Comments on: Pornageddon

By: SpencerAlanMacLeod

SpencerAlanMacLeod — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 00:39:50 +0000

Hello Dee,I believe that most so-called moral panics over porn are more about promoting the the agenda of the person who has ‘found the porn’ or ‘found their partner using porn’, than they are about the concept of porn itself.It does not surprise me that sociology departments of universities tries to lure people into joining. With such a high turn over rate, there will always be a market for new social workers.

By: Tobias

Tobias — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 20:05:05 +0000

Honestly, Farmville is about as bad now. It’s ending marriages, and is more popular than Twitter. As long as they don’t make Farmville Porn.

By: Dee

Dee — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 10:18:06 +0000

Hi Spencer,
I’m with you on that one. Moral panics (usually over porn) tend to make me gnash my teeth because I tend to see them as distractions, most are egocentric (of the “I found my partner using porn, I am demoralized, etc”) and things like that tend to direct my attention toward personality flaws that distress spouses (not the porn).
Social workers tend to burn out quickly. I think most western countries have a high social worker turnover rate; people enthusiastically study social work and sociology, to get into the work, to be limited by governmental bureaucrats. I’m surprised how the sociology department at my university tries to lure people each year (for the fees, I’m guessing). That’s not to reduce the significance of sociology, but it seems that there are few social strides that are made, meanwhile porn is always the easy target.

By: SpencerAlanMacLeod

SpencerAlanMacLeod — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 09:38:14 +0000

Oh Please!!!Porn is not the end of civilization.Porn has been around for a long, long time.Both my wife and i enjoy viewing porn.But it is not a substitute for our love life.And it definitely does not colour how either of us view adults. ‘Mattress Actors/Actresses’ have a job to do and they do it. Some do it well and others, well, they don’t last as long.I once saw a documentary that said they generally last between one and a half years to fours years. I heard that is about the same length of time a social worker lasts.