what problem????

Educate the youth to boycott it
It is too late for the adults . . .

The only time there’s any pain is when prudes like you think they have the right to tell us what we can and cannot watch!
What’s causing so much pain are self-appointed moral guardians trying to stop people from excercising their natural sexuality. You’re never going to stop people from watching films or images or stories of other people having sex.

I agree completely. Something should be done. Society is plummeting down hill because of it being so readily accessible and available.

Are we going to keep filling up the prisons with the ones that play their fantasies on little girls and boys or turn them into eunichs and let them roam? It worked in history (not really… made them resentful)… mostly only the royal families used them as servants.

I don’t know what the answer is but I am not blind to the problem.

“All in moderation.” It’s only a problem when you immerse yourself in it. If we eliminate porn there will still be sex addicts with weird pee fetishes and such.

I believe the only solution to this problem can be rehabilitation and intervention. I don’t want to say that all mental health problems start with birth but I don’t think drawing a line in the sand or taking the banana away from the chimp is going to solve an addiction problem. Rehabilitation and compassion are the only ways to treat these individuals. Extreme cases such as rape, sexual mutilation and pedophilia should obviously result in an individual’s removal from society but as for the more mainstream addict there has to be thorough counseling. We’ve all heard that education is always the first priority but simply making a problem known isn’t going to solve it.

One more thing– I don’t think that sex addiction rates are escalating. I think that the reason it seems more prevalant in society today is that we have better intelligence allowing us to better identify sex addicts and pedophiles. We now have the internet which has heightened our awareness of societal issues and also makes our lives a little less private thus resulting in a supposed “significant increase” in sex crimes.

Pornography’s appeal most likely has to do with the fact that it is “morally” illicit, forbidden, etc. If everyone walked around naked in our society I’m guessing there would be a lot less interest in viewing pictures of naked people. Also, if sexual taboos are broken down and discussions and acceptance of sex are more commonplace, then much of the “curiosity” factor would be defused.

So I propose the following changes in our society:
1) that non-sexual nudity be made commonplace on TV,
2) public nudity be allowed everywhere
3) children be exposed in a ho-hum manner to non-sexual nudity so that they do not grow up thinking there is something bad, wrong, immoral, or shameful with seeing nakedness
4) prostitution be legalized and regulated so that there is a legal avenue for someone to procure sex, if they can not otherwise procure it.
5) school curriculums should include frank and comprehensive discussions of nudity and sex, and they should explain that sex and masterbation are normal human behaviors.
6) Efforts should be made to un-do the stigma of shame, immorality, and sinfulness of sexual behavior that are taught to people at church.

Anyway, if those things were done i’m guessing there would be fewer harmful effects of pornography and in general Americans would have a healthier view of sex and the naked body.

You say we have a lot of people who are suffering from porn addiction or sex addiction. Could you please point out statistics from a reputable source showing that there has been a huge increase? I am skeptical, because I know that when the media covers the issue, they’re just being sensationalistic to get ratings or subscriptions. So I would like to be solid information and statistics, not just anecdotal evidence showing this to be a problem.

there is no such thing as porn addiction or alcoholism or global warming

whats wrong with porn? its hot. if you dont like it, dont watch it. and parents….ur kids get horny at young ages and know what naked girls look like.

did you catch your spouse -just join in enjoy !

Nothing should be done about the porn. There are alot of things that can be addictive, from on line role playing games to spending every night at the bar drinking, to the point where it ruins people’s lives. If you start limiting activities and things on the basis that it could ruin someones life you are taking away freedom. Freedom is what this country was based on and if you start taking them away every war that has been fought in the name of freedom and every soldier that has died has been for nothing. No one is forcing you to look at the porn. You have the option of not looking at the magazine, turning off the TV, not renting the movie etc… Why do some people and religious groups assume that they know what it best for someone else based on their morels? I have a news flash for you, some people don’t have the same values and beliefs that you do and do not appreciate you assuming that you are superior to them, by telling them what they should and shouldn’t do. Sorry if I offended anyone but censorship and anyone advocating the loss of freedoms really gets me going!

Consult the Taliban!