Pornography and Sex Crimes
"What is going on?" were the only words I could pull from my shaking mouth. I will never forget the pain in my gut when I opened the door to find my nine-year-old sister watching a porno. "I found it in Billy's room and wanted to see what it was, I'm sorry Jes." As I watched tears role down her face, a feeling of rage exploded within me. It was then that I realized that pornography is not only being watched by adults, but being explored by our youth as well. What has our society come to, and what role does pornography play in it? It's definitely not the positive outlet. I believe pornography can be dangerous because it dehumanizes family values, and leads to vicious acts of violence.The stone first strikes at the very heart of family values. It presents behavior that is immoral and sinful as acceptable. Pornography makes premarital sex, adultery, and a variety of other perversions not only permissible, but attractive. It encourages both male and female homosexuality, which are lifestyles that are not acceptable to many people. It is not only those who come into direct contact with pornography that are affected. The ripples spread, and with them the effects of smut on the
Many of these young abusers have themselves been abused. Sometimes occurring when they are very young, only three to four years old. Sometimes the ones who abused them are family members, a babysitter, or a friend of the family. Pornography plays a part in the abuse, either in terms of arousing the molester, attracting the child's interest, or showing the child what to do. Former Los Angeles Police Chief Daryl F. Gates of the Sexually Exploited Child Unit points out that "the frequent recovery of pornography in sexually exploited child cases is not considered to be happenstance." It is a part of the pattern. Seeing my young and venerable sister exposed to pornography has led me to believe that she is not the only one being attacked. There are many others out there that are being exposed as I speak, and maybe tomorrow, just as Ted Bundy, they will decide that reading and watching it is just not enough. Our nation will stand or fall depending on its moral values. Pornography, like the larva of a clothes moth, is eating the fabric of our nation (unseen and generally untouched). However we have the power to bring the dehumanizing pornography into the light where it can be destroyed. I have realized that there are people out there that believe pornography is not bad, and that it doesn't lead to sex crimes. However what about the convicted murderer that was seriously involved in por
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