what does pornography mean?
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You mean the etymology of the word?  It's Greek in origin.\n\nporne = prostitute  \ngraphia = writings\npornography = drawings of prostitutes
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Pornography can be a very powerful teenaged influencing factor in mostly negative fashions:\n\n(1) Shows women being "commercialized" and treated as objects (instead of people) who's only real purpose is men's sexual pleasure.\n\n(2) Many teenagers use pornography as a reference to sexuality since they have nobody other to ask; however pornography rarely practices "safe" sex or things of that nature.  As such teens may want to try something (anal sex) that could be quite risky (re: STDs) if not done safely.\n\n(3) Gives "ideal" characteristics of men and women when in actuality a small percentage of people actually meet those.\n\nBasically there are many ways.....
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In most civilized democracies, nudes (not gross pornography) are allowed in magazines for an adult audience. \n\nThis means all of Western Europe, Japan, many parts of South America, Australia, etc, as well as in the US.
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Porn is a sin against God (Lusting after a woman is just the same as having sex with her hence the sin of adultery or fornication)  and it also provokes un realistic expectations in the people watching it.  Example if their wife is not like the porn queen then a man is not satisfied with her.  It is also a form of prostitucion, in that women are selling pictures of themselves.  It is degrading to the women in that it isn't important who or what they are, the person just wants to see them naked.  People who do this eventually get to the point that the whole focus of their lives is sex and they are never satisfied with what they have.  It also carries with it the danger of demonic spirits that will ruin your life.  And at the end of your life here on earth you can look forward to eternity without God.  If we were governed by the Bible in our sex lives then AIDS would just disappear on its own.  God means for us to be happy and his rules lead to health and happiness in our lives.
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Pornography info\n\nNude human beings and sexual activities are depicted in some paleolithic art (e.g. Venus Figurines). Archaeologists in Germany reported in April 2005 that they had found what they believe is a 7,200-year-old pornographic scene depicting a male figurine bending over a female figurine in a manner suggestive of sexual intercourse. The male figure has been named Adonis von Zschernitz. [3]
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The internet was basically a file sharing mechanism, developed by the military.  I think the number one item before porn took over was investments (stocks, etc.)  Now porn is numero uno, yee haa!!
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its better now\n\narty porn was rubbish
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With alot of people its not associated with porn anymore.\n\nIts a fashion label, Adidas, Nike, Chanel, Versace, Dior, Louis Vuitton, Golddigger, etc...if thats what you think about playboy, you might as well be saying that about all this stuff
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uhhh...idk,playboy is kinda perverted.i mean,i'm a 14 year old guy,and i think porn is like,immoral.i dont believe in god,either,just a moral thing.so what i'm saying is get your life together.porn sucks.just like u lol
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Sorry, I guess I don't really get your question.  People of all sexually-conscious ages, of both genders utilize pornography of all types, in and out of relationships - the point is to heighten arousal.  It's not dirty or disgusting as long as no one is doing anything against their will.\n\nPS - I happen to prefer Hentai to any other type of pornography.  And I am an adult female, happily married. =P
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My mom wouldn't let me watch stuff like that.\n\nTo be honest I'm not even sure what the term "Porn" means but my guess would be it's somekind of film genre.
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Ten Ways to Break the Stronghold of Pornography\n\nBefore you go through these... have you looked at yourself under the penetrating light of God's Law? Have you come to a place of genuine repentance? Do you know that your heart is desperately wicked; that it's an enemy of God? Do you see your Adamic nature as a Judas living within you, raising his hands and crying "Master, Master," but at the same time betraying the Son of Man with a kiss? Then put that traitor to death. Never trust your own heart again. It cares for nothing but self. The instant gratification of thirty pieces of silver is better than Heaven's approval. It is self-serving, self-gratifying, and self-deceiving. It is "earthly, sensual, devilish" (James 3:15). Look at what Philippians 2:12 says about the "self" nature: \n\n"...work out (cultivate, carry out to the goal, and fully complete) your own salvation with reverence and awe and trembling (self-distrust, with serious caution, tenderness of conscience, watchfulness against temptation, timidly shrinking from whatever might offend God and discredit the name of Christ)" (The Amplified Bible). \n\n1. Would you ever take pornography to church and look at it during worship? You may as well, because God is just as present in your bedroom as He is in the church building.\n\n2. Face the fact that you may not be saved. Examine yourself to ensure that Christ is living in you (2 Corinthians 13:5). See Romans 6:11–22; 8:1–14; Ephesians 5:3–8.)\n\n3. Realize that when you give yourself to pornography, you are committing adultery (Matthew 5:27,28).\n\n4. Grasp the serious nature of your sin. Jesus said that it would be better for you to be blind and go to heaven, than for your eye to cause you to sin and end up in hell (Matthew 5:29).\n\n5. Those who profess to be Christians yet give themselves to pornographic material evidently lack the fear of God (Proverbs 16:6). Cultivate the fear of God by reading Proverbs 2:1–5.\n\n6. Read Psalm 51 and make it your own prayer.\n\n7. Memorize James 1:14,15 and 1 Corinthians 10:13. Follow Jesus’ example (Matthew 4:3–11) and quote the Word of God when you are tempted (see Ephesians 6:12–20).\n\n8. Make no provision for your flesh (Romans 13:14; 1 Peter 2:11). Get rid of every access to pornographic material—the Internet, printed literature, TV, videos, and movies. But don't just stop there... you also need to begin to think about how high God's standard of holiness and purity really is. What the general public would have called "pornographic" just 60 to 70 years ago is plastered through your Sunday morning newspaper, the billboards you see on your way to work, and the magazines that line the counters at the grocery checkout. Even television commercials are filled with images that if you printed them off and stood in front of an elementary school showing them to children... you would be arrested. The fire is being fed from all different directions... not just those that the world lables as "pornographic." You must stop feeding the fire.\n\n9. Guard your heart with all diligence (Proverbs 4:23). Don’t let the demonic realm have access to your thought-life. The Bible commands you to get control of your thoughts; read what Romans 13:14 says, "But clothe yourself with the Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah), and make no provision for [indulging] the flesh [put a stop to thinking about the evil cravings of your physical nature] to [gratify its] desires (lusts)" (The Amplified Bible - bold added for emphasis). If you give yourself to it, you will become its slave (Romans 6:16). Read the Bible daily, without fail. As you submit to God, the devil will flee (James 4:7,8).\n\n10. The next time temptation comes, do fifty push-ups, then fifty sit-ups. If you are still burning, repeat the process (see 1 Corinthians 9:27, and 1 Corinthians 7:9). This is not just a random "get your mind off it&q
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Too much pornography.
