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Why aren't kids allowed to watch porn?
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Coma Girl Wrote:'And at the same time I'm a bdsm nut and find degradation sexy. Eyeroll. I generally hate porn and find it laughable.'

i never wrote that 0_o
Laugh

Maybe it was sarcasm at the time?

Coma Girl Wrote:I just want to add a few things about pornography, and why i feel as though it is restricted to people under 18.

Lets just take a few main points about pornography that some under 18 year old people perhaps wouldn't understand, or, at least wouldn't have thought too far in depth about.

Pornography is mainly produced for men, accept that whether you like it or not. And throughout it, there are evident acts of power in a lot of videos with male/female characters, with the male character subtly showing and enforcing a dominance over a female. A factor like this is something that perhaps people who fall under the 18 line don't understand or see, and perhaps even think is normal? You get the picture...

And there are a lot more of these factors that are evident throughout the porn industry, which is kind of sad, and i hate to say it, but with acts of dominance and asserting subtle power over women in pornography, there is definitely a correlation between violence and pornography, and well, a lot of this is evident in these videos.

Perhaps this is understood by some adults too adults, but to people who are younger, the notion of pornography is not completely embraced and deconstructed to understand the ethics of gender, sex and power in our world compared to that of people who might have just come into their adolescence.
I could see the idea. Though I think a lot of people have an obstructed view on sex, regardless of age. But I could easily see that being the reason.

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I find 95% of the porn out there disgusting. It's not a power game for me and I've been watching it for as long as I care to remember.

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Pornography does indirectly cause violence toward women, but most of the men who watch it aren't like that in real life. However, a child wouldn't understand that porn is simply fantasy-how certain men wish sex was like.
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Porn is just porn. You get off to it. The only reason kids think that is because society has this big, irrational fear that anything vaguely sexual will destroy their kids life. It won't. The only reason it does is because people think of it that way.

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AWOL Wrote:Porn is just porn. You get off to it. The only reason kids think that is because society has this big, irrational fear that anything vaguely sexual will destroy their kids life. It won't. The only reason it does is because people think of it that way.

I agree for the most part. But like alcohol, I think any sexual content should be exposed to them gradually, and explained why things are the way they are. This is why kids in the U.S. go crazy on their 21st birthdays. They have no real experience with alcohol, with how to moderate their portions, so they go by what they see in the media, thinking they're so cool and mature and will have a great time, and then shit happens. I don't hear too many incidents of this happen in Europe. This is why I'm glad my mother doens't mind me drinking wine and vodka ocassionally, at least I know how to moderate it.

Peoples' overreactions of how "sensitive and pure" our children are is going to be the death of them. They don't realize that children aren't as innocent as they think, and will immediately be influenced to this shit starting in elementary school. Hell, I was in a Catholic school for half of elementary and even I saw it, so I'm glad my parents didn't waste time trying to hide stuff.
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Since I come from my family, alcohol is no big deal. I know all about it. Seen what it can do. Et Cetera, Et Cetera.

Porn was somewhat different. I'd already been playing 'doctor' (as you Americans would call it) for a number of years before I watched my first porn clip. I already knew the differences between the male and female anatomy. It really didn't matter to me. Some of my best friends have been females. Of course, I'm bisexual, so I really don't get the whole 'lol yeah but homosexuality' argument.

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I've seen the effects of smoking and alcohol as well, so I don't plan on going crazy with either one. I've tried a cigarette once, didn't like it, and didn't feel the need to do it again. Part of it was to quell this curiosity, but another part was to see why my mom liked it so much...

"Playing doctor," huh? Biggrin That's better than forcing people to repress their feelings and having said feelings come out at the wrong times. There's too much sexual repression where I live, a conservative, Christian community that condemns homosexuality. I keep quiet about how I learn about sex, because abstinence-only courses sure aren't the best way.
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Italy doesn't have a drinking age, and their number of DUI's is far below the US's.

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To be honest the US loves crime.

They make money off of that shit depending on the crime.

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The Desert Fox Wrote:Italy doesn't have a drinking age, and their number of DUI's is far below the US's.
Does that mean, if I actually go on that school trip to Italy, they can't say shit if I start drinking? Rofl

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Well, the school might pull some bullshit about how it's a school rule that you can't. They tried to do that to get me to stand for the Pledge of Bullshit.
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When one is in another country, one follows that country's laws.

...Which means yes, you can drink to your heart's content and the school legally cannot say shit, nor can they do anything when you return stateside, long as you're not drinking still.

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Except tell your parents. But then, I can just explain I was fucking with them a little, since it was the perfect opportunity, and they probably wouldn't do shit, as long as I didn't get completely wasted.

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Actually, if you go to another country and disobey your country's laws, it's still a crime. Trust me, I'd know. It's why child sex tourism is a no-no.

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AWOL Wrote:Actually, if you go to another country and disobey your country's laws, it's still a crime. Trust me, I'd know. It's why child sex tourism is a no-no.
Oh, whatever, I'm 40% Italian. No one's even gonna ask, as long as I do it out of sight of the school.

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Don't really see why you don't just sneak alcohol from your parents. Much easier.

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AWOL Wrote:Don't really see why you don't just sneak alcohol from your parents. Much easier.
Because it's lulzier this way, and I don't like beer.

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If I wanted to, I could drink beer. There's a few cans in the fridge and garage, and I think my mom forgot we have it in there, the only thing I'm worried about is drinking too much and passing out on the carpet with my pants on my head or some shit. That and disposing of the can.

But then again, soft drinks probably taste much better anyway.

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My mom makes beer barley soup, it's the most disgusting thing on earth.

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Beer tastes how it looks and smells, like piss.

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I prefer vodka.

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I's had vodka, tis good with an energy drink.

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Bacardi rum is really strong, but it's good.

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Zherneboh Wrote:I's had vodka, tis good with an energy drink.
Holy shit, do want.

Wait, no. I'm swearing off energy drinks. They make me shaky and it freaks me out. Energy drinks are NOT for when you're sitting home doing nothing.

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Really?
I can drink one of those huge 32 ounce cans of monster at once then go to bed with no problems.

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Zherneboh Wrote:Really?
I can drink one of those huge 32 ounce cans of monster at once then go to bed with no problems.
So can I. You're the odd one out, Crayola.
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Most of it is when I try and draw afterward. Then it gets me shakier. Then I just get pissed.

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Monsters have less caffeine than a Starbucks coffee. But parents are fine with kids drinking coffee, and Monsters are supposedly evil???

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It's not the caffeine that fucks me up, it's everything else in it. But yeah, I don't get it.

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You generally shouldn't do that because of addiction risks. A person addicted to caffeine requires it to stay awake or keep a proper blood pressure, forget about using it for a night time boost. Some people on the other hand shouldn't drink coffee at all because of rather high natural blood pressure, in which case the shaking is the least of the worries. (When I NEED to drink some, I always end up dangerously close to heart attack, no exceptions. It feels so shitty that I'm avoiding having caffeine more often than a night once a month.)

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