Blue Car Syndrome

I haven't done that but I have noticed how much men stare at women in objectifying ways. I realize it's common, but it's also indicative of a problem. I think it's especially sad when I see older men doing it. It's then I realize that this isn't a problem you just grow out of. You have to change.

 

Porn has grown massively since high speed internet. That means that there are far more addicts out there I suspect. Only a small proportion have made it to nofap, maybe.

 

I would blame the problem of objectifying women on internet porn but that isn't so. Internet porn and the porn industry as a whole is a child of this problem. After all women were traded/sold (i.e arranged marriage) between between men of power as bargaining chips for alliances. If you wanted to form an alliance with another kingdom or house, you would give them your daughter in marriage, thus sealing the union. This is also where dowries came from.

So are women objectified thanks to porn? No. But does it perpetuate and worsen the problem? Absolutely.

To fix the problem one would have to remove the internet porn industry first and work their way back. It is the only way to eliminate the rape culture that exists in this country and the world as a whole. I say the rape culture because that is the worst manifestation of this issue. After all, when you view women as objects, it is not a far slip to say that if you want to "use" a woman for sex you are with in your rights to just take what you want without consent. After all we don't ask the toaster if we can use it.

Anyway, I could rant for pages on this subject but I'll stop here with one, summarizing, thought.

I have no moral objection to the porn industry but I do have an ethical issue. The first step to curing the society of the culture of objectifying women, is to eliminate the porn industry(which as it happens treats women like slaves and/or less than human).

 

Yeah, I don't blame the porn industry. I had a problem long before I saw porn.

 

Very well put Karegador. I'm one hundred percent with you.

 

Similarly cocaine should not be blamed on drugs barons, but the weak people who succumb to it? I understand the argument that there is inherently something wrong in our society. I am happy to see that people are fighting their addictions and are able to do so, but some aren't. For those who are able to fight their addictions organisations which fuel these addictions are not so much of a problem. For those who are unable to fight their addictions, they could be helped by reducing temptation perhaps. Ultimately each individual should be strong enough to fight for themselves, but then will they turn on each other?

 

It is true that people at large are not fighting their addiction to porn and masturbation but keep in mind that the current social and even scientific consensus is that porn and masturbation addiction does not exist. This is something that needs to change. Unfortunately if you say that the addiction is real, by and large you will get laughed at.

I sincerely hope that someday soon it will be recognized as the problem that it is. But I am not holding my breath for that day.