This post is not to judge anyone that has watched or does watch porn, I am just trying to call attention to what I feel to be a very important issue.
It is hard to overstate the negative impact that porn has had on our world and on relations between men and women. A lot of the content you will be exposed to on sites like Pornhub just by visiting the home page is disturbing. Almost every porn website has a 'teen' category and recruits girls that look as young as possible (or are even <18, as is the case in child pornography). Incest and sexual positions & acts that are degrading to women are the norm in porn.
Habitual porn consumption warps the mind of the viewer, and greatly contributes to abusive & degrading conduct by men against women, and this conduct is reinforced by patriarchical privilege, and also by gender norms in politics & the media (including films, shows & music).
A lot of women (particularly in the younger demographics) feel increasingly pressured to behave like porn stars and engage in sexual acts they may not otherwise be comfortable with, due to these acts becoming the most frequent desires of male partners. Porn also depicts sex as being almost if not exclusively about fulfilling the desires of men.
Horrifically, one can even find porn depicting 'rape' fantasies. Is it any wonder that in such a world, 1 in 5 women on college campuses (likely underreported) can be expected to be raped during her enrollment?
Porn became much more accessible with the public release of the internet, but the widespread adoption of smartphones enabled porn consumption in the palm of one's hand, which has likely contributed to a further increase in global porn watching.
On top of all this, reports from actresses in the porn industry describe horrific working conditions, where women are yelled at, physically and emotionally assaulted, lied to about what will be expected and then not be paid unless they do the newly expected sex act (ie anal which is very painful for many women).
I would not at all be surprised if the CIA itself (or other intelligence agencies) were the primary funder and organizer of the U.S. pornography industry, because porn serves to negstively impact the enemy domestic population in a myriad of ways as described above.
Porn serves as the receptacle for sexual expression for many, in what has become an increasingly sexually repressed world. The damage caused by porn is immense and must be acknowledged for its destructive impact on global society.
P.S. I strongly believe that porn falls into the category of a 'Silent Weapon' deployed against humanity as described in this document. Other examples include 9/11, the 2008 banking fraud and 2020 'shutdown mania'. I cannot recommend enough reading and re-reading this document if you want to understand the present reality on Earth. https://enchantedlifepath.com/war-on-humanity/silent-weapons-for-quiet-wars/
"Everything that is expected from an ordinary weapon is expected from a silent weapon by its creators, but only in its own manner of functioning.
It shoots situations, instead of bullets; propelled by data processing, instead of chemical reaction (explosion); originating from bits of data, instead of grains of gunpowder; from a computer, instead of a gun; operated by a computer programmer, instead of a marksman; under the orders of a banking magnate, instead of a military general.
It makes no obvious explosive noises, causes no obvious physical or mental injuries, and does not obviously interfere with anyone’s daily social life.
Yet it makes an unmistakable “noise,” causes unmistakable physical and mental damage, and unmistakably interferes with the daily social life, i.e., unmistakable to a trained observer, one who knows what to look for.
The public cannot comprehend this weapon, and therefore cannot believe that they are being attacked and subdued by a weapon.
The public might instinctively feel that something is wrong, but that is because of the technical nature of the silent weapon, they cannot express their feeling in a rational way, or handle the problem with intelligence. Therefore, they do not know how to cry for help, and do not know how to associate with others to defend themselves against it.
When a silent weapon is applied gradually, the public adjusts/adapts to its presence and learns to tolerate its encroachment on their lives until the pressure becomes too great and they crack up.
Therefore, the silent weapon is a type of biological warfare. It attacks the vitality, options, and mobility of the individuals of a society by knowing, understanding, manipulating, and attacking their sources of natural and social energy, and their physical, mental, and emotional strengths and weaknesses."
Therefore, porn can be understood as a silent weapon in the sense that it makes no obvious physical noises as compared to conventional weaponry, and yet you can argue that pornographic videos (the bulk of which are produced by only a small handful of massive corporations) have caused social, sexual and overall societal damage equivalent to a whole silo of nuclear weapons.
Welp you lost me at patriarchal privilege, good luck op.
I also disagree with that bit—I'm the father of a double digit number of children and a pretty hardcore culture warrior—but agree strongly with the other stuff this anon is saying. Maybe not this post about porn, which is on point, but a link to the Silent Weapons article in this post should be stickied at the top of this site for a week, studied carefully, discussed as a group, and applied strategically in coordination with each other.
A "double digit number of children" God bless you brother. You are so blessed. ❤
Thanks, and thanks be to God!
