Quick post 5

I found Dianna Russel’s article particularly intriguing. This quote hit me the most- “The relationship between particularly sexually violent images in the media and subsequent aggression...is much stronger statistically than the relationship between smoking and lung cancer.”     — Edward Donnerstein, 1983.I do believe that pornography does lead to how men see women. I think the media does more so, but I think that men do follow what they see and like. If misogyny is widely advertised, they are going to think that this idea is perfectly acceptable especially if they do not have a home environment that educates them appropriately on the subject. I think pornography facilitates mistreatment of women and disrespect at the bare minimum and I think it is going to create more problems for us in the future.  I think about porn, and I wonder how many women actually would like to participate in these acts. I sometimes wonder if that woman was involved in sex trafficking, was kidnapped or this is the only way that she can support herself. This is so unfortunate and I believe that unless pornography is submitted by both willing partners for whatever reason they choose, it should be abolished. It just trudges too many issues up and makes our society even more violence and power driven. I also think that, what if a young man likes the violent sex he sees in a video online and wants to experience it in real life, so he rapes someone? That young man as well as pornography and the media are all responsible.