Internet porn....how does it effect you?

Question

I saw in the news that 20% of those on line view internet porn. So...what can or should be done about it? It is a billion dollar industry, how can children be protected from viewing it?

Do you feel it is addicting?

Answer 1

frekkyppl who look at porn!!!!


ew...

best of luck. my wishes to ya!!

Answer 2

Well, I can't believe the number is only 20%. Seriously- who are we kidding? I imagine it's got to be at least at the 40% mark, if not higher.

Anyhow, I'm happily one of that "20%". I watch porn online on a frequent, regular basis, and how it affects me is basicaly that I get off a lot quicker than I would otherwise (porn supplements the masturbation I'd being doing anyways if I didn't have it). Do I feel it's addicting? Well, like pretty much anything, yes, porn can become addictive, particularly Internet porn, which is so readily available. But it can, and quite often is, able to be healthily enjoyed without becoming an addiction.

How can we protect children from viewing porn? Well, I think it's obvious that some porn filters might be nice, to keep out the very clearly hardcore material for adults. But at the same time, porn filters on computers are also pretty bad- many of them can't discriminate between "good" sex material online and the "bad" stuff. I would hate for my child to be searching honest, positive information about sex, only to have great informational sex sites for teens like http://www.sexetc.org/ get blocked along with the pornography. Not to mention that not a single one of those porn filters are fool-proof. Kids can get around them, sites slip through, and in the end, I don't know a single person who's ever been able to be online without letting some unwanted sexual material come across the screen. With so much sexual material out there nowadays, it's of the utmost importance that kids know how to navigate it. It's not those porn filters we need (though they can be nice), but the tools to understand and maturely deal with porn when they will inevitably come across it. Education, education, education, communication, communication, communication, and an open, non-judgemental environment where kids can feel free to go to their parents and talk and ask about these things are what is necessary.

For me, it's not so much about protecting children from viewing porn, but preparing them for when they will inevitably view it, so that rather than become addicted, get false ideas about sex, etc., etc., they can approach it rationally, maturely, and realize what it is, what positive aspects it offers, what negative aspects it offers, to know that it isn't a real representation of the way sex happens, and they can decide whether or not they want to continue viewing it or not. If we do this, we can raise up kids who aren't victims of porn and its effects, but rather strong, empowered kids who know exactly where it stands, whether or not they choose to make it a part of their lives. Not to mention that we raise up mature and confident adults by treating them as such, instead of trying to baby and protect them- which always, invariably, results in resentment and a wild desire to rebel because adults are of course trying to "suck all the fun out of everything".

That's how I feel about things, at least. Hope that helps.

Answer 3

I HATE the pop-ups that my kids and I are subjected to. We have filters, pop-up blockers, and our computer is in the most frequented area in the house -- I watch my kids like a hawk, however, we are still bombarded by these nasty things.

20% seems low to me, too.

What should be done about it? I heard there was a bill passed recently that said that people now have the choice to have their internet with or without porn access. I think that is a great start. I don't know much about it, but I think it would be great if we could just completely opt out of it and let others do whatever they want to with it.

Yes, it is addicting.

Answer 4

Okay, if I didn't want kids to see porn on my computer, I'd lock out the access to the internet and my own files. It's not rocket science. Or better yet, I'd get a computer for the kids and fix it so that they can't access such programs, even if they really wanted to. You see, a lot of people gripe about their kids watching porn because they're too lazy/ignorant/both to take the proper precautions, and that takes the fun out of porn for the rest of us. And since I watch porn when I'm not working on my computer, I don't have to worry about having kids in the future because who needs a girlfriend when I have my computer? See? Problem solved before it even started!

Answer 5

Does not effect me at all I have no kids yet if I did I would make sure to watch them while on the computer and so on. There is a way higher percentage of ppl that watch, buy, and enjoy porn of all kinds that's why its a huge industry.

Answer 6

Porn is porn and it will always exist. Not much can be done to stop it and as long as it's nothing illegal I don't' really have a problem with it. Does nothing for me personally but I can understand the appeal for many. Parents can protect their children by supervising them like they are supposed to instead of using TVs and computers as surrogate babysitters.

Answer 7

Men are voyeuristic by nature....hence the reason the majority of that billion dollar industry is supported by the male species. I don't really have a problem with it per say however I have a rule in my house that the boyfriend cannot look at it if I am at home. I do find it unfair that it is extremely difficult to find male porn online that isn't of the gay variety. Maybe I like to look on occasion too.....

Answer 8

YES--- both ,in a positive and a negative way. It all depends on how YOU use the internet. There are lots of sites which can motivate you, empower you, educate you, and inform you about all sorts of things that you did not know. Use it to your advantage. There are many sites which have pornography, bestiality, violence, and ugliness.......things that degrade you are take you into lower and lower depths of depravity. You CHOOSE what you want to feed your mind!

Answer 9

If you're an adult it's your business, it doesn't effect me because I don't view it, but too many innocent children have access to it and that's a big problem.

Answer 10

parents need to quit expecting the net to be self regulating to releive them of THEIR responsibility to watch what their kids do.

and 20%? That seems a little low to me

Answer 11

I doesnt affect me, I have kids, so I have a system on this computer to guard them against that sort of thing~