(September 16, 2016 at 10:42 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Just like anything else, when overdone it can harm the individual, judging from what I saw when I managed the adult video store. But on a social level, I don't think it bears any harm.

Now that you mention it, I remember you sharing some stories. But I'm not sure if overdoing it harms the individual in question or if the individual already was predisposed in that direction before entering your shop.

I remember when being kids in the 70ies we still had these non stop cinemas. Right along the hooker mile (long as I remember that was legal too). We used to make trips there just to see the audience going in and out. Because of the hilarious freak show and men trying their best not to be seen going in there.

Well, let's just say, belonging to the maintanance crew in one of these cinemas was pretty low on my wish list when it came to jobs.

(September 17, 2016 at 4:27 am)abaris Wrote:

(September 16, 2016 at 10:42 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Just like anything else, when overdone it can harm the individual, judging from what I saw when I managed the adult video store. But on a social level, I don't think it bears any harm.

Now that you mention it, I remember you sharing some stories. But I'm not sure if overdoing it harms the individual in question or if the individual already was predisposed in that direction before entering your shop.

I remember when being kids in the 70ies we still had these non stop cinemas. Right along the hooker mile (long as I remember that was legal too). We used to make trips there just to see the audience going in and out. Because of the hilarious freak show and men trying their best not to be seen going in there.

Well, let's just say, belonging to the maintanance crew in one of these cinemas was pretty low on my wish list when it came to jobs.

Wasn't there a famous serial killer in Austria that preyed on prostitutes. Jack Unterweger IIRC. (Sp?)

Is prostitution illegal today in Austria, abaris?

(September 16, 2016 at 11:54 am)Losty Wrote: I find porn tends to be unrealistic

That's why I prefer the amateur and home porn. Everything's real there.

As for the kids finding porn online, it's not a big deal. If you somehow block porn for them online, they'll find another way to reach it, if they want to. And they'll find about sex from the street anyway, so it's pointless to block it. Nowadays even kids don't believe that a man is created out of nowhere and a woman is created by a man's rib and most of them are well aware that he puts his that into her that, this will bring a baby.

Fuck I love porn. Ya it looks fake but videos of naked adult attractive humans... videos of naked adult attractive humans!

But.......... yeah I totally prefer voice over visuals and I hate bad acting. There are a rare few porn videos that are actually genuinely okay as opposed to merely just "Fake but the turtle likes the naked moving bodies anyways".

Erotica is awesome. Wish I could visualize. Wish I could visualize.

TBH for me nothing beat*s (or helps me ummm * off) cybersex.

Well besides actual sex but RL? Meh RL meh. Meh. So many twats 'round where I live. Wish I could afford to travel. Wish I could afford to travel.

Wish I could afford to travel.





TL;DR: I love porn and to answer the OP-- I think that INCREASED awareness is always preferable to isolation. Education, education, mother-Edd-due-fucking-cation.

I had a porn addiction for years and years but in my honest opinion the exposure to porn didn't cause it at all. What caused it was my dad's complete refusal to talk about it with me which made me feel ashamed and hide and deny it. Denial + shame is what made my liking of porn turn into an addiction IMO. I could have dealt with it not only years beforehand but far before it even became an addiction if my dad didn't make me feel like I was abnormal and not talk to me about it.

So basically... no I don't think porn is a problem at all in fact I think it might even do more good than harm provided that no one feels ashamed or hides it and obviously all addictions are bad. Best way to avoid it is education and openness and honesty (especially honesty with oneself i.e. integrity) IMO.

(September 17, 2016 at 5:17 am)LastPoet Wrote: Wasn't there a famous serial killer in Austria that preyed on prostitutes. Jack Unterweger IIRC. (Sp?)

Is prostitution illegal today in Austria, abaris?

