Porn, Pervasive Presence

National Review ^ | 11/02/2001 | William F. Buckley Jr.

[habs4ever]

Its not counterculture to have and view porn anymore, and no amount of gibberish from the porn industry and the likes of Annie Sprinkle will ever change the fact that is still looked upon as no more than wanking material.Its so devoid of naturalness that all the sluts have to look like circus acts and do more bizarre things to raise the public's appetite, but where's the eroticism in that when no ones' sex life could be that barren and mechanical.And who but a freak can get off on having to sexualize even younger girls barely beyond the ages of puberty.That was the objectionable thing about Calvin Klein.Too bad the advertisers and ad agency creative director's don't look at those ads first and wonder if it could be their own daughters instead.

[TightSqueeze]

I guess everyone is just tired of the war news and to exhausted to comment. After reading a couple of the posts here, I decided I just didn't want to waste time with bullies and silly boys. Just assume they are male, most women I know are as horrified by what Buckley describes as I am unless of course they are wildly out of sync women who enjoy their own life as a porn movie. Believe me I am not a prude…

This trend in our society is a direct result of the feminization of America, the women’s movement has been successful in reducing the sexual energy allowed in any male / female encounter. An undesired byproduct is that it has become tough for these gals to get laid.
Follow me now… To counteract the sexual frustration of being left of the center of man’s attention, it is now necessary to advertise more, hence, Porn’s, Pervasive Presence. How ironic to see those 40ish women’s libbers cozying up to the social sausage in droves. Just one man’s view, I may be wrong.

[cajungirl]

Nah, I don't agree. I think the porn pushers are just perverts as they have always been. I think however that the wholesale vulgarity of our culture since the 60's has allowed them free reign. I say Make the bastards use brown covers and ignore them. JUst don't want to see them in mainstream mags masquerading as advertisements. Perverts is my take on them.