Stupid, stupid, stupid.

Protection from Pornography Week?!?!?

I don't.... understand...

But I'm glad there's a showing of Rocky tomorrow. It'll feel good to shove a symbolic stick up this proclamation's ass and say SEX IS A BEAUTIFUL THING! BEING SEXY IS NOT SHAMEFUL! If pornography is harmful to a relationship, there was something wrong with that relationship already that should be dealt with. What's next? Laws forbidding the exposure of a navel or shoulder in public? Classification of the female orgasm as a mental disorder?

Pornography, in my opinion, doesn't by itself objectify women. Pornography shows off human sexuality, yes, and I think that both the male body and the female body are attractive. The problem is that the ones who pay for the majority of porn prefer to ogle simply the female form, and by simple economics, more female porn is produced. Honestly, take a look around the Louvre. There's a bunch of paintings and statues of naked women, in some pretty lewd poses by the standards of the day. There are actually depictions of PEOPLE HAVING SEX! Even some gods! This is art, this is a celebration of the beauty of the human body!

Honestly, people, if you're going to say that God created Man in his image, you might as well take some pride in that image.

Maybe sometime tonight I'll take a trip to Sensations to buy some porn in protest. I won't show it in the lounge, but I might in my room. Anyone with me?

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Clarification

I don't support child pornography; I don't support giving porn to children. But I also don't support the position that, "Pornography can have debilitating effects on communities, marriages, ...."

Allow me to restrict my point to those cases where all involved are consenting adults. In that case, I really do believe that sexuality and sensuality, when responsibly applied to prevent disease and unwanted children, should be free and unrestricted. I see now that this proclamation, a sweeping statement of protecting everyone from pornography, is politically worded so that any opposition is tantamount to pedophilia.

I wouldn't have a problem with "Protect Our Children From Pornography Week," but that's not what's been declared, now is it?

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