The Dangers of
Pornography
Prepared by Mr. Amor Jude
Thadeus Soriano, MA
Where it came from?
The word “pornography” comes from
the Greek words “porne,” which means
a harlot, prostitute or whore and
“graphos” means a writing or depiction.
What it is?
It is defined by Mackinnon (1983) as the very
embodiment of dominance which means that:
Pornography is the celebration, the promotion, the
authorization and the legitimization of rape,
harassment, battery
and the abuse of children, for
the sexual pleasure of men. Pornography eroticizes
dominance and submission, of which rape, battery
What it is?
It is defined by Russell (1993) as “material
that combines sex and/or the exposure of
genitals with abuse or degradation in a
manner that appears to endorse, condone,
or encourage such behavior.”
What it is?
Steinem (1978) concludes that pornography’s
message is “violence, dominance, and
conquest. It is sex being used to reinforce
some inequality or to create one, or to tell us
that pain and humiliation are really the same
as pleasure.”
The Harmful Effects of Pornography
There are eight harmful effects of
pornography on a person such as: Attitude
Sexual
arousal
Aggressio
n
Desensiti
zation
Decline in
family
values
Causal
model of
rape
Feminist
ideologic
al effects
towards
women
Catharsis
Sexual Arousal
This is brought by visual and literary pornography.
This effects has been shown both mentally and
physically. The males and females are sexually
aroused from material portraying nudity or sexual
acts according to the research of Kinsey (1948).
Aggression
This is related to the idea of arousal that exposure
to pornography leads men to greater levels of
aggression towards women. Bandura (1973)
hypothesized that emotional arousal would
intensify aggressive behavior. A number of
experimental studies have tested this hypothesis.
Desentization
Studies conducted by Donnerstein and Linz
(1988) have found that prolonged exposure
to so called “slasher films” desensitizes
viewers to violence against women.
Attitude towards Women
Exposure to pornography leads to antisocial
attitudes about women.
Decline in Family Values
Those massively exposed to pornography will
become distrusting of their parents in
extended relationship. There is also growing
dissatisfaction with sexual reality. According
to Linz and Malamuth (1993) exposure to
pornography “fosters a lack of respect for
Causal Model of Rape
Russel (1993) argues that pornography predisposes
some males to want to rape women by:
Pairing sexually arousing stimuli with rape;
Increasing males self-generated rape fantasies;
Sexualizing dominance and submission; and
Creating an appetite for increasingly stronger material.
Ideological Effects
This view grows out of the traditional
feminist critique of patriarchy which finds
that the oppression of women is an
institutionalized and socially constructed tool
which men use to maintain the status-quo.
Catharsis
Pornography prevents harmful effects like
rape and other sex crimes. The cathartic
effect of pornography is believed due to a
substitution effect, by which potential sex
offenders receive sexual gratification from
pornographic content, rather than from
CYBERSEX
An introduction to Virtual Worlds:
The Cybersex
Everyday we are facing a new area of danger
especially for the youths – the Internet. The
Internet is an exciting new territory for many
young people as well as adults especially if
they use it in cybersex or computer sex.
Many of our young women are hooked into
Definition
Cybersex or computer sex is a virtual sex
encounter wherein two or more persons are
connected remotely via a computer network
and send sexually explicit messages
describing a sexual experience to one
another.
Disadvantages
1. Considering the fact that the Philippines is
a Christian country, everybody believes that
cybersex could deteriorate the values of our
youths if it will be allowed to continue.
Disadvantages
2. It is also a form of infidelity.
Disadvantages
3. While it does not involve physical contact,
critics claim that powerful emotions involved
can cause marital stress, especially when
cybersex culminates in an Internet romance.
Disadvantages
4. Internet adultery became the ground for
divorce in the United States.
Disadvantages
5. There is also the separate risk factor of
Internet addiction, which is perceived to be
the cause of social isolation and loss of work
productivity.
Dangers and Advantages
Cybersex, according to its defenders satisfies the
sexual desires without the risk of being
contaminated by sexually transmitted disease, It
is a safe way for a young people who have not
yet engaged in sexual activity to experiment. It
allows husband and wife to carry out elaborate
sexual fantasies even when they are physically
separated. Some people who are suffering from
THAT’S IT!!!