Pornography exposed

After our discussion about rights and pornography yesterday, I felt I should write how I feel about the industry. To start, I think that pornography should be looked at from both points of view like Pamela Paul wanted to explore in her book, but I also think that porn is better kept and viewed by a specific age group of people rather than letting it be exposed to the general population. I have heard of so many stories about people searching something (famous one: the white house search which turned out to be a porn site rather than The White House) and then naked pictures or a porn site will show up. Honestly, whenever I think of porn getting into kid's hands, I think of the movies where the little boys are secretly watching porn and their mom walks in on them and they scramble to turn it off. Then jimmy's mom has to call donald's mom to explain to her that her son has watched porn. Haha that's definitely what I think when it gets into kid's hands. Anyways, back to the point, pornography IS different from other forms of sexual expression because it involves real people exploiting themselves in ways that are degrading to women and men and how to treat one another on a sexual level. I am not a feminist, but I do think there is definitely a line that can be crossed when it comes to privacy and what it is that we or children can be learning or taking in about how to treat one another from the internet, television and technology as a whole. The video that we watched about Sasha Grey shows that there are many issues that are colliding with one another when it comes to pornography and they are still unresolved. There is definitely a right to freedom of speech, however, there should be a limit as to who is watching it.
         The last slide in the powerpoint in class on Monday described the Cultural impact of pornography on people. Children are now being exposed to pornography at an earlier age and I think that this leads to negative understanding and learning about sex with another human being. I think that right now, there is still bad education to teenagers about sex and porn can be another way in which teenagers or children are misinformed about sex and how to treat one another. Not to mention with technology, this idea of "sexting" one another has become viral and has lead to many consequences. And with technology, porn can be found everywhere without any restrictions and whatever is placed on the internet, is permanent. Another thing I find unsettling about pornography is the health concern about the people involved in the industry. It seems that porn advertises that sex with multiple partners is fine, but it doesn't promote safe sex or give much educational information compared to informative materials and art. In the powerpoint, it said that pornography does not promote "sexual correctness" or healthy behavior. And I agree with that, but it could also explore the possibilities of sex. So, maybe there doesn't need to be a limit on porn because it is argued that it is simply there just as entertainment. However, I do think that there need to be something placed on where it is seen and who sees it. I think it is fair to not have children be allowed to see it, but it seems like you can get any information you want on anything on the internet these days. I think that porn, like the remix culture is still something that will be a topic of discussion with the government and laws and people and free speech as technology advances.