There are many problems in the world and people are starting
to recognize them. These problems are felonious which need to be stopped. A few
examples of these problems are murder, rape, thievery, and human trafficking. Also,
there are other problems that are breaking down the values of the family. Though
they are not seen as criminal problems, these are big contributors to criminal
activity. These problems consist of: adultery, lying, stealing, and aggression towards
other family members. Although there are many contributors to these problems,
they are all extremely influenced by porn making porn one of the main problems
in today’s society. Because of the lethality of this problem, people should
stand up to stop or reduce the access to porn making it harder for our children
to access porn.
Pornography
is when people display their bodies in a way that causes their viewers to
become sexually aroused. When the body gets aroused, it sends a chemical into
the brain called dopamine. Dopamine is what the brain releases for the body to receive
pleasure. The chemical released is identical to the chemical that is released
when a person uses drugs, drinks alcohol, or smokes. The problem is not that
the brain releases this chemical because this process is completely natural.
The problem starts when the brain gets used to that same amount of dopamine and
it stops feeling the intensity of that pleasure causing the body to crave more.
Once this process has started, a person has to do more and more of what they
were accomplishing to get the same amount of pleasure; which is how a person
becomes addicted.
The most
common methods used to achieve the extreme amount of pleasure it takes to start
to get addicted is: drinking, doing drugs, and watching porn and/or the act of using
self-pleasuring methods to attain the greatest effect. Although all of these have
the same chemical effect on the brain, when they are used wrong they can be dangerous
to the user. The reason why porn is considered more of a problem is because it
is easier to access than drugs or alcohol. Porn can be found in the forms of magazines,
calendars, and internet web sites. The most commonly used form is the internet.
The internet is used to access porn the most because, it is quick, it is at the
click of a button, most of it is free, and any age can access it.
Porn is a
topic that is very relevant in our society; however, nobody wants to talk about
the extremity of it because of the shame behind it. Unlike alcohol or drugs,
porn is an easy addiction to hide. Porn addiction is a struggle for this
generation and many generations before now. Eight out of ten guys from ages 18
and under have been exposed to media porn in one way or another. It only takes
one time to see porn to start a lifetime addiction that causes problem after
problem. The ease of access of porn is an issue because anybody who has access
to the internet has full access to the porn world. The door to the porn world
is literally a click of a box stating that the user is 18 or over. After that,
the user can access anything and everything that they set their eyes upon…no
matter how old the user is.
Children are
being pushed into the media world at a very young age leaving them with the
access of the porn world in the palm of their hands. In this generation,
children starting in the fifth grade and older usually get their first cell
phone. For most children, this cell phone isn’t just used to text or call, it
is used for apps, games, and web browsing. Within these apps and web browsing
uses, children can find all types of easy access porn. Many applications are
available on the iTunes store and on the Android Play Store that are filled
with porn. Unfortunately, we live in a society where parent and child
relationships are very distant. Most parents don’t have access to their child’s
phone or web browsing history to check to see what their child’s eyes are
seeing; therefore, there needs to be a way to stop the access of porn or
restrict it in some way or another.
Addiction
can start at a very young age. Many children who grow up in wrecked homes or
children who feel neglected in a situation turn to porn for a pathway to a
different world. This world is filled with gross, inappropriate, abusive, and
distorted images and videos of sexuality in many different forms. Many
different levels of porn are available to literally anyone which is causing
most of this worlds marital problems, sexuality confusions, and identity
issues.
Porn has a
large effect on married couples. In many situations, porn distorts the image of
a human leaving the sexual admiration of either spouse destroyed. Porn depicts
sexual activity in such a way that is extreme and most of the time unhuman
like. It can become difficult for a spouse who actively watches porn to become
sexually aroused by their partner due to their distorted view of what the porn
world has exposed to them. Also, a spouse that is actively watching porn is
allowing the partner to become emotionally wrecked because the partner on the
other end will think that they do not match up to the person or act visible
within porn. Many times, porn will overtake a marriage and change the view of
love for both people involved within the marriage. Many divorces occur due to
this effect because the marriage will become off balance in sexual and emotional
ways.
Porn also
has a large effect on the sexuality of its users. Porn is a world that has
access to many different doors. Once the user enters one door, the other door
next to that one will become unlocked and it will become nearly impossible for
the user to avoid entering that door. A porn user will start to look at normal
porn videos of male and female. Videos and images portraying the “normal sex
acts” of the human lifestyle are the largest porn source; however, there are
other sources of porn that portrays other relationships. Homosexual porn and
polygamy are examples of two extreme porn doors that are easily entered. Once a
user continues to look at “regular or normal” porn, they will crave more.
Sometimes craving more can mean that a user will start to explore other forms
of porn in attempt to create a bigger arousal. In conclusion, the user will
start to drift their view elsewhere or in many different places to try to gain
more pleasure leaving them with a confusing view of their own sexuality.
Porn also
has a large effect on identity issues. Most people know that the porn world is
filled with images that distort the vision of reality. Girls and boys are both
sold in a porn video to gain sexual pleasure to the viewer; therefore, the
editor is going to attempt to accentuate the areas that gain the most arousal
to it’s viewers. Obviously, this leaves a large problem within our society. If
porn is being portrayed as a second world with better looking, unreal
situations, with human actors whom are being accentuated in certain areas, how
can users and the people associated with those users receive full pleasure in
the real world? We are left with a problem that continually causes society to
stumble.
The only
option to stop the effects of porn is to either destroy it as whole or find a
way to put a lock on the websites to assure parents, teachers, and religious leaders
that their child is not being exposed to the second world. Most people don’t
like the conversation of the porn world; however, it is a large problem that
needs to be discussed in homes. We need to take a stand against porn. Porn is
one large problem that is causing many different small problems to arise in our
society leaving this generation to become a sex-crazed people who are
continually looking for more.
