This piece is probably my favorite of the show. I am a big supporter of the non-profit group Fight The New Drug, they are an anti-pornography advocacy group. One of this group's big campaigns is to educate people on the harmful effects pornography has on the brain, on relationships and on society. The #PornKillsLove slogan is used by them on most of their merchandise to spread the word that porn isn't cool.
Check their website out for yourself and "Get the Facts on Pornography" Fight The New Drug
Now, I am not affiliated with this group in anyway, but feel strongly about the cause and wanted to make something that accurately expressed the way I feel about it. I have felt for many years that porn isn't just nudity or sex, it also includes the visual suggestion of these things. This video is great, and it speaks briefly to a similar idea. It mentions that porn today is not just naked people, it is violent, it is degrading and dehumanizing. What we consider "soft core porn" is no longer mainstream pornography, the softer porn is now integrated into pop culture.
The point of reference in this video is at about 2:00-2:33
The entire video is excellent to watch though.
Watching this video, having read books and many studies from fashion designers, fashion psychologists, social psychologists, researchers, and other experts I firmly believe that when we dress in a manner that is revealing or sexually stimulating we become pornography ourselves.
Society has become desensitized to this over the last 100 years. We now also have an outrageous number of men and young boys who are addicted to pornography; some studies say that close to 70% of college aged men are addicted to porn in our country. The desire for men to seek porn out is stimulated everyday by the clothing presented to them in virtually every public setting. The ability to overcome this addiction is made more difficult by the constant stream of soft porn being presented on a daily basis on TV, in magazines at the grocery store, and even walking down the street whether on billboards or the revealing outfits of women walking by.
Society has become desensitized to this over the last 100 years. We now also have an outrageous number of men and young boys who are addicted to pornography; some studies say that close to 70% of college aged men are addicted to porn in our country. The desire for men to seek porn out is stimulated everyday by the clothing presented to them in virtually every public setting. The ability to overcome this addiction is made more difficult by the constant stream of soft porn being presented on a daily basis on TV, in magazines at the grocery store, and even walking down the street whether on billboards or the revealing outfits of women walking by.
Things like overly sexualized Carl's Jr. commercials or the annual Victoria's Secret televised fashion show are considered normal and ok. Men are expected to act like pigs. This to me is unacceptable and things need to change.
Regardless of differing opinions of right and wrong, every person that I have ever heard who has commited their life to the fashion world agrees that our clothing has an effect on our thoughts and behaviors as well as the thoughts and behaviors of those around us. Society accepts this belief when it comes to getting hired for a job, but somehow doesn't want to accept this same pattern of choice and consequence for other aspects of life.
Our choices have a greater influence than we think.
#PornKillsLove #DontBePorn
#PornKillsLove #DontBePorn
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