What_Are_The_Main_Arguments_For_And_Against_Pornography_

What Are The Main Arguments For And Against Pornography' This essay will briefly look at the historic aspect of pornography, from ancient times, through the risque Victorian period to what preceded the page three girl. It will look at the feminist theories, which say that, pornography leads to the subordination of women, and how men’s exposure to pornography can lead to sexual violence towards women. However, pornography has a lighter side and can be used for entertainment and educational purposes, these avenues will also be explored. Pornography has been around for thousands of years. The Egyptians, as far back as 3000 B.C, depicted sexual behaviour on the walls of temples, and sex was considered to be normal and pleasurable. In Greece many wall paintings and mosaics have been unearthed portraying, what we would call, pornographic material. These murals obviously were thought to be art forms and sex and sexuality were a part of their culture, which suggests few people saw the sex act as licentious and obscene. It is only in recent times that sex, particularly in the west is seen as dirty. Religion and the church have had a tremendous affect on this view, although nude paintings which illustrate women in provocative positions pornography, women, sexual, sex, men, pornographic, images, explicit, violent, two, been, pictures, industry, however, erotic, through, sexually, porn, photography, people, one, material, first, enjoy, censorship, violence, time, technology, should, sell, obscene, look, just, form, feminist