Desensitized to Porn on the Internet?
I am actually a bit worried about the title since last time, when I wrote about Sex in China, I got a lot of hits from people looking for just like this. Well, this is not what this blog is all about.
Anyway - we have the first generation of Internet users and they are used to seeing porn. Sex is familiar feature for them - you can here it on the radio, see it in the Internet, get if via your mobile phone.
Every now and then, "adults" then complain that it is too much and that it is corrupting the youth. Does it?
It also doesn't make them ravenous for sex. "For all the sex in their sightlines, teenagers now have the lowest pregnancy, birth and abortion rates in decades. The vast majority of adolescents still are virgins at age 15, and the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported in 2002 that the size of that majority had increased since 1995. In a recent poll by Princeton Survey Research Associates commissioned by People magazine and NBC, 95 percent of 13- and 14-year-olds said they had not had intercourse, and 9 out of 10 said they disapproved of it for kids their age." (Which, of course, are pretty young kids when looking at it from the Asian perspective - I am aware of this!!).
It might be that the youth is just desensitized to sex and hardcore pornography.
"What we once called porn is just mainstream sex now, and what we now think of as pornography has shrunk to a tiny, tiny area. We've expanded the envelope of normative sex so much that there's not much room for ‘porn' anymore" is the comment from someone in the National Sexuality Resource Center.
Interviews with youth in the US reveals however, that the constant presence of sex in their environment influences the way they look at their own looks.
Related interview comments are :"You get the message that that kind of sex is glamorous, that you should be with these skinny blond types'' or ""You're supposed to have skinny thighs, big (breasts), flat stomachs,'' said Amy Liu, 14, brushing her long, dark hair behind one ear. "But then if you're fortunate to have that kind of body naturally, then they call you anorexic. ... You can't win.'' or "For one thing, it causes girls to think they need makeovers,'' said Kirstin Williams, a 15-year-old blonde in sweatpants and a hoodie. "Like, I know people who are considering plastic surgery.''
I wouldn't nevertheless say that porn is good for kids. It is just that a total restriction is just not possible. The effect of porn on kids has to be researched further, that is clear.
What do you think?
(By Asia Business Consulting)
Anyway - we have the first generation of Internet users and they are used to seeing porn. Sex is familiar feature for them - you can here it on the radio, see it in the Internet, get if via your mobile phone.
Every now and then, "adults" then complain that it is too much and that it is corrupting the youth. Does it?
It also doesn't make them ravenous for sex. "For all the sex in their sightlines, teenagers now have the lowest pregnancy, birth and abortion rates in decades. The vast majority of adolescents still are virgins at age 15, and the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported in 2002 that the size of that majority had increased since 1995. In a recent poll by Princeton Survey Research Associates commissioned by People magazine and NBC, 95 percent of 13- and 14-year-olds said they had not had intercourse, and 9 out of 10 said they disapproved of it for kids their age." (Which, of course, are pretty young kids when looking at it from the Asian perspective - I am aware of this!!).
It might be that the youth is just desensitized to sex and hardcore pornography.
"What we once called porn is just mainstream sex now, and what we now think of as pornography has shrunk to a tiny, tiny area. We've expanded the envelope of normative sex so much that there's not much room for ‘porn' anymore" is the comment from someone in the National Sexuality Resource Center.
Interviews with youth in the US reveals however, that the constant presence of sex in their environment influences the way they look at their own looks.
Related interview comments are :"You get the message that that kind of sex is glamorous, that you should be with these skinny blond types'' or ""You're supposed to have skinny thighs, big (breasts), flat stomachs,'' said Amy Liu, 14, brushing her long, dark hair behind one ear. "But then if you're fortunate to have that kind of body naturally, then they call you anorexic. ... You can't win.'' or "For one thing, it causes girls to think they need makeovers,'' said Kirstin Williams, a 15-year-old blonde in sweatpants and a hoodie. "Like, I know people who are considering plastic surgery.''
I wouldn't nevertheless say that porn is good for kids. It is just that a total restriction is just not possible. The effect of porn on kids has to be researched further, that is clear.
What do you think?
(By Asia Business Consulting)
posted by Andreas @ 4:55 pm
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