Porn does more harm than good.

Thank you! May the best man win. I'm a 'he' by the way. Might be the picture. Anyways, on to my rebuttals. I want to start off by saying that pornography in and of itself is not a "bad" thing. We have preconceived notions about porn being something bad. As my opponent stated , 'it is but the fault of deranged people who are "turned on" by things that most people would be appalled by.' There is a cause on how these people's mindset gone haywire in the first place. Its because they watched disturbing and harmful porn that they actually pursue to follow them. Porn has damaged their mind and I don't understand why people don't see this since porn IS the cause of the problem. Humans are curious, and sometimes, being curious could lead to bad things. You don't have to be disturbed to search for those kind of porn. They are simply easy to search for as I said. It is easily accessed. People with weird fetishes sometimes stumble upon these disturbing material and ACTUALLY began to pursue them. I'll comeback to this later. He said also something about 'providing stimulation for adolescents who are discovering themselves.' You CAN masturbate without porn. I'm not going to lie, but most people in the 21st century masturbate with porn. But we survived without porn before. Sure it stimulates you but sometimes things are just too good to be true and that screams for most teenager's left hand. Looking back on my personal time I've spent on porn, it feels so empty. Before, when I was with a girl and the attraction was mutual, I was happy to just be with her. Life was an exciting adventure. Now, with the porn, life"s just bland. I get on the computer and look something up. That"s as special as it gets. A real GIRL beats porn by a milestone. In a study at the University of Paisley, some subjects had sex with their partner; others masturbated to porn. Afterward, there was 400% more prolactin in the bloodstream of the subjects who had made love. Prolactin is one of the feel-good chemicals that comes in like the tide after lovemaking and leaves us contented and more attached to our partner. 'It can bring intimacy back into a relationship that has lost its passion. This can turn a marriage away from divorce.' Its a current myth that porn doesn"t have to affect your relationships. The fact is that relationships AREN'T built on sex, but on expressions of commitment, sharing, caring, joy, mutual trust, and love. People who view porn lose this sensitivity and eventually don"t relate to these values at all. Pornography denigrates sex into an act no more meaningful than two baboons mating in the forest. Pornography pollutes a couple"s sexual relationship. It make you more dissociated with sex in the real world, because let's face it: porn is a fantasy. The women in porn are perfect. That's all for my rebuttals. Anyways, Again, understand that I'm not saying that porn is all bad, it has its benefits too. But the negativity it brings just carries more weight that it overshadows its own benefits. A little bit of porn doesn't bring harm but the problem is ladies and gentlemen, it has something called being ADDICTIVE. Pornography addiction begins in the mind. People tell themselves pornography is just harmless, escapist pleasure. But the enjoyment is short-lived and often, as with drug addiction, the viewer finds himself needing more and more in order to get the same excitement or "high". Worse, pornography has an insidious tendency to cross over and infiltrate a person"s life, affecting thoughts, sexual conduct and the possibility of truly connecting with another person in a healthy, respectful relationship. Although they can watch porn without it actually RUINING their lives, imagine the majority of people that have this kind of control. That's right, not all of them have it. If so, its in a small majority, and that's for normal people. Imagine how hard it is for teenagers who's hormones are going wild. It can ruin their lives for them. Subconsciously without them even knowing! And ladies and gentlemen, in a nutshell, the pro side is not trying to say porn doesn't have its benefits. But simply because it carries more weight on the bad side rather than the good and for the reasons I've set, I strongly believe that porn does more harm than good. I rest my case once again. Sources :