It doesn’t take a genius to see that PP stands to reap massive financial benefits when society is behaving in a sexually reckless manner.
By Dan Andros Faithwire
Behind almost every affair, assault, or deviant perverse behavior – porn can be found close by, almost always a precursor to the physical act itself. Despite the obvious negative and damaging effects porn has on women themselves and how men view women, there seems to be a lack of willingness to address it.
Arizona recently pushed a law that would declare pornography a public health crisis, a bold step in a time when more and more people are beginning to view pornography in a favorable light. Republican Rep. Michelle Udall said that porn “perpetuates a sexually toxic environment that damages all areas of our society.” The data makes arguing otherwise a challenging proposition.
Despite technology making porn more accessible than ever before – kids find it as early as 10 years old these days – Millennials increasingly believe there’s nothing morally wrong with porn, and at worst are neutral and don’t view it as a negative thing.
Why is this misconception gaining ground instead of losing it? How can a vice so damaging to women and relationships somehow be gaining in acceptance? It certainly doesn’t help when organizations who purport to be experts in the health field promote porn as something that “Many healthy, caring adults use pornography. Most of them use it to enhance their sex lives knowing that it is much more about fantasy than it is about reality.”
That’s how Planned Parenthood (PP) describes porn in a post on its website when answering the question, “Can you become addicted to watching pornography like you can become addicted to drugs?” The answer provided by PP is simply that addiction is “rare, but possible.”
Despite technology making porn more accessible than ever before – kids find it as early as 10 years old these days – Millennials increasingly believe there’s nothing morally wrong with porn, and at worst are neutral and don’t view it as a negative thing.
Why is this misconception gaining ground instead of losing it? How can a vice so damaging to women and relationships somehow be gaining in acceptance? It certainly doesn’t help when organizations who purport to be experts in the health field promote porn as something that “Many healthy, caring adults use pornography. Most of them use it to enhance their sex lives knowing that it is much more about fantasy than it is about reality.”
That’s how Planned Parenthood (PP) describes porn in a post on its website when answering the question, “Can you become addicted to watching pornography like you can become addicted to drugs?” The answer provided by PP is simply that addiction is “rare, but possible.”
At the same time, PP seemingly understands that porn is unhealthy, as much of the post is dedicated to how porn is a distortion of reality. They summarize the downside, however, with a mild warning that says porn can lead to “unrealistic expectations about sex and sexuality.”
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