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ismnotwasm

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Sat Nov 1, 2014, 09:37 AM Nov 2014

7 Thing I Want My Son To Know About Porn [View all]

This makes me sad, but not for the reason you might think. There’s nothing wrong with sex and there’s nothing wrong with being interested in it. For me, this is not a moral question. I’m upset because I think watching porn has the potential to affect your own sexual experiences in a really negative way. And it’s not just me. This is a proven fact. Men who watch a lot of porn have trouble enjoying real sex with real women. And I don’t want you to be that guy – not for yourself and not for your partners.
I truly wish you and your generation could have been free to embark on your sex lives free from all the hardcore, soulless, sexist imagery of porn. I wish you could all have had the chance to explore it organically, with all the surprises, the thrills and even the spills. Without expectations or preconceptions. That’s the way it used to be, back in ye olden days. For us, sex was a wonderful, sometimes awkward experience of discovery. Lots of fumbling and bumbling and working it out as you went along.
Today though, by the time you and your friends have sex, you’ll almost certainly have seen hundreds of hours of porn stars going at it in many, many different ways. This will be the visual wallpaper in your mind as you explore your own sexuality and that’s truly unfortunate.
porn is not sex A letter to my son about porn.
Porn is not real sex
I understand that the porn genie can’t be put back in the bottle. Your generation is a product of our time and you’re all in the same boat. So I guess you’ll all figure it out.

Read more at http://www.mamamia.com.au/parenting/talking-to-kids-about-porn/#J6XhWkZyGAjTjDiK.99
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but, Tuesday Afternoon Nov 2014 #1
And that ancient statuary depicting sexual acts is porn ismnotwasm Nov 2014 #2
IKR ... it was so powerfully Tuesday Afternoon Nov 2014 #3
It isn't porn zentrum Nov 2014 #51
Sort of like this OP? Doctor_J Nov 2014 #29
if you say so. - Tuesday Afternoon Nov 2014 #30
Bwahahahaha ismnotwasm Nov 2014 #40
+ Tuesday Afternoon Nov 2014 #48
Porn for the most part zentrum Nov 2014 #4
Well, corporations are people. So, it makes sense. Helen Borg Nov 2014 #13
True, sad point n/t zentrum Nov 2014 #37
Just heard in the past few days on NPR, that "Corporate" porn is hitting hard times. Fla Dem Nov 2014 #15
Still the same. zentrum Nov 2014 #50
Ugh. Paternalistic, heterosexist tripe. eggplant Nov 2014 #5
Spam deleted by MIR Team JuanHamonrye Nov 2014 #8
Sigh. eggplant Nov 2014 #31
Agree to a point ismnotwasm Nov 2014 #9
I think a few here didn't read the whole article. ismnotwasm Nov 2014 #10
Do you watch a lot of porn? chervilant Nov 2014 #11
Actually, I do. eggplant Nov 2014 #27
Oh, dear... chervilant Nov 2014 #32
Actually the post made me wonder WHY we have a society that produces the kind of porn we have ismnotwasm Nov 2014 #41
Too true, ism chervilant Nov 2014 #42
Also, chervilant Nov 2014 #16
have your eyes always been that brown JackInGreen Nov 2014 #6
It's just an article ismnotwasm Nov 2014 #7
Thanks for posting this, ism. chervilant Nov 2014 #17
I was welcoming it ismnotwasm Nov 2014 #19
I particularly appreciate chervilant Nov 2014 #20
Me too ismnotwasm Nov 2014 #23
Others don't hurt your feelings, you do. jtuck004 Nov 2014 #22
I was kidding--takes a lot to get to me ismnotwasm Nov 2014 #24
Oh, sure <G> jtuck004 Nov 2014 #26
No, really... Helen Borg Nov 2014 #12
That is what I was wondering also. Correlation does not equal causation. uppityperson Nov 2014 #14
At this point it would be a chicken and egg situation ismnotwasm Nov 2014 #18
Thanks, I am not up on the latest studies. There are too many things associated with porn to make uppityperson Nov 2014 #21
Sounds like someone who just can't get used to the idea that we use calculators now. jtuck004 Nov 2014 #25
+1. eggplant Nov 2014 #28
The title is what a mother would say to her son ismnotwasm Nov 2014 #33
Porn follows our culture, I think. No worse than what is on tv. If people can't see unarmed jtuck004 Nov 2014 #35
Right ismnotwasm Nov 2014 #38
Huh. Well, you just gave me a thought for my entertainment this evening... jtuck004 Nov 2014 #44
LoL! ismnotwasm Nov 2014 #47
Similar thing I told my son angstlessk Nov 2014 #34
It wasn't all that different in the Dark Ages when I was a late bloomer Warpy Nov 2014 #36
LoL ismnotwasm Nov 2014 #39
Reminds me of the Hite Report from the 70's jakeXT Nov 2014 #43
Joanna Russ: The best cure for pornography is sex-- eridani Nov 2014 #45
Incredible essay ismnotwasm Nov 2014 #46
She is basically saying, one size doesn't fit all, but in porn it is portrayed that way. CrispyQ Nov 2014 #49
Love will get you through times with no sex........... DreamGypsy Nov 2014 #52
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