Young people who have been exposed to pornography are more likely to have multiple lifetime sexual partners, more likely to have had more than one sexual partner in the last three
We are a long way from the days when homosexuality was described as a perversion, pornography as an offence against public morals and masturbation as ‘self-abuse’. The old morality
Writing not as a lawyer, I am able to address the Supreme Court’s recent decision regarding the Child Online Protection Act (COPA) only somewhat obliquely. Concerning the legal mer
Can a government legitimately prohibit citizens from publishing or viewing pornography, or would this be an unjustified violation of basic freedoms? This question lies at the heart
This entry aims to describe the debates about pornography, both philosophical and legal. Liberal, feminist, and pro-sex feminist positions are explained.
There are three main questions about pornography. (1) How is pornography to be defined? Some definitions include the contention that it is morally wrong, while others define it neu
Ordinary experience confirmed by studies conducted around the world has recognized the evil effects of pornography and violence in the media.5 Pornography in the media is understoo
As pastors of the Catholic Church, we offer this statement to give a word of hope and healing to those who have been harmed by pornography and to raise awareness of its pervasivene
There are three kinds of disputes about pornography: definitional, ethical and political. The first relates to whether the representation of sexual imagery or descriptions for aesthetic purposes, ‘erotic art’ is itself pornographic. While individual cases may be disputed it is now generally accepted that some works may be erotic without being pornographic, because of their aesthetic interest and merit. The issue of whether pornography is morally good, bad or neither involves questions about intrinsic and extrinsic value. One argument is that it is bad because it leads to the sexual abuse of human beings, another holds that whatever its further effects it is bad in and of itself because it expresses and communicates a degrading view of human beings. Defenders of pornography argue that it satisfies sexual interests. The political issue is whether if it is morally bad that justifies restricting or banning it.