Porn is not bad

You said pornography is not an art, well, art is about dealing with the nature of beauty. Nudity is restricted or prohibited in most societies, but some depiction of nudity may serve a recognized social function. A major context for depictions of nudity are the arts, both fine art and the popular arts. Nudity is also allowed when it is seen as supporting a useful purpose, such as s-x education. Porn is art (https://en.wikipedia.org...) There are a lot of famous artists whom made nude art. Pornography is not bad. That's why it's legal. Argument 1 : Relationship Effect In a small study from the University of Montreal in 2009 -- also self-reporting -- the male participants claimed that watching porn didn"t change their views of women or impact their relationships. An oft-repeated punchline of the study was that the researchers tried, and failed, to find men who had never viewed porn. Then there was a 2009 study by Michael Twohig (cited in Sunny Side ) from the University of Utah, which asked students whether or not their porn consumption was problematic. Twohig found that porn itself didn"t affect the students" mental state; it was only a problem when they tried to control their urge to watch it. http://www.alternet.org... You said " It allows men and women alike to fore go the necessary steps in cultivating a relationship with another person" -When you view sex it does not mean you can just have sex to whom you want. No women would open up their legs for a man whom she don't know the name. People only have sex to whom they have utmost/highest degree of trust. The only necessary steps in cultivating a relationship is to build up a foundation of bond, nobody needs to go overboard and marry the person. Sex is natural, and religion is not for anybody. Nobody skips the steps, believe me. Since the only necessary steps are subjective and can be of a minimum of minutes actually. Most women do not view porn, but if they do, it does not mean that they are hungry for sex and want to have sex with all those handsome beings on the road. The steps to take is the woman's decision and porn does not do that bad. You said "Porn contained physical and verbal abuse of female performers" . It does influence, but not to the point that someone who watched porn would be a different person afterward. It is merely a scene, and it shows intense intimacy. Watching porn is like watching movies, they do contain physical and verbal abuse. Porn and movies are legal and not banned because the world do revolve on that actions naturally. Porn's impact on relationships is up to the person himself. Don't worry, watching porn does not make you an animal-craving mind. At the end of the day, you are still a rational being naturally wanting art. Beneficial to a Happier Sex Life Most internet pornography is actually pretty damn funny and watching it together can encourage conversation and laughter between couples. By encouraging laughing and communication combined with physical arousal, internet pornography can be a sexual enhancer. A Danish study showed viewing hardcore pornography has "had primarily a positive effect f on various aspects of their lives" for men and women. (Hald and Malamuth: Self-Perceived Effects of Pornography Consumption) Read more: http://www.cracked.com... Those verbal and physical abuse of spanking and etc are just role plays. Just like in a movie, when someone kills, it does not even mean that you should kill. It's just a way of entertainment as it is. Argument 2 : Porn-hunger fuels sex trafficking It is actually the other way around. Diamond's study took a slightly different tact. Diamond and his team were reviewing previous studies that supported the "fact" that pornography use increases a person's likelihood to commit sex crimes, and that the more pornography is dispersed the higher the sex crime numbers become. Diamond's study concluded that these myths are in fact myths, and that generally speaking there is absolutely no proven link between pornography in a culture or society and the rate of sex crimes. In fact, according to Diamond, it seems that when pornography is readily available sex crimes either remain steady, or decrease. Isn't that something? It seems that by watching sex on film you may feel better about yourself, your life, and even the opposite sex. Though it wasn't a part of the study, I would venture to say that pornography could also be used as a teaching tool, an aphrodesiac, and even an activity that consenting adults could participate in together. Watching it, or making it, whatever floats your boat as long as everyone has a good time. http://voices.yahoo.com... Decreasing the Rate of Sex Crimes Internet porn creates an outlet for violent fantasies, which can decrease sex crimes. Just think about comparative research. Studies have shown that when violent films are released, the rates violent crimes decrease. Researchers have also learned that the rates of murders committed by males in their mid-teens dropped significantly when explicitly violent video games became popular. Of course, correlation and causation are not the same (but it does allow for a heated discussion that might just have some getting a little hot). Comparison studies, although interesting (to some), are not necessary. Considering that everywhere scientific studies were conducted produced the same results: an increase in the availability and acceptance of pornography has the effect of decreasing sex crimes (Results were published in 2009 by Diamond: Pornography, public acceptance and sex related crime: a review.) Read more: http://www.cracked.com... You posted something about slavery. Porn is a billion-dollar industry which employs thousands. An epidemiological study of 30,000 American men by Michael Leitzman, a cancer researcher at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland, has found that men who enjoy an active sex life do not risk prostate cancer in later life. There has been a suggested link with greater sexual activity and increased incidents of prostate cancer in previous scientific data because of the link with the male hormone testosterone and its effect on promoting cancer cell growth. Leitzmann's findings were that men who ejaculate between 13 and 20 times a month had a 14% lower risk of prostate cancer that men who ejaculated on average, between 4 and 7 times a month for most of their adult life. Men who ejaculated upwards of 21 times a month had a 33% lower lifetime risk of prostate cancer than the baseline group. At the end of the day, porn is not bad. Pornography is an art, as many artists/painters/sculptors create it. Porn is legally accepted. It is a natural phenomenon.