Pornography Essays (2564 words) - Pornography,

Pornography Pornography, otherwise defined as vulgarity and obscenity, is an issue that has and will continue to call upon much debate. While there are many people who see pornography as degrading, sinful, and disgusting, there is also a large amount of people who see it as a turn on, a form of sexual expression, and entertainment. Websters Dictionary defined pornography as merely the depiction of erotic behavior (as in pictures or writing) intended to cause sexual excitement. Yet there is still the everlasting question which is does pornography serve a real purpose, and if so what purpose it that? continues. I happen to acknowledge pornography with only a few minor glitches. I dont believe in cens oring pornography, yet analyzing pornography that is already censored. Pornography is censored in the way in which it portrays the sexual desires and pleasures of women. In preparing to write this report, I sat down with a group of my peers (mixed genders) and watched five pornographic films. It was unfortunate that I must report that in all of the five movies, not once did I, nor any of my friends see a woman being sexually gratified. In every movie, the man would finish and the sex would come to an end. The women seemed like they were enjoying it, but were they really? As Andrea Dworkin describes it, women are made to smile, women arent just made to do the sex acts. We are made to smile. (Stan, 33) Pornography claims that it is showing two people enjoying sex. Two people who have chosen to be there and who get pleasure out of it. However, to me it seems that pornography itself is buying into censorship. BY not honestly showing the female side to sexual desires and pleasure, pornography is in itself being censored. It is not the act of sex and sexual promiscuity that I find offensive at all about the industry. It is actually the masking of an entire genders sexual likes and dislikes that I find offensive. The message this is sending out is that women enjoy having sex with a man until the man is finished, and then there is no need to continue till the woman is also sexually indebted. The issue of censorship and pornography is split into two parts. There are the people fighting to censor pornography by banning it, and we have people that argue that by banning pornography, the consequences would proceed to be an infringement on their rights to free speech and equality. What I believe is that both of these issues are brought about in the wrong way. The group that is arguing to ban pornography all together is using their freedom of speech to ban someone elses. I find it hypocritical and unjust. At the same time, however, the pro-pornography group is also being duplicitous in the sense that they are claiming to fight against censorship, when they themselves are defending something that is already censored. From a womans perspective, there is a significant amount of dispute surrounding the porn industry. The anti-pornography feminists were interested in making the streets safe for women by means of punitive and far reaching legislation against pornography (Schwartz s rights. I think that these women are being exposed to things that no one would want to be exposed to. They are battered and beaten in front of cameras, with their things hanging out all over the place. Said Mrs. McManus, who lives next door to me. She is an ultra conservative woman who fully disagrees with the mere prospect of porn. Another argument on the behalf of the feminists says that men exposed to sexually explicit material and entertainment were likely to become sexual victimizers. (Schwartz & Rutter p. 181) It is believed that those in favor of banning pornography feel no support from the government. Those law makers are doing nothing to help get rid of that smut that is going around. Cant they see that this