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By Peter Sellick, published 18/7/2005Peter Sellick discusses the values pornography can portray
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I think your article was brave and necessary. I am a twenty-five year old woman and it is only after years of trial and error that I have realized the massive dupe that society pushes on both men and women regarding the sexual act - executed with glamorous stylized precision - as realization of an end to loneliness.
I think in today's hyper consumerist society the things we want, such as love, companionship, mutual respect and affirmation of the self are so often stripped down and linked to a product, an instant hit, one that, like the final kiss of a romantic movie...promises to go on for ever.
Pornography represents the high watermark of this kind of stupidity. And it reinforces attitudes in men that an end to feelings of alienation and frustration can be achieved with the click of a button, instant gratification, which of course requires the complete flattening of the other person at the end of that fantasy.
I have male friends who are successful, rampantly promiscuous and then whinge about how unhappy they are in the brief moments of contemplation between distraction. And then they say things like "geez i'd really like to be married or in love." I see female friends hurt again and again in uncommitted relationships with men hoping that if she sleeps with him enought she will "bag him." constant reciprocal damage between the sexes is no way to live. thank you for highlighting this in your article.