i found it amusing when i came across a post that relayed the story of a mother who was upset that her 12-year old daughter was surfing the net for porn. i didn’t find the bit about talking to older men on-line amusing, time for mom to monitor her daughter’s on-line activities. if they know how old the girl is, that’s a predator; i’m sure mom wouldn’t allow her 12-year old daughter to go into a bar/club alone, why do people think it’s any different letting her loose on-line, it’s just as dangerous.
as far as surfing for porn on the internet, ask your older brothers, aunts, uncles, or even your moms and dads how old they were when they went hunting for their first playboy or hustler magazines? or passing around video tapes? or passing around questionable pictures at school; i’m betting they were younger than 12. why is it so different and so shocking because it’s out on the internet, why is it so shocking that kids are curious and seeking it out? they’ve always done it, the content and the hunt hasn’t changed, just the medium. parents can still make it harder for kids to get at, but you know what, despite your best efforts, they’re still gonna get to it. so what’s the worst that could happen? i doubt they’ll be scarred for life, become rapists or psycho perverts; if that’s the case, there’ll have been alot of other signs than just surfing the net for porno that were missed. it’s all part of growing up.
January 30, 2006 at 6:04 am
Chya, tell me about it.
Porn’s all over. Not advocating it, but you can’t get rid of it.
Let people do their thing, kids or adults. But if you’re an adul9any adults out there), try relationships before going back to the 15 gigs of Porn back home, buddy, just saying, never hurts to get back out there.
BTW, Nice blog buddy, I’m recomending you once ya get more articles.
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January 30, 2006 at 6:52 pm
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February 1, 2006 at 2:35 pm
[...] I was very happy to see a blog http://blogging4class.wordpress.com/2006/01/30/kids-porn/ discussing this issue because from the beginning of this course one of my concerns was children being exposed to porn on the internet! I completly agree with the fact that it has always been an issue throughout the years and people should stop acting so suprised; but I feel it is terrible that it remains a problem! Why is this still an issue? It continues to be an issue because parents either refuse to admit this is a problem or they know it is a problem and don’t do anything about it! Even though there isn’t a sure way to prevent children from being exposed to porn on the internet, there are ways that can help and these ways are not being taken seriously. Not only can parents block their internet from porn, but they can monitor what their kids are doing on the internet more often, possibly give their children a time limit they are on the computer for, give them a list of websites they are only allowed to search, etc; parents just have to buckle down. My sister is a fourth grade school teacher and she can see the difference between the children who are exposed to violence or sex and anything relating to that, with the children who have not been exposed to that! Exposing this stuff to children may not form rapists but it can effect childrens behavior and treatment towards others and life. [...]
February 21, 2006 at 9:34 am
First my generic welcome post:
Hi,
This is Matt, one of the class T.A.’s/Raconteurs just wanting to welcome you to the class and the semester. I look forward to reading what you have to say on the course material and answering any questions you might have. You can always email me at matt@metrocowboy.net or on AIM/Y!M at MetroCowboy84
Good Luck & Welcome to COM497!
Best,
Matthew L. Schwartz
Now, a real comment =)
Out of curiosity (and this will help make you more familiar with the material) do you think you can argue for the other side? Pretend you were a lawyer who was forced to take the other sides case and represent them to the best of your ability (whether you wanted to or not); what arguement could you make that would refute your statements here?
- Matthew L. Schwartz
April 3, 2006 at 4:21 pm
Hi Matt,
I’ve been a bit behind with my blog!
With regard to your ‘real comment’, yes, from this point in the course, I probably could make an argument to refute what I had originally said. I still feel that kids are going to be curious and seek this stuff out, yes, the internet definitely makes it easier for them, but they are still going to seek it out, whether it’s a magazine, video, internet, etc.
I didn’t really take into consideration the unsolicited e-mails, the pedophiles lurking in the shadows, etc. My perspective was from the point of kids are still the same, it just comes at them from a different medium and parents, ultimately, need to police what their kids are doing.
Still, at this point in the course after some of the disturbing things I’ve seen, I have a hard time with folks trying to wipe out porn completely or trying to restrict what a person does in the privacy of his/her own home.
May 27, 2006 at 5:36 pm
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July 6, 2006 at 8:25 pm
It is obvious to me that none of you have sons or daughters, I too have just had an incident with my twelve year old daughter being exposed to Internet porn. We monitor very closely, but obviously not closely enough. Quite frankly anyone that brushes this serious topic aside by saying ” its all over etc, ” is just as guilty as a pedophile and a person advercating this type of behavior, this is a serious deterioration in our society, but you guys go ahaead and perv like sickos at your porn, YOU will suffer the consequances, you are just low lifes who support such a sick society.
September 30, 2006 at 7:15 pm
Another really nice, great and original comment.
January 8, 2007 at 2:07 am
this is an old blog i just fell into, ha! I really did.
my middle name is not chastity but…
i did not and was not curious, even though i masterbated, whatever the hell that was, when I was too young to know!
I didn’t seek out any sex of any kind
I did not look into magazines
I did not care to share talk or participate in what seemed to be a private matter!
All my friends and theirs were the same.
I think it depends on where you are from, and also economically.
I think the middle class has more class!!! even if at times we seem clueless!
February 8, 2007 at 10:31 pm
i think kids should be able to look at porn because there is nothing bad about it….. it is just pictures and movies about people having sex….. kids think about that stuff anyway so……
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