BAN PORN FROM THE INTERNET!!!!!!!!!!

Pornography should be banned as a threat to women because it dehumanizes women into becoming sexual objects - things, commodities. Women in pornographic movies are often raped and forced to act in degrading ways. But viewers of these films come to believe that these women enjoy these acts, leading men into believing that this is the way that all women like to be treated.
This topic would be good to discuss because in the internet age it is becoming increasingly relevant. Here are four reasons why the private consumption of porn makes society and the individual worse off, supported by websites!

The internet seems to be filled with so much porn,gross stuff and vulgarity(including some of the internet  that it is no longer safe for many people to go online(chat) or even surf for school homework. I have ran across many websites that make me SICK!! There should be a law or filter on the net as to what is allowed on here as most of it is SICK and twisted and not meant for children,teens or marriages! Vulnerable adult's or those it offends. The internet should be to help people,but instead has caused many hardships and problems,as well as Lost of love for a couple  also stalking,rape and murder. NO MORE VULGARITY PLEASE!!! let's tell Internet we won't tolerate any more!! SIGN THE PETITION!!

Porn has been described as being as powerful, or more powerful than heroin on the brain. Dopamine, the neurochemical behind reward seeking behaviour is released when porn is viewed. Neural pathways are created and the brain is left craving more and more porn. Like any addictive substances tolerance develops and more and more hardcore images are viewed, and the amount of time spent viewing increases. It is incredibly easy to get addicted. 

Pornography emasculates men, degrades women, destroys marriages, and offends the Lord. You may be thinking: That's going a little overboard, don't you think? I mean, what's wrong with checking out a few Internet sites or going to a pornography convention? Take a look at the effects of pornography, and you will see why real men and women do not use it.

What does pornography do to men?

For starters, because it cripples his ability to love, it robs him of the capacity to be a man. The essence of manhood consists in readiness to deny oneself for the good of a beloved. This is why Saint Paul reminds husbands in his Letter to the Ephesians that their love must be like that of Christ, who allowed himself to be crucified for the sake of his beloved, the Church (Eph. 5:21-33). Pornography defeats this calling. Instead of denying himself for the good of the woman, a man, through the use of porn, denies the woman her dignity in order to satisfy his lust. In essence, pornography is a rejection of our calling to love as God loves. It is no wonder that those who use it are never satisfied. Only love satisfies. One marriage therapist noted, "People who use pornography feel dead inside, and they are trying to avoid being aware of that pain. There is a sense of liberation, which is temporary: that's why pornography is so repetitive; you have to go back again and again."[1]

What does pornography do to women?

 It changes our view of women in society for the worse

Porn objectifies women. They become mere things, not people; objects of lust and sexual gratification. Porn eliminates the need to connect with a woman emotionally or intellectually. This carries through into relationships, where men have unrealistic expectations of women, and continue to see them as objects of gratification, leading to higher rates of breakup and divorces! 

Since it trains men to think of women as objects to be used instead of persons to be loved, guys speak of them as objects and treat them as objects. One longtime producer in the porn industry admitted "My whole reason for being in this industry is to satisfy the desire of the men in the world who basically don't care much for women and want to see the men in my industry getting even with the women they couldn't have when they were growing up. I strongly believe this, and the Industry hates me for saying it." He added that the porn industry is simply "playpen for the damned."[6] When men learn their concept of intimacy from videos and magazines, they may accept the idea that a woman's no is actually a yes and that she enjoys being used. This can lead to a rapist mentality. Consider, for example, a study done in the Oklahoma City area. When 150 sexually oriented businesses were closed, the rate of rape decreased 27 percent in five years, while the rate in the rest of the country increased 19 percent. In Phoenix, Arizona, neighborhoods with porn outlets had 500 percent more sex offenses than neighborhoods without them. [7]      It is harmful and dangerous for those participating

The porn world is not the voluntaristic, glamorous fantasy it is perceived to be. It is exploitative, using women who often turn to porn as a last resort. It is common for porn starts to get trapped into a sordid world where death from STDs, suicide, homocide and drug use is common. It is basically prostitution, and following the most basic of economic principles, increased demand will result in increased supply, so any consumption of porn is contributing to this unpleasant industry. 

  

What does pornography do to marriages?

To be More Strong worded, pornography is the perfect way to shoot your future marriage in the head. Imagine that a young man has a habit of using pornography, and he does not reveal this to his fiance. He hopes that once he is married, the desires for illicit sexual arousal will subside. But what becomes of his lust once he marries? It does not disappear; it is foisted upon his wife. The pornography has trained him to react to the sexual value of a woman and nothing else. He has trained himself to believe that women should be physically flawless and constantly sexually accessible. Even if he rejects this intellectually, the fact remains that pornography has warped the way he looks at women. You could say that he views the world through porn-goggles. He only knows how to look at women through the lens of lust. One psychologist who specializes in sexuality problems noticed, "The more time you spend in this fantasy world, the more difficult it becomes to make the transition to reality."[8]

Because the effects of pornography are so severe, Christian communities have an obligation to rid their lives and societies of it. According to Pope John Paul II, God "assigns the dignity of every woman as a task to every man."[10] When we act in a way that is contrary to the dignity of women, we act contrary to our own dignity and vocation as men. For this reason, the Holy Father says, "each man must look within himself to see whether she who was entrusted to him as a sister in humanity, as a spouse, has not become in his heart an object of adultery."[11]

Even if pornography had no adverse effects on people, we must never forget that sin is not simply a social matter. We owe it to our neighbors to love them, but we also owe it to God to honor him in all our actions and thoughts. To lust after his sons and daughters is a grave sin, even if no one becomes pregnant as a result of another's imagination.

"So shun youthful passions and aim at righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call upon the Lord from a pure heart" (2 Tim. 2:22).