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- From: greeny@top.cis.syr.edu (J. S. Greenfield)
- Subject: Re: Porn in the USA (48 Hours)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.201856.3003@newstand.syr.edu>
- Organization: Syracuse University, CIS Dept.
- References: <1992Nov19.061445.20835@mercury.cair.du.edu> <BxzHE6.J9D@cs.uiuc.edu>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 92 20:18:56 EST
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- In article <BxzHE6.J9D@cs.uiuc.edu> kadie@cs.uiuc.edu (Carl M. Kadie) writes:
- >The most interesting segment to me was on Christian recovering "porn
- >addicts".
- >
- >My impression was that their sex problems neither started nor ended
- >with porn. They mentioned all kinds of illicit sex (peeping, exposure,
- >sex with prosititutes, etc. etc.). Their complusion to view porn
- >seemed like the least of their problems.
- >
- >I can believe that they had/have a compulsion for illicit sexual
- >activity. But what causes this? (I don't think it was porn.) Is it
- >just "random" or is it caused by early sexual repression?
-
- I agree. It seems pretty clear that these folks have some serious
- sexually-related psychological problems. (Well, I guess more serious than
- most of the rest of us! :)
-
-
- In any case, I was disappointed that 48 hours mentioned "No study has ever
- shown that pornography causes violent behavior" but *failed* to point out
- that some very biased, and very well-funded zealots (including people in
- our own government) have frequently tried to demonstrate the existence of
- such a link, and have failed miserably.
-
- I was also somewhat disappointed that Andrea Dworkin was given so little
- opportunity to show her ideas. She seems to be one of those people whose
- credibility (in most others' eyes) is inversely proportional to how long
- you hear her talk...
-
-
- --
- J. S. Greenfield greeny@top.cis.syr.edu
- (I like to put 'greeny' here,
- but my d*mn system wants a
- *real* name!) "What's the difference between an orange?"
-