cite lascivious feelings." Having said this, why is it then, that many in society still believe otherwise; why do they continue to believe that pornography is “evil” and is a major cause for violence against women, specifically rape? There are many reasons for this misinterpretation and through the following few points, and this research paper will attempt to show that pornography has very little to almost no correlation with violence (such as rape) against women. In order to demonstrate this, it must be made evident that pornography is not “evil” and does not cause undesirable social behavior by displaying nude women in sexually explicit circumstances. Thus, it is the intent of this paper to indicate that women are not treated only as sexual objects through the media. This is done in an attempt to nullify any traces of “evil” in pornography. Subsequently, some may consider being completely bizarre, that pornography actually reduces the amount of violence against women.For thousands of years, sex itself has been considered “evil” and revolting. “This is exactly why the concealment of the sex organs and teaching feelings of shame toward human sexuality is so common worldwide.” (Christensen, 4) These same feelings of shame are the chief reasons that sex is considered a personal and private matter. Contrary to the beliefs of many, the mass media did not create these settings; society creates this image. In some societies, women have no reservations with regard to living their entire lives completely naked, while in other societies, females cover themselves from head to toe, only revealing their eyes. The media have been bombarded with criticism, overwhelmingly from the female community, relative to the amount of sexually explicit material that is published in magazines and that appears on television and in the cinemas.A common argument against pornography is that the me...
