pornography
The Internet has made living in today's world a lot easier. We can correspond with our friends better, gather information faster, and entertain ourselves with greater ease. This technology has become the new wave of communication and has opened so many new doors. But with this advancement in technology that has created opportunity, we have also stumbled into new barriers. One of the drawing features of the young Internet was its freedom. It's "...a rare example of a true, modern, functional anarchy...there are no official censors, no bosses, no board of directors, no stockholders" (Sterling). It's an open forum where anything can be presented and this is a problem that has struck our society hard. While this liberty is good to a certain extent, there needs to be barriers and censorship to protect the essence of human nature. The human body is precious and the materials in our society need to display and deem this statement true both on the internet and in the real world. Before the Internet, pornography was only accessible to individuals considered legal. These books, magazines and videos were only sold in stores that were monitored by government control. A child could not walk into an "adult" store and purchase material
As I looked at this man work I was in shock that someone could capture such beauty and innocence in every picture. As I flipped through the books I was in complete awe of this man, his photographs were amazing. I couldn't wait to turn the page and see what was next. He had a variety of pictures of children standing on stools fully exposed smiling, and then to the other extreme an old lady sitting on the same stool staring straight at the camera expressionless. This creativity that Robert had was astonishing, and it made me realize that not everything to do with nudity would be looked at in a sexual, perverted way. People have said, " Mapplethorpe combines abstract, formal considerations with his personal and refined visions of Idealized beauty in a photographic image to achieve a powerful and memorable statement." (2) And I believe this to be completely true. There was one picture out of many that I looked that caught my breath, and made me stop and analyze. It was a photograph called Lydia, and it was of this lady was standing by a window with her hands above her head showing all of her body and the complete vulnerability that comes along with having nothing to hide yourself behind. The light coming in from the window is casting shadows on her naked body, and outlining the blinds that are covering the window. I think that blinds over the window symbolize how society uses clothing to keep people from seeing what is underneath. I love that you cannot see her face, she is an anonymous person, who can represent anyone in the world. As I looked at her white body in contrast with the black background I saw flaws in her figure. This I realized showed that even the most beautiful things are not perfect, but that the can still be art. Pornography has had negative impact on our society, it has closed some the doors that Mapplethorpe and other photographers tried so hard to keep open. Knowing that when individuals stare at the naked body for sexual gratification, not to admire the beauty that lies in the human figure, it makes me sick. The mass circulation of these pornographic materials just goes to show what our world is coming to. Photographs of women in magazines like Playboy has caused people to ta
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