The Sun's hypocrisy. Protect our kids from online porn.
The Sun, according to this week's Private Eye, would like to see a block on all online pornography - arguing for an opt-in scheme which would protect our Nation's kids. Obviously that does not extend to "seeing nipples" - I mean nipples surely don't count as inappropriate viewing material for a child - if they did then the Sun would have to join the fight against its very own Page 3, and that would never do, would it?
~ Raging Leftie.
I don't actually see the problem with pornography. It's the woman's choice to do it, after all - and isn't that what feminism is about? Giving women voices and choices?
ReplyDeleteI'd suggest working out a way to block it from children - parental controls etc. But from the age of consent, I don't think it should be frowned upon to watch porn, whether you're male or female.
Spaldingas - thanks for your comment. I agree with you. Pornography is a choice - but unfortunately many people have accepted that pornography is perfectly fine as it is. This cannot agree with, enormous amounts of porn reinforce certain socially constructed notions about women, i.e. women are by nature submissive, they are there to please men etc. There is certain porn which is not only degrading to women, but downright disgusting; encouraging and making light of violence, rape and abuse. Whilst I am against censorship and very pro freedom of speech, we still have a long way to go before porn and the porn-industry portray women positively and fairly.
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