Thursday, October 11, 2012

Relax! It's only porn!

What's the first thing you think of when you hear the word porn? Hot 3-way action? Mexican donkey show? Midgets?

Regardless of what you think, chances are it has something to do with sex.

Does real estate come to mind? No? Google 'real estate porn' and Google will eagerly return with more than ninety-million results.

Oh, baby...you look so wet!
Then there is shoe porn. Ladies...don't lie. I know some of you have drooled over a pair of Jimmy Choo's and visit his website regularly.


Mmmm...daddy likes leather.
 I can already hear the claims. "But that's not real pornography - that's not hurting anyone."

Or is it?

We, as a culture, have been so inundated with sex through advertising and TV shows and movies that we've begun to accept and use the word as a part of our vernacular. A short time ago the use of the word in the workplace would be enough to land you in court with a sexual harassment case filed against you. While it can still happen today, attaching the word 'porn' to something like 'shoe' or 'property' or 'electrionic' makes it nothing more than idle chit-chat at the water cooler.

An interesting read is Pornified: How Pornography Is Transforming Our Lives, Our Relationships, and Our Families. It talks about how porn has shaped, not only our way of thinking about sex, but also our everyday lives. While some of the author's claims are rubbish, there are some interesting points which she brings up which could be used as conversation starters.

Maybe not a conversation with your pastor or mother-in-law, but hey - who am I to assume?!

Readers - what are your thoughts? Porn, in the sexual sense: Good? Bad? Has it changed the way we think about sex? Using the word in conjunction with other terms: acceptable?

I'll be awaiting your responses. In the meantime, I'll be looking at porn.

No. Real porn. You know...the kind with the playgroud merry-go-round, power tools, and...

...ummm, maybe I've said too much.

6 comments:

  1. Don't forget about war porn. There's a good discussion to be had about how the media sanitizes war in order to make it fit a particular political narrative.

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  2. I prefer gin and tonic porn. Or wine porn. Actual porn grosses me out. Shoe porn I'm not in to, however, purse porn.. well that stones cocks.. I mean rocks socks.

    AND YOU HAVE THE WORSE KIND OF PORN THAT EXIST IN THIS WORLD.. THE CAPTCHA PORN. what the hell?

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  3. i remember a friend giving me a hard time because i shared a pic from the "Book Porn" F/B page. It's definitely becoming integrated into our culture! i prefer chocolate porn or bacon porn myself. ;)

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  4. I personally don't agree with porn but I have to say it's because of insecurities. Yes, I'm meaning the sex porn haha. I don't like to think that my man would prefer to watch someone have sex over having sex with me. And the thought of being compared to those in the porn makes me sick just thinking about it... I had a step father who ruined his marriage to my mother over his porn addiction... Bleh.

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  5. i am all for it. when watched together as a couple it can spice things up..i am very open minded so..hey thats just me..and not all the time,just on occassion.when we were younger we used to go the strip clubs together for his birthday,LOL,good clean fun! I don't worry about being compared to the women in the porn,clearly im a mom of 3,i look pretty good,im not in competition LOL.Now i want to know more about this chocolate and purse porn..that sounds intriguing!!!

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