I enjoy porn. I get real pissed when some small group manages to get strip clubs and porn stores closed down because of ‘morality’ reasons. I have no problem with closing down such clubs which are connected with organized crime – and there have been several in my area.
I am a supporter of legalized prostitution.
I recall how when I was real young and the sexual curiosity hit how big a problem it was to locate anything really sexual to see and it was frustrating. I got lucky, finding that my parents enjoyed porn and had some 8 mm films hidden away in a secret place that I discovered and when they would take off for a few hours, I’d have the projector up and running.
However, if kids are going to have sexually related materials available to them, I think they need to be coached in what is right and what is wrong. A kid, all steamed up with powerful hormones, might manage to talk some little girl a year or two younger than him, into doing what he saw. THAT might cause some problems.
Kids get forceful, so it might become a form of rape. Plus, there are rape films out there and S&M and bondage and I figure a kid needs to be aware of normal sex before viewing such things.
In Japan the age of consent is 14.
In Sweden the porn industry is accepted and many kids paying for college find it acceptable to get a brief job in it, develop some cash and get on with their lives.
In France, sex is looked on as natural and a part of the life experience.
Here in the States we have this ‘Puritan’ opinion of it that essentially boils down to the feeling that sex is nasty, dirty, immoral and should be done at night, under the covers, with the lights out and the doors locked. The age of consent is 18. (A boy or girl, at 16, can leave school and be considered an adult in many ways BUT if someone, like 22 has sex with them, even with consent, it is A: considered child molestation and B: considered statutory rape.)
With the current confusing laws and such concerning sex within a certain age group, even kids who experiment as kids will can be arrested for ‘molestation’ or ‘inappropriate behavior’ (which is actually appropriate for their age). Once puberty hits, boys and girls dance to the urges of their hormones, which will remain intensely powerful until they reach something like 22, then they will drop some. Now they have to not only contend with the confusing time of puberty, plus the raging hormones, the physical changes in their bodies, BUT have to be afraid of being arrested if they attempt to experience consensual sex or any form of sex play.
Porn sells. If people did not want it, it would not be there. Strip clubs make money. If they did not, then they would close down and strip clubs can be controlled so they don’t deteriorate into ‘biker bars’ where everything goes from drugs to whores.
It prostitution was not wanted, there would be no prostitutes. Certain woman’s groups have flatly stated that prostitution is wide spread because of MEN but in areas where there are male prostitutes available for women, the practice thrives also.
(I know several women who used escort services and NOT just to go to dinner. Plus I know several more who went to male strip shows and spent some interesting time with a male dancer afterwards. So what?)
Personally, I like sex. I’m heterosexual and I adore the fine curves and appearance of the female form as well as the emotional, physical and hormonal sensations of the act of sex. I’ve met many a woman where we did not get along well enough to be a couple BUT we enjoyed each other in bed. So what? It was fun for both of us.
I like porn and I know women who enjoy it also. Sometimes a partner and I have gotten interesting ideas from watching porn and had fun trying them out.
Within certain limits, like no ‘snuff’ films – staged or not – I like porn.
