Question 1. With the advancement of technology, pornography has become easily accessible to audiences of all ages. Pornography works as a form of media that develops understanding of young men about their masculinity and the way they can maintain it. Pornography has several negative impacts that are harmful to the society as some adults develop deviant sexual tendencies, interferes in women enjoying marital intimacy, aids in the development of immoral sexual fantasies, teen pregnancy, increases risk of STDs, effects relationship health, etc. (Kivel & Johnson 109-133). Finally, pornography also aids in developing scenario where viewers end up accepting violence as part of sexual experience. There are limitations of these claims laid on against the negative effects of sex as there is significant evidence that supports the benefits of pornography in declining sexual irresponsibility, teen sex, divorce rate, rape, etc. (Castleman, 2009).
Question 2. In a study conducted by Schaffner of young delinquent women concluded that most of the women had suffered inordinate levels of physical, emotional and sexual trauma during their childhood, which played a crucial role in make them accept violent behavior as norm in their own acts of self defense (Schaffner 1229). This means women who suffer violence early in their life are more likely to be abused as they get older and trend can continue throughout their life. Such consequences of female victimhood and frailty are the result of social norms, which tolerate violence against females and consider females on a lower social pedestal than males. For older female survivors of abuse, the likelihood of experiencing further abuse in later life is due to them being female, rather than being older in age – regardless of the perpetrator (Crockett, Brandl & Dabbby 299).
References
Castleman, Michael. "Does Pornography Cause Social Harm?" Psychology Today. psychologytoday.com, 27 Apr. 2009. Web. 25 Jan. 2017.
Crockett, Cailin, Bonnie Brandl, and Firoza C. Dabby. "Survivors in the Margins: The Invisibility of Violence Against Older Women." Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect 27.4-5 (2015): 291-302. Print.
Kivel, Dana K., and Corey W. Johnson. "Consuming Media, Making Men: Using Collective Memory Work to Understand Leisure and the Construction of Masculinity." Journal of Leisure Research 41.1 (2009): 109-133. Print.
Schaffner, L. "Violence Against Girls Provokes Girls' Violence: From Private Injury to Public Harm." Violence Against Women 13.12 (2007): 1229-1248. Print.
