Porn strictures

The fact is it's not possible now to have a clear sense of what's right and wrong here because porn is absolutely everywhere

Not just online.

The mentality that endorses porn is universal
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Not just on the internet.
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Our society worships glamour
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Superficiality
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Quick fixes
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Romance
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And short-termism
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And villifies soulfulness
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The aged

Ugliness
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Intimacy
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And commitment.
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Most are users of porn judging by recent surveys.
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Your children are creatures of their environment
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And as a parent you are the creature of a different, bygone environment that no longer exists.
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So the question arises do I tell them not to engage with porn?
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It might be totally ineffectual, but yes it is always better to uphold your own values and point of view
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Better than to say nothing
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Better to state why though
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And the why is because porn reduces relationships to sex alone in often abusive ways.
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Ways that have no bearing on those in the real world.
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Nor does porn offer satisfaction except on a most fleeting basis.