The word pornography comes from the Greek pome, which means prostitute or whore, and graphos, which means depiction or writing. Pornography is, at its core, the commercialization of women, turning men into consumers and women into a product to be used and discarded.
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But pornography is not just naked women, and it is not sex. The sexual acts depicted in pornography are more about shame, humiliation, solitude, coldness, and degradation than they are about pleasure, intimacy, and love.
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Girls who aren’t cool are condemned.
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Boys are into porn, and girls, they claim, should be in on the game.
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Most recently, students have become radical supporters of pornography. I didn’t used to see that at all from young men. It’s a huge shift in attitude.”
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By the time boys get to college, pornography is more than accepted—it’s exalted.
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With no one telling them it’s wrong or inappropriate, it’s no wonder kids have become audacious in their consumption of pornography.
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Pornography is integrated into teenage pop culture; video game culture, for example, exalts the pornographic.
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For teenagers, pornography is just another online activity; there is little barrier to entry and almost no sense of taboo. Instead, pornography has become a natural rite and acceptable pastime. One teenage boy in Boston explained recently to the New York Times, “Who needs the hassle of dating when I’ve got online porn?”
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One teenage boy in Boston explained recently to the New York Times, “Who needs the hassle of dating when I’ve got online porn?”