If you don't believe men enjoy certain privileges over women in this world then I don't really know what to say. Talk to some women.
Like the privilege to divorce for no reason, yet still keep the kids, the car, the house, and half your former spouse’s paycheck?
Like the privilege to level false rape accusations, yet be believed and celebrated by society?
Like the privilege to be severely overweight and unhealthy, yet still only accept exceptionally physically fit people as dating material? And have everyone celebrate you for your “bravery”?
Dang, where do I sign up for that? Must have misplaced it along with my white privileged benefits package.
If you don't believe women enjoy certain privileges over men in this world then I don't really know what to say. Talk to some men.
Grass is always greener on the other side, after all.
Why does it have to be either or....?
Doesn't have to be, but I don't see the equal rights types falling over themselves to get women signed up for the draft, for instance. Priviledges often come with responsibilities, after all.
It is interesting that we have heard of polygamy/harems and David or Solomon with their many wives...but I have often found it curious that I have never heard of a woman with multiple husbands...I think this speaks to a certain patriarchal privilege in that men and women are just different...that is how God made them...also there is a difference in how society treats them.
I did a LOT of study on porn when my 10 year old son was exposed to it in the late 90's...and read much about how it changes the brain...it is certainly NOT of God...that was a difficult journey...
I have known porn to break up marriages and even affect marriages that remained in tact, however broken...it is an addiction that has very long term consequences...there are many interesting online PubMed articles that talk about how porn changes the brain...and for younger children it changes/distorts the whole process of sexual maturity that should naturally occur as young children grow...
For any that think there is a tolerable level or it is up to the adult to choose...I ask the Biblical question...
2 Corinthians 6:14 King James Version
Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
I will add that God gave us sex and sexual desire to be a blessing and joy in the context of marriage ...see Song of Solomon...however satan has used one of the most beautiful gifts from God and distorted it in the most vulgar ways possible with only one goal in mind...the destruction of God's creation and eventually society...what God has perfectly made and designed is not to be trampled underfoot...
Women also enjoy many privileges over men
I am a woman have been my whole life. I've been on this earth for over 50 years I've seen a lot women, in most countries women have more rights now than they ever have, we have more privilege now than we ever have. I'm an old school feminist equal pay for equal work fair treatment for both sexes, but when people start preaching the patriarchy they lose me.
Men are not the enemy, the deep state is, they want us divided.
The things that concern me are the human rights issues that go on around the world, female infanticide, honor killings, the abuse and exploitation of children, the list goes on.
Start digging into who's behind this start following the money. It will keep leading back to the same hydra, the same families over, and over.
Referencing the patriarchy doesn't mean I believe men are the enemy. When I used that word I was referring to some relative privilege that men have in this world. I am really not sure how anyone can suggest that men do not enjoy certain privileges when it comes to drastically reduced rape against your gender, more opportunities for leading roles or executive positions, being treated as if your self worth should be intimately tied to your physical appearance, etcera.
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Is there any good data on rape rates? You're generally at lower risk, as an adult man, outside of prison, sure, but that is not a small number of men, in context. Women definitely have privileges of after-rape support that men do not, and attempts to organize such things for men end very badly.
Men have no more opportunities for leading roles. At lower levels, they have fewer, today, as women are preferred. At higher levels, there are more men capable and ambitious than there are women. That is (a) not a lack of opportunity, and (b) not anything that 99.9% of men have access to, either, and (c) not something that most sensible people envy (IE, to most people, it would be an oppressive burden). Companies go for whomever looks to offer better profits, if they're not woke.
Men may have less of their worth tied to appearance, but that's why many work themselves into disability or death by old age, because only a small amount can coast on good looks. OTOH, for the top maybe 10% of men, and a good 50% of women, that can work, and is a privelege. But, those so privileged often don't learn skills needed to handle aging well. In addition, it's only such a social detriment to women, because other women fiercely compete with each other on looks, to their own standards of beauty, while men just watch, knowing better than to get involved.
It's not a privelege, overall, for either sex, but just how sexual dimorphism and sexual selection work. Women have their greatest value in their signs of fertility and health, which peak a few years after the onset of puberty, then fall off at varying times and rates, while men have their greatest value in signs that they can defend and care for those women and their offspring. Stable agrarian societies commonly, independently, developed monogamous marriage (for commoners, anyway) as a core social contract for good reasons.
You keep gaslighting, I'm done. You are now blocked, I wish you the best in finding your path in life. I however will no longer be a part of that. Have a great weekend.