I have the answer: It won’t.

When men stop liking photos of babes doing what they do best, is the day the human race will be doomed to extinction. It is that simple. Porn or not.

I’m curious to know where you have obtained your information from, since, as I understand it, pornography is a rampant, but commonly hidden, issue for many men (and women). It’s not something that is talked about or admitted to, in the way that alcoholism is. And it is a problem, as it causes relationship breakdowns and unhealthy attitudes towards sex, amongst other issues. I would call these adverse outcomes.

I can also tell you, as someone you would probably choose to categorise as a ‘bible-banger’, that your preconceived notions about the Christian attitude towards sex are somewhat askew. On the contrary, it’s my sincere belief that God created sex, not just for procreation, but for enjoyment. But religious views aside, I would think that most people would agree that sex is not just for making babies, but to increase the level of intimacy in a couple’s relationship. I fail to see how pornography would not hinder this, given that pornography objectifies people and turns them into sexual machines, instead of whole people who have many aspects to their person, their sexuality being only one aspect of that.

The spiritual, physical, and economic costs of this “freedom” are immense, and are characteristically belittled or ignored. The diseases of sexual irresponsibility are regarded as a technological problem and an affront to liberty.

John Minto wrote:
If ever there was justification for defining a male as a life-support system for a penis then Crow would come close. It is degrading and dehumanising to women as a gender, and all women get the backlash from antics such as these. When it comes to nudity context is everything.

‘I love porn, and anyone else that doesn’t is deluded either by men-hating or religion’

Clearly we are not going to see eye to eye on this and discussion is probably futile as you have many poorly preconceived ideas about who I am and what I think about this whole issue.

Once again you have injected topics that have nothing to do with this discussion, demonstrating that you have a chip on your shoulder and just wish to vent.

Hopefully you find some rest for that agitation some time in the future.

Peace

Thank you for your contribution. Allow me to offer some thoughts in response.

Frank, it’s genetics that dictate ALL blokes are stimulated by looking at pornography, so let’s not get all moralistic about this and just accept we males have this as encoded into our DNA and sex is a major biological driver for animals (yes despite what you’ve read in Genesis, humans are animals).

I’m not sure what Genesis has to do with this discussion, but I would entirely agree that sex is a “major biological driver for animals” including humanity. But in my view sex and pornography are not the same thing. Pornography is the manipulation of sex for the purpose of entertainment. The two are different though one uses the other.

.Trying to ban it would be like closing-down pubs because in a small percentage it causes alcoholism, the principal is the same and the idea is just as ludicrous.

I’m not sure where I have discussed banning pornography. I think, as you have said, that such an idea is ludicrous. I agree that it is most likely it will always be around. As long as it is, I support censorship and restricting it’s availability to those over 18 and I support the showing of sexually charged material on TV being restricted to later hours. Any view I hold on the parade is consistent with that.

Just ‘chill’ a bit and ignore the event if it offends you so much.

I am assuming you took the time to read the above article. If so, you will notice that I have not expressed offence against the parade. I am not personally offended by a few ladies wanting to bare their breasts to guys desparate to see them. What I have dealt with in the post is the problems this lead to in the lives of a few specific people that I talked to (available to be heard in the audio).

to the best of my knowledge ‘sexual attacks’ in Auckland haven’t surged as a result.

That would depend on your definition of a “sexual attack”. I think I have made a clear argument that there is a level of sexual violence that is often not recognised in our society and such public, non-restricted events help to fuel that.

I would be interested to get your thoughts in response to a question. Have a listen to the two bits of audio available and please tell me how you would respond to the ladies I had the opportunity to talk to?

By the way any male who does not enjoy porn, needs hormone treatment urgently!

I used to find pornography stimulating. I do not anymore. I have had to deal with people whose marriages have fallen apart because of it, but the thing that impacted me the most was hearing an ex porn producer (Donny Pauling) talk about the lives of girls who were broken because of it. He talked about what is not seen – the stuff that happens off the camera. He talked about the many girls left vomitting and crying in the corners of rooms after their first porn experience. He talked about how 80% – 90% only do it once and regret it for the rest of their lives, many having to deal with the consequences of being “that girl” for years to come and knowing they have material out there in “the market”. Then there are the girls who are drugged up or foricbly coerced into taking part. The “success” stories are not representative of the majority who engage in the porn industry.

It’s those stories that make up the majority that make this a humanitarian issue for me.

I enjoy sex very very much, but I do not enjoy the exploitation of people simply so some can be entertained – that’s not stimulating. There are far too many stories of broken lives in the industry for me to be supportive of it, let alone supportive of public midday advertising of it that leads to men feeling like they can belittle and degrade other women around them.

I make no apologies if my standards on this matter irk you.