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If you watch a differnent porno movie every week, you might be on a path to more serieous problems. The comedian Richard Geni put it best, "Porn is like a drug. After a while you build up a tolerance to it and you find the same stuff just doesn't do it for you anymore. You start out with a single tape, a couch, and a simple TV... the next thing you know you become like Phantom of the Opera locked away inside the house, blinds closed, curtains drawn, a padded Lazy-Boy set in front of a 50 inch screen with Dolbe surround sound, empty boxes of tissue and bottles of lotion scattered all over the floor and a dog that aswers to the name "Spot" ...though that wasn't his name when you got him." =P\n\nIn all seriousness though, there is truth behind the joke, watching porn is kinda like a drug. Typically it progresses in the following degrees:\n\n1st Degree - Starts with regular "Vanilla" sex (brief oral foreplay, a few pokes in the the woman's baby-maker, and a pop shot) and scene or two with some light lesbian action. The common format of simple mainstream porn.\n\n2nd Degree - More specialized versions of "Vanilla" sex, basically normal vaginal sex with a particular type (naturally busty, asians, blacks, redheads, MILFs, fatties, pregnant, etc.) of woman. The majority of pornstars are thin, blonde, with implants, so its only natural to branch out and see other types of women having sex.\n\n3rd Degree - A slight step up with specialized "Vanilla+" sex,  where there's a bit of anal. Only a short couple of minutes with a finger, toy, or the guy's **** (nothing prolonged or extreme) added in with the normal sex. This has become the new "normal" for modern porn.\n\n4th Degree - Fetish-type themes like all-girls (lesbian), all-guys (gay), Hermaphodites & Transexuals, all BJs & popshots, anal (prolonged penitration, but nothing extreme), only solo-scenes, or only hand jobs. \n\n5th Degree - Extreme Fetishes themes like group sex, light bondage, role-reversals, fantasy domination, fisting, enemas, piss/scat, or huge/unusual objects. \n\n6th Degree - The worst cases progress into ultra extreme and mostly illeagal fetishes like rape-themes, bondage torture, beastialiy, incest-themes, and pedofilia-themes where pain, dominance, and control are the subject and not consentual adult sex.\n\n\nI think most people that watch porn have a collection that typically consist of:\n\n10% - 1st Degree\n20% - 2nd Degree\n45% - 3rd Degree (the new "normal" for modern porn)\n15% - 4th Degree\n10% - 5th Degree\n\n6th Degree porn is not about sex and only disturbed individuals would find it arrousing. Normal people don't collect such porn.\n\nAnother thing about porn is that it only depicts sex and superficial relationships. Pornstars are putting on a sexual show as part of their job, they don't necessarily do that as a normal part of their sex lives. There are SOME women that are into oral, anal, fisting, role-reversal, light bondage, group sex, lesbian sex, and other non-vanilla sex, but watching porn makes it easy to think that ALL women are into these types of things. In real relationships women aren't going to be into everything a guy has seen in pornos. In porn the sex is instant, in reality couples need spend considerable time together, build a soild trust, and know each other well before getting into "porno-type sex" or they risk ruining the relationship by placing more than half the reason on sexual connection and less than half on non-sexual (emotional, physical, mental, and social) connections between each other.\n\nIf you're in a relationship and you're still secretly watching porn when your partner is not around means your relationship is not as close as it should be, and you're looking to porn to satisfy the need things your partner can't or won't do. A close loving relationship should have enough sex and the type of
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anything that can be interpreted as sexual and perverted
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Hey Uncle, what's up!\n\nMy answer would be: \npornos are falsely described as "marital learning tools" by the creators of them. All pornos are depictions of sex in a lewd way. Sex is natural but pornos are too graphic to actually "teach" students.
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s*x...ohhhh..you meant other than porn..???