Pornography:
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Freedom
      of
      speech
      or
      media
      irresponsibility?
     
    
   
   
    
     
      eople
      all
      over
      the
      world,
     
     
      P
      especiaily
      women,
      are
      mad
     
    

    
     
      as
      hell
      that
      porn
      is
      so
     
     
      readily
      available,
      but
      the
     
     
      industry
      is
      booming.
      Some
     
     
      people
      believe
      that
      pornogra-
     
     
      phy
      is
      a
      healthy
      release
      of
     
     
      sexual
      tension.
      If
      that
      is
      the
     
     
      case,
      then
      why
      have
      battered
     
     
      wives,
      police
      officers
      and
     
     
      others
      described
      assaults
      that
     
     
      parallel
      scenes
      from
      porn
     
     
      films
      and
      magazines
      such
      as
     
     
      Hustler?
      And
      what
      about
     
     
      Clifford
      Olson-
      B.C.
      child
     
     
      molester
      and
      murderer-,
      who
     
     
      allegedly
      carried
      pornographic
     
     
      photographs
      of
      young
      children
     
     
      in
      his
      suitcase
      during
      the
     
     
      time
      in
      which
      he
      murdered
     
     
      eleven
      children?
     
    

    
     
      In
      the
      words
      of
      one
      rap-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ist:
     
    

    
     
      ‘’.,..I
      went
      to
      a
      porno
      book-
     
     
      store,
      put
      a
      quarter
      ina
     
     
      slot,
      and
      saw
      this
      porno
     
     
      movie.
      It
      was
      just
      a
      guy
      com-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ing
      up
      from
      behind
     
     
      a
      girl
      and
      attack-
     
     
      ing
      her
      and
      raping
     
     
      her.
      That’s
      when
      I
     
     
      started
      having
      rape
     
     
      fantasies.
      When
      I
     
     
      seen
      that
      movie,
      it
     
     
      was
      like
      somebody
     
     
      lit
      a
      fuse
      from
      my
     
     
      childhood
      on
      up.
     
     
      When
      that
      fuse
      got
     
     
      to
      the
      porn
      movie,
     
     
      I
      exploded.
      I
      just
     
     
      went
      for
      it;
      went
     
     
      Out
      and
      raped.
      It
     
     
      was
      like
      a
      little
     
     
      voice
      saying,
      ‘it’s
     
     
      all-zaght.,..
      £626:
      all
     
     
      right,
      go
      ahead
      and
     
     
      rape
      and
      get
      your
     
     
      revenge;
      you’ll
     
     
      never
      get
      caught.
     
     
      Go
      out
      and
      rip
      off
     
     
      some
      girls.
      It’s
     
     
      all
      “right
      «they
      42
     
     
      even
      make
      movies
      of
     
     
      Less
     
    

    
     
      Although
      pornogra-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      by
      Patricia
      MacDonald
     
    
   
   
    
     
      phy
      is
      not
      the
      sole
      factor
     
     
      leading
      to
      violence
      against
     
     
      women,
      it
      is
      sometimes
      the
     
     
      trigger
      factor.
      In
      an
      incident
     
     
      in
      Dallas,
      Texas,
      police
      were
     
     
      called
      after
      a
      neighbor
      saw
      a
     
     
      woman
      slide
      down
      a
      rope
      of
     
     
      blankets
      from
      an
      apartment.
     
     
      She
      had
      been
      held
      captive
      for
     
     
      two
      weeks,
      and
      another
      woman
     
     
      had
      been
      in
      there
      for
      nine
     
     
      months.
      Both
      had
      been
      chained,
     
     
      beaten
      and
      repeatedly
      raped.
     
     
      ‘Officers
      entering
      the
      apart-
     
     
      ment
      said
      they
      found
      most
      of
     
     
      the
      windows
      had
      bars
      over
      them
     
     
      and
      the
      walls
      of
      the
      apartment
     
     
      were
      covered
      with
      pornographic
     
     
      photographs.
      ’’
     
    

    
     
      Obviously,
      the
      theory
     
     
      that
      pornography
      has
      a
      posi-
     
     
      tive
      affect
      on
      society,
      that
     
     
      it
      is
      a
      harmless
      release
      of
     
     
      sexual
      tensions,
      violent
      or
     
     
      otherwise,
      does
      not
      always
     
     
      apply.
      Therefore,
      it
      is
      not
     
    
   
   
    
     
      valid.
      There
      are
      other
      theo-
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ries
      of
      why
      porn
      is
      so
      popu-
     
     
      lar,
      especially
      among
      the
      male
     
     
      population.
      The
      recent
      ‘’boom’
     
     
      in
      pornography
      may
      correlate
     
     
      to
      the
      recent
      increased
      belief
     
     
      in
      feminist
      views-that
      women
     
     
      are
      sexual
      beings
      who
      have
     
     
      control
      over
      their
      own
      bodies.
     
     
      In
      pornography,
      women
      are
     
     
      portrayed
      as
      submissive,
      lust-
     
     
      ful,
      controlled
      creatures
      who
     
     
      will
      perform
      anything
      the
      man
     
     
      asks.
      Men
      are
      always
      in
      con-
     
     
      trol
      in
      pornography.
      So,
      be-
     
     
      cause
      of
      the
      recent
      feminist
     
     
      uprising,
      many
      men
      feel
      the
     
     
      need
      to
      regain
      control.
      Porn
     
     
      reassures
      some
      men
      that
      women
     
     
      are
      still
      ultimately
      under
     
     
      their
      control.
     
    

    
     
      Pornography
      combines
     
     
      sexuality
      with
      aggression-
      so
     
     
      that
      for
      many
      men,
      one
      implies
     
     
      the
      other.
      Neil
      M.
      Malamuth
     
     
      and
      Ed
      Donnerstein
      of
      the
     
     
      University
      of
      Wisconsin
      at,
     
     
      Madison
      state
      that
      ‘’’
      the
     
     
      coupling
      of
      sexuality
      and
     
     
      aggression
      may
      result
      in
      con-
     
     
      ditioning
      processes
      whereby
     
     
      aggressive
      acts
      become
      associ-
     
     
      ated
      with
      sexual
      arousal,
      a
     
     
      powerful
      unconditioned
      stimu-
     
     
      lus
      and
      reinforcer,
      and
      that
     
     
      such
      conditioning
      could
      possi-
     
     
      bly
      lead
      to
      concomitant
     
     
      changes
      in
      fantasies
      and
     
     
      behavior...In
      most
      violent
     
     
      pornography,
      the
     
     
      victim
      is
      depicted
     
     
      as
      secretly
      desiring
     
     
      the
      attack,
      and
      -such
     
     
      information
      may
     
     
      suggest
      that,
      even
     
     
      if
      a
      woman
      seems
     
     
      repulsed
      by
      a
      pur-
     
     
      suer,
      she
      will
      even-
     
     
      tually
      respond
     
     
      favorably
      to
      force-
     
     
      ful
      advances,
      ag-
     
     
      gression
      and
      over-
     
     
      powering
      by
      the
      male
     
     
      assailant.’’
      No
     
     
      wonder
      many
      men
     
     
      Stl
      think:
      /-ne!
     
     
      means
      ‘‘yes’’.
     
    

    
     
      Keeping
      all
     
     
      this.
      in
      minds.ib:
      26
     
     
      impossible
      for
      any-
     
     
      one
      to
      deny
      that
     
     
      there
      is
      a
      link
      of
     
     
      some
      sort
      between
     
     
      pornography
      and
     
     
      violence
      against
     
     
      women.
      In
      an
      analy-
     
     
      Sis
      of
      Berl
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