Is porn culture a trigger for violence towards women? Nowadays pornography is accessible easily on the net. Moreover porn stars are welcomed on talk shows, and somehow it gives the message that the porn industry is accepted as a regular business.
As a matter of a fact we have to wonder: what is the impact of such degrading material?
Can pornography fuel men’s violent action towards women?
And as well, which preventive strategy to use within our community?
Pornography leads to violent masculine behaviors.
In this lecture, Wael Ibrahim explains that pornography has lead to violent masculine behaviors. In order to demonstrate how pornography distorts the reality in people’s mind, he uses practical cases of men and women who were in contact with him. Then he quotes a certain number of scientific studies focused on abuse on women. And finally, he send a deep message to the men our community.
The first case to be mentioned is about a rapist whom he met who stated that: “Pornography make the viewers feel as if women are liking the idea of being raped.”
Similarly, a general pattern is emerging from the examples given by the lecturer. Indeed the porn industry has been feeding men with dirty and perverted ideas about sexual intimacy.
To sum up, it is clear now that porn culture is feeding violence and rape culture.
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