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WATCH this powerful TED Talk video about sexual objectification, how harmful it is and what can be done about it.
It’s an excellent analysis, but strangely seems to omit the elephant in the room — the most powerful sexually objectifying form of media in existence — PORNOGRAPHY! Oh well, hopefully the viewers of it will understand that when the speaker is referring to “sexually objectifying media,” that PORN is included in this category, and not just images from advertising!
NOTE: This video was found on the excellent new Facebook page of our friends and allies at Stop Demand. If you haven’t already liked their page, please do so now to support the cause and show solidarity. Thanks! 🙂
Check out this very insightful and informative article from Australia on the many harms of pornography! 🙂
NOTE: The above video can be viewed at the link for the article which is beneath the below excerpt.
[The Age] — Technology has enabled the proliferation of pornography, making it so pervasive that it has become the main sex educator for many young people. This is a profound problem because it gives a distorted view of sexuality and human relations, predominantly involves violence against women and encourages hazardous practices.
It is causing young people confusion and anxiety, and they are feeling pressure to mimic acts that are common in pornography but that many girls, in particular, find distasteful, degrading or painful.
Research shows more than nine in 10 Australian boys aged 13 to 16 and more than six in 10 girls in the same age group have seen pornography online. They can seek it out anonymously and effortlessly. Many, too, stumble upon it inadvertently through internet search engines.
Today’s guest in The Zone has worked for more than a decade with young people and sexuality, and is the joint leader of a project called Reality and Risk, which seeks to arm young people – and parents, carers and educators – with information and confidence to think critically about pornography and the messages it conveys about women, men and sex.
Maree Crabbe has worked with young people for 20 years, and has focused on sexuality and sexual health for the past decade, developing and presenting programs about sexual violence prevention, sexual diversity and prevention of sexually transmissible infections.
In our interview, the full transcript of which – as well as a short video statement by Crabbe – is at theage.com.au/opinion/the-zone, she gives advice to young people and adults and sets out the scope of the pornography issue.
”Pornography has become incredibly accessible … and more aggressive. What was most accessible a couple of decades ago was a centrefold – a still image of a naked or semi-naked woman. Now what is most accessible is moving imagery of people having sex, often quite aggressively. It is shaping the ways that many people are thinking about and experiencing sexuality.”
A fundamental concern is the predominance of violence, the overwhelming majority of which is against women. Crabbe cites a 2010 analysis by US academic psychologist Ana Bridges that found 88 per cent of scenes in pornographic videos portrayed physical aggression, while nearly half contained verbal aggression. The aggression is not random – 94 per cent of it was perpetrated against women. And more than nine in 10 of those acts of aggression were met with a neutral or a positive response by the targets – the female performers following the scripts.
READ THE REST OF THIS VERY INFORMATIVE ARTICLE AT THE LINK BELOW, AND WATCH THE VIDEO TOO: (And please don’t forget to like, comment and share to spread the word and support the cause. Thanks! :-))
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Anti-Porn Film and Slideshow. Plus Stop Porn Culture Info
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** A GROUND-BREAKING documentary about pornography is available! **
Visit the site HERE for
"The Price of Pleasure: Pornography, Sexuality and Relationships."
See clips: I.e. Noam Chomsky on "choice" in porn.
See the whole film HEREright now at Media Education Foundation.
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*** The AMAZING and very eye-openingStop Porn Culturevideo slideshow "Who Wants to Be a Porn Star?" is available on the Internet! It exposes the true harsh reality of the porn industry and analyzes it with many profound and disturbing insights. To watch it right now click HERE.
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** STOP PORN CULTURE Info **
-- NEW SLIDESHOW: "It's Easy Out Here For A Pimp: How a Porn Culture Grooms Kids for Sexual Exploitation." Available for download from Stop Porn Culture website.
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