Yeah, maybe we should be proud of him. He was an international serial killer actually. Started his career in 1974, if I'm not mistaken, then wrote a book and got released in 1990 or so because of good conduct. Was the darling of the Austrian jet set afterwards, who loved to take him in and present him as their pet project of reformed criminal. By all accounts he continues killing right away. In all Austrian states, and this being the early 90ies, the county police forces had no means of connecting the dots. Killed in the Czech republic too and on the American East coast while supposedly working as a journalist interviewing law enforcenment officers in Miami.

Our Authorities already had a warrant on him out back then and the Americans suspected him too. But since the Austrian case seemed stronger, they extradited him to Vienna and he went on trial at Graz, if I remember correctly. They had no solid evidence, just circumstantial evidence. The jury found him guilty anyway and he got life. Now this being Europe, life is usually a stretch of 15 to 25, but given all the crimes he's been found guilty of, there's the instrument of security custody. If the perp is found to be a clear and present danger, there was no chance of him ever being released to the general public again. He committed suicide shortly after receiving his sentence. According to high ranking police officers th best proof of his guilt. Because for hanging himself he used the exact same knot that was used to strangle the prostitutes.

I was 10 when me and my cousin of 11, sneaked out and walked to his home 5 km away to watch my uncle's porn on VHS cassettes. We left it at the same scene lest my uncle found any tampering with his porn. We were like, ohhhh that's another use for men's willy.

Sadly, that harmed me nothing. What harmed me was finding out 2 months later that he had an aggressive brain cancer and watch his fall. I watched him dwindle

(September 17, 2016 at 6:12 am)abaris Wrote:

(September 17, 2016 at 5:17 am)LastPoet Wrote: Wasn't there a famous serial killer in Austria that preyed on prostitutes. Jack Unterweger IIRC. (Sp?)

Is prostitution illegal today in Austria, abaris?

Yeah, maybe we should be proud of him. He was an international serial killer actually. Started his career in 1974, if I'm not mistaken, then wrote a book and got released in 1990 or so because of good conduct. Was the darling of the Austrian jet set afterwards, who loved to take him in and present him as their pet project of reformed criminal. By all accounts he continues killing right away. In all Austrian states, and this being the early 90ies, the county police forces had no means of connecting the dots. Killed in the Czech republic too and on the American East coast while supposedly working as a journalist interviewing law enforcenment officers in Miami.

Our Authorities already had a warrant on him out back then and the Americans suspected him too. But since the Austrian case seemed stronger, they extradited him to Vienna and he went on trial at Graz, if I remember correctly. They had no solid evidence, just circumstantial evidence. The jury found him guilty anyway and he got life. Now this being Europe, life is usually a stretch of 15 to 25, but given all the crimes  he's been found guilty of, there's the instrument of security custody. If the perp is found to be a clear and present danger, there was no chance of him ever being released to the general public again. He committed suicide shortly after receiving his sentence. According to high ranking police officers th best proof of his guilt. Because for hanging himself he used the exact same knot that was used to strangle the prostitutes.

Pride is not a factor here, Portugal had its share of SKs. I think prostitution should be legal, regulated and taxed, like any other service. Same for porn. As to kids, I attest that at age ten, porn seems like alot of meanless humping. Something changed later.

(September 17, 2016 at 6:55 am)LastPoet Wrote: Pride is not a factor here, Portugal had its share of SKs. I think prostitution should be legal, regulated and taxed, like any other service. Same for porn. As to kids, I attest that at age ten, porn seems like alot of meanless humping. Something changed later.

Prostitution always was legal. At least as long as I can remember.

(September 16, 2016 at 1:41 pm)Minimalist Wrote:

Quote:As far as demeaning women, our society does that even without porn. Taking porn away will not stop it.

Porn demeans women far less than getting paid 77 cents for every dollar a man makes!

http://www.forbes.com/sites/karinagness/...6a5a854766

http://time.com/3222543/wage-pay-gap-myth-feminism/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_pay....22_number

And I recomend you watch a few episodes of facial abuse, brazilian mfx fart porn or meatholes before making that decision.

Brazilian fart porn is hilarious.