman, for example, may or may not be pornographic, depending on the intent of the model/photographer and the reaction of the audience.

Porn could also be defined on its effect on an individual -- this would be a very subjective definition and could go as far as including medical textbooks, or instructions on knot-tying (/now/ what will we hand out to the boy scouts? :) ).

Answer 4

In a former life I was actually married to a porn addict. After five years of marriage I was able to really see the damage porn can do to a family (my marriage ended over it, among other things). That said, you have to be careful about laws and how they are written. I do fear the ability to keep porn out of the hands of minors has been severely limited given the abondance of it on the internet.

All in all though, you can't make people do what is good for them, we haven't banned alcohol, cigarettes or Big Macs yet, and the chances we would be able to ban porn are ranking right up there. As much as I don't like it, it does fall into the freedom area we as Americans so love.

Answer 5

Well I would have to know something about them. You have to be carefull with laws like that because they can actually lead to more porn not less (look at the Prohibition).

Answer 6

i for one would not support it b/c it encourages teens n adults alike to go out n experience the feeling of sexual intercourse before marriage. i am totally against it. i define porno as an illegal act that provokes one individual to have a sexual gratification when watching it!!! Again, that's strictly my definition.