On Sun, 4 Mar 2001 03:23:39 -0500 "Dana Shilling" dshilling@worldnet.att.net writes:
Ellynne G. said:
I also don't consider myself the world's most persuasive arguer so I'm
not expecting a major change in anyone else's opinions based on what I've said.
And having gone more than enough out of my way to prove I was right on that point -
On Mon, 5 Mar 2001 18:04:51 +0000 (GMT) Iain Coleman ijc@bas.ac.uk writes:
On Mon, 5 Mar 2001, Ellynne G. wrote:
In this context, we're talking about viewing people as objects.
As one
recent article on the subject said, those addicted to pornography
see
other people as nothing more than objects without feelings or
emotions -
and it is much easier to commit crimes against objects than
people.
I find this result frankly incredible. Can you direct me to this article?
Sure, Iain. Just do what I do. Subscribe to several academic, on-line magazine services (ones that index actual, real, flesh and blood [figuratively speaking] periodicals). Type in various key word phrases, doing either a text or subject search, cross reference the material under the subject headings that appear for each article, and (if so inclined) double check both authors and the periodical for overall reliability (I tend to get a bit sloppy on this last, but [credible] peer review is an important part of the evaluation process).
If you don't care for the expense, I would suggest getting in contact with your nearest library (my first choice would be a university library with a good collection in areas such as psychology, law, and family sciences, but I realize not everyone can do that).
However, although several articles by different, credible sources should turn up on a text key word search, this one I was specifically refering to came up when I was cross referencing a few statements relating to a woman assigned to a government task force dealing with porn related crimes (it seemed interesting that one paper decided her marital status [single, no children] was of more importance [in their opinion] to whether she was qualified for the job than her 14 years of experience as a prosecutor).
Tavia said:
On the level of personal experiences, I'm quite prepared to stand up and
be counted as a long-term (>decade) porn user -- at least if you count written-word-only stuff, particularly of the amateur variety.
I've noticed little change in my attitudes over the decade I've used
porn compared with the previous 4 or 5 years when I was both adult and non-porn-using. If anything, my real-life activities have been more 'conventional', though I'd put that down to rapidly encroaching middle age coupled with rapidly expanding waistline...
I'm not really into child abuse, serial killing, crimes against
women.... &c &c
Didn't say you were. In fact, one researcher stated that he feels the major social cost in the U.S. comes from the combination of _violence_ with sex. But then, his primary area was in desensitization to violence (he started out researching military techniques for this in training soldiers [speaking of social sciences the Federation has likely invested a great deal in (interesting to note there were _officers_ who had problems with Travis but there didn't seem to be many enlisted - and I don't recall anyone saying his orders during that massacre were disobeyed).
OK, that's it. I've said my piece and I'm not saying anymore.
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