(June 1, 2014 at 11:02 am)Brakeman Wrote: Really, that's what you mean by influence? it gives you positional or method ideas? A sex list on wikipedia could give you that. That's not directly related to porn any more than the ancient karma sutra, I would call that an indirect influence and I wouldn't call it a negative influence.
That's not what I perceived as "influence of porn."
How is that anything but an influence on sexuality? The question in the OP was "Does Porn reflect sexuality in our world or does it influence it?". What definition of influence are you using? I gave a specific example of my own (that you requested) that suggests it had at some level influenced my own sexuality. I'm a part of this world no? Why is it a bad example of influence? If I'd have read the Kama Sutra and tried out things in there I'd say it would be an influence too. I'm not sure how you reach any other conclusion personally.
(June 1, 2014 at 11:21 am)Losty Wrote: But people's feeling about sex and sexuality must have been changing before porn, or else porn would have never happened.
I don't think so. There have always been a few people interested in viewing sexual images and the like, or the more extreme sexual acts. The availability of porn is simply what has allowed it to grow and have influence more. First it was dirty magazines, then it's late night shows on TV, now it's the internet. I don't think it's necessarily sexuality itself driving this, just that it's easier to access due to advances in technology.
Would you say the increase in eating exotic foods over the course of history has been driven by the foods themselves or the availability and accessibility of them? I'd say it's the same principle with porn whatever your answer.
