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+ | ==========Effects of Pornography on Sexual Practices========== | ||
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+ | Contemporary society is alarmingly sexualized, and the traditional sexual taboos of a well-functioning society have broken down. Nearly two-thirds of United States high-school students have had sexual intercourse by grade twelve.((" | ||
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+ | =====1. Sexual Formation===== | ||
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+ | As the empirical data make clear, pornography further misshapes this already dysfunctional sexuality, and the consumption of pornography can become a destructive [[neurological_effects_of_pornography|addiction]] as well. This sexual malformation not only affects the consumer of pornography, | ||
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+ | As such, reinforcing these relationships is the surest guard against such destructive sexual tendencies. | ||
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+ | The closer adult men were to their fathers growing up, the fewer non-marital sexual behaviors they engage in and the greater their levels of marital happiness and family satisfaction.((R. Hosley, K. Canfield, S.L. O' | ||
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+ | =====2. Sexual Satisfaction===== | ||
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+ | Society benefits when it fosters a healthy sexuality. Human beings are healthiest and happiest when they are [[culture_clash_between_monogamy_and_polyandry|monogamous]] (only one sexual partner in a lifetime), and that happiness is directly related to monogamy’s long-term stability and exclusivity.((McIlhaney Jr. and Bush, //Hooked: New Science on How Casual Sex is Affecting Our Children//, 136-37; L.J. Waite and M. Gallagher, //The Case for Marriage: Why Married People Are Happier, Healthier, and Better Off Financially// | ||
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+ | Healthy relationships yield additional positive sexual outcomes. Some research indicates that married couples have the most frequent, and Conservative Protestant women have the most enjoyable, [[effects.of.marriage.on.couples.relationships|sexual relations]].((Robert T. Michael, John H. Gagnon, Edward O. Laumann, and Gina Kolata, //Sex in America: A Definitive Survey// (New York: Little, Brown & Company, 1994), 118, 127, 129.)) The supreme and tragic irony is that, while the desire for the highest levels of sexual fulfillment are likely the motive for many [[effects_of_pornography_on_adolescents|adolescents’ first peek into pornography]], | ||
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+ | =====3. Cultural Views of Sex===== | ||
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+ | These insights, until recently, were common social assumptions and institutionalized patterns. Until the dawn of the sexual revolution and, later, the digital age, they were reflected in a public opprobrium of pornography. One 1994 study found that 71 percent favored a total ban on [[effects_of_media_pornography_on_children|sexually violent movies]] and 77 percent a total ban on sexually violent magazines. Only eight percent thought that there should be no restrictions on the former, and only three percent thought there should be no restrictions on the latter. Concerning merely sexually explicit magazines, less than 10 percent thought there should be no restrictions on the material.((Randy D. Fisher, Ida J. Cook, and Edwin C. Shirkey, “Correlates of Support for Censorship of Sexual, Sexually Violent, and Violent Media,” //The Journal of Sex Research// 31, (1994): 229-40 (234).)) | ||
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+ | The cultural censure of disordered sexuality that enables stable family life has faded with the proliferation of Internet pornography. As a result, the [[effects_of_pornography|effects of hyper-sexualization]] permeate society.((R.E. Longo, S.M. Brown, and D. Price Orcutt, “Effects of Internet Sexuality on Children and Adolescents, | ||
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+ | =====4. Countering Pornography===== | ||
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+ | The key to militating against these damaging patterns and to protecting against the effects of pornography is to foster relationships of affection and attachment in family. The first and most important relationship is between the father and the mother. The second is engaged parents who love their children. In today’s technological society, this means limiting, monitoring, and directing their children’s Internet use. This, in turn, provides an invaluable shield against Internet pornography and allows room for a healthy sexuality to unfold in a natural and socially supported way. In our over-sexualized culture, with a longer pre-marriage period, children need the capacity for abstinence if their sexuality is to be channeled into stable marriage, procreation, | ||
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+ | The fundamental role of government (including the courts) is to protect innocent citizens, most especially [[effects_of_pornography_on_adolescents|children and adolescents]], | ||