per earlier thread. Porn, use it or don't use it.

[seabeyond]

Poll question: per earlier thread. Porn, use it or don't use it.

i am not talking about the morality of it, cause and effect, a feminist issue, or good and bad.

[Orrex]

1. I use the porn as a conversation-starter at church.

[Botany]

2. every morning

[Atman]

3. WTF does "use it" mean?

I view it. My wife and I find a good vid to be fun 'background noise' during certain activities. But do we "use it?" I dunno...do we "use" morning news shows? Do we "use" indi rock music? Do we "use" shows like Big Love and The Tudors on cable teevee? Your question in and of itself seems to speak volumes regarding what your answer is. Personally, I "use" porn the same way I "use" breakfast cereal or water or television or orange juice...it is just another one of the many aspects of my life, it is not a defining aspect.

Unrec for a ridiculous question.

.

[seabeyond]

14. i see porn as a tool. for sexual stimulation. i see a vibrator as a tool and would say "use"

i think the definition of porn backs my perception.

pornography: creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire
wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

i dont see the phrasing as good or bad.

[ConcernedCanuk]

25. I'd rethink that word "tool"

.
.
.

As a mechanic, I have many tools and toolboxes.

No vibrators or the like in there . . .

However, if I had a TOY-box;

That's where such items would be stored

:silly:

[seabeyond]

26. more than one definition of tool

5. anything used as a means of accomplishing a task or purpose: Education is a tool for success.

porn is used as a tool for sexual stimulation (again, works for me)



noun 1. an implement, esp. one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations.
2. any instrument of manual operation.
3. the cutting or machining part of a lathe, planer, drill, or similar machine.
4. the machine itself; a machine tool.
5. anything used as a means of accomplishing a task or purpose: Education is a tool for success.
6. a person manipulated by another for the latter's own ends; cat's-paw.
7. the design or ornament impressed upon the cover of a book.
8. Underworld Slang. a. a pistol or gun.
b. a pickpocket.

[Withywindle]

18. Ha, 'The Tudors' IS soft-core porn.

Terrible history, but pretty good old-fashioned bodice-ripper/historical-costume smut and soap opera.

[Atman]

19. I've never seen an episode, but my wife "uses it" regularly

:hi:

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[Withywindle]

20. Smart woman!

It has a lot of Jonathan Rhys-Meyers nekkid. :thumbsup:


:hi:

[FreakinDJ]

4. Only 30% of respondents are Women is very telling

Personally I think I lot more women "use it"' more likely READ it in the form of "Dirty Smut Paperbacks" but Political/Religious Groups have completely ignored/sanctioned the practice and "Smutty Books" are no longer considered porn

ei: Bill O'Liely's smut filled books / Liz Cheney's Smut Books

[Withywindle]

15. I voted that I'm female and I use porn

and my favorite kind is smutty stories. I read them AND write them. That counts, as far as I'm concerned. (Though I would certainly disagree that they have *no* artistic value beyond the prurient).

That said, I sometimes enjoy the visual kind too, very much, and certainly don't look down on it, or on people who prefer it. It's just not the type of sensory input that works best on me - no value judgement implied at all.

[Withywindle]

23. That's a good point.

That there is such a stark division drawn between "erotica for women" and "porn for men", which I think is largely artificial and arbitrary.

Refusing to consider sexual writing in the "smut" category achieves two things:

1. It allows some people to pretend the intensity and drive (and in some cases, sheer kinky sci-fi weirdness) of women's sexual imaginations is much less than it really is, and

2. allows some women to feel morally superior, and some men to put women on a "virtuous" pedestal, because of course we're too "evolved" to like porn. Porn is that nasty stuff that gets base, bestial MEN off. What gets US off is "artistic erotica."

Bwahahahah.

[hunter]

5. Hey! What are you calling "porn???" That there is an "artistic nude."

*** no photo posted ***

[ddeclue]

6. There are two Americas..one that can get laid.. the other that has to masturbate..

:rofl:

[SidDithers]

17. Some do both...nt

Sid

[WillyT]

7. I Can't Find A Needle For My Pornograph...

:evilgrin:

[ddeclue]

29. Bada BING! Seriously folks.. I'll be here all week.. please be sure to tip your servers..

[MineralMan]

8. Old Ben Franklin said something pertinent:

"Rarely use venery but for health and offspring, never to dulness, weakness, or the injury of your own or another's peace or reputation."

I'm not sure how one uses porn. You can view porn, but it's not really something you can use, except to diminish another.

[Maru Kitteh]

41. Funny statement, considering old Frank was quite the horndog.

[datasuspect]

9. can't talk, 'batin . . .

god bless porn.

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

10. Why aren't women voting here?

[hunter]

13. Melancholy

(from http://postsecret.blogspot.com )

[nickinSTL]

11. I use it. As an aid.

For reasons I won't go into, I don't get much sex.

I never pay for porn. If it isn't freely available online, with no sign-up, no cost, I don't use it.

I find it helpful on occasion. :shrug:

[DutchLiberal]

12. I'd like to know why you think this thread is relevant in any way?

:shrug:

[chrisa]

16. Male, Don't use it.

I have nothing against porn and people that want to use it. I just personally don't like it or care about it.

[rcrush]

21. It keeps me from going on that rampage downtown.

[MrSlayer]

22. Don't use it.

Don't need it.

[Atman]

24. I've actually sold a few of these bumper stickers...

Lord knows I wouldn't put one on my own car, but some people apparently do...

[dysfunctional press]

27. taking lots of methadone daily for chronic pain really messes with your libido...

it makes porn about as exciting as being at a strip-club sober.

[seabeyond]

28. .

sorry you are in so much pain, or have to take methadone to help with that pain. i hope it gets better

[dysfunctional press]

33. thanks for that.

chronic pain is a bitch.
especially when there's no 'getting better' in the cards.
the best i get to hope for is that it doesn't get any worse.
it's a condition called 'ankylosing spondylitis'- i had never heard of it until i was diagnosed with it at age 35.
(after having been mis-diagnosed for over 15 years)
it's a slow and painful 'natural' fusion of the spine.
i became fully disabled before i was 38.
i'll be 49 in two more weeks.
i've been on methadone pretty much the whole time.
along with a myriad of other drugs and potions.
but- it still beats being dead.

[seabeyond]

36. i was clueless

all the posts i have read of years, for how many years..... thanks for the info. i have never heard of it, but sounds horrible. just how much we dont know about the other person and what they are going thru in life, typing on their keyboard.

i have MONTHS.... before i am 49. lol.

[deaniac21]

30. As a wonman, I feel that porn really helps my self esteem.

[plcdude]

34. Interesting

would you care to expand on that thought?

[deaniac21]

35. Other than misspelling woman I was being sarcastic.

[seabeyond]

38. lol lol. one can never assume, but then..... nt

[Swede]

31. I'll be in my bunk.

:freak:

[Withywindle]

32. Nice post, Jayne. n/t

[rucky]

37. This is anonymous, right?

[Warren DeMontague]

39. In early adolescence, if I couldn't find a playboy, It'd be the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue

failing that, sometimes those Sears bra ads in the Sunday newspaper.

I think, back in the day, lots of men would masturbate to those WWII paintings of "pin-up girls" that they would put on the sides of bombers.

I guess my point is, define "porn". Anything someone masturbates to?

[Jennicut]

40. Most women won't admit to watching porn or wanting to watch porn.

I have seen my share...most of it is totally unrealistic. But it did not traumatize me.

[Lilith Velkor]

42. I loves my porn!