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reader, anonymous, writes (16 March 2006): Pornography degrades women and men look at women differently because of pornography.. A man wants to do the things in porno mags but have no desire to do so with the wife. Is this because he has respect for his wife and none for himself or because "one simply doesn't do those things with a mother figure?"
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reader, mystify +, writes (8 January 2006):
 i would like to agree with Robin in that abuse is more about power than about sexual desire, in what i have seen only a small percent of rape cases are about someone getting turned on by someone and raping them...its more often than not a disgusting and horrific reaction to an attack on their posistion of power or authority or their ability to control others!
but as for the religeous comment ..yes Christ hung out with prostiututes and of course he was thier saviour but that does not mean he promoted sleeping around or dimminished the sanctity of marriage or sex between people who are in love.
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reader, Uncle Robin +, writes (6 January 2006):
This is because on the whole people are less oppressed, and men and women are more equal. In terms of psycological well-being and equality in relationships the more open we can be about sex, and the less it becomes that dirty little secret it used to be, the better off we all are.
This view takes into account the various forms of exploitation that exist in the area of sexuality, and in areas of the growing sex industry. That exploitation has more to do with the unequal distribution of power and wealth than sexuality. We need to be concerned with abuse, but understand that the abuse is a feature of the nature of our unequal and exploitative society than human sexual desire.
Thankfully, with openess about sexuality, it is easier to expose abuse, and for people to speak about expereinces or we can try and make it easier by recognising them as victims rather than perpetrators of an evil.
Sex is good, expliotation is bad. More sex equals more love, but there will always be explioters as long as the system is oppressive and unequal. Fight the system, not the oppressed.
And, for the religious (Christians, of whom I have many friends), Christ hung out with prostitutes and other people of "low status", he was their savour as well.
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reader, anonymous, writes (6 January 2006): I think if you do some historical research it was only in the later 1800's (in the UK and america at least) that people got all uppity about sex - before that either girls got married very much younger (in their mid to late teens)and the men found prostitutes. (whether they married early also depended on whether they were rich men or working class, from a small villiage or a city) I don't really know what unmarried, poor, unattractive girls did for fullfillment but i'm sure they found a way!
If you read about the Romans - a lot of men did army service during their prime. They used prostitutes (or camp followers - who travelled with the army), or raped women from conquered areas. The rich ruling class had female (and male) slaves to have sex with.
I think women are treated much more fairly than a couple of hundred years ago with a lot less casual rape occuring (at least in western countries) - which is defnitely a good thing!
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reader, mystify +, writes (6 January 2006):
i agree with joe there is definatly a decrease in religeon and with that goes morals ,
the media have also showed a side to sexual promiscuity that is supposed to be cool,
i dont think that for sex to not be seen a dirty thing it has to be loose, and i dont think sexual promiscuity has made this world a better place.
where are the people that think sex is a beautiful thing when shared between 2 people who are in love?
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reader, Joe  +, writes (6 January 2006):
being 18 myself i've looked at my generation and the older generation like my grandparent's and i think for the majority of people in their teens or maybe say early 20's religion has been lost down the line and nearly all sense of religious morals have been lost, i'm not actually religious myself but i considered once to become catholic when i looked at people like my grandparents and saw how their faith would make them feel secure, happy and all the rest, and i thought "has their religious views kept them together for over 50 years?". so i actually believe that the rise in sexual activities has been a cause lack of religious values or certain moral values that come with religion.
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reader, harshbutfair +, writes (6 January 2006):
 Great response by "purr" below. The stigma as sex as something dirty, 'orrible and never to be discussed never mind "done" has drifted... Except in certain right-wing-christian parts of the USA.
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reader, purrfectionist84 +, writes (6 January 2006):
 Contraceptives are more readily available, there is less emphasis on family, men and women are generally no longer expected to be virgins at marriage, people are postponing marriage due to education and career (which sometimes means more sexual partners prior to marriage), there is increased emphasis on sex in the media, advertising, television, music, and movies, teenagers are hitting puberty at an earlier age than ever... the list goes on.
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