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THE POLLUTING OF HUMAN SEXUALI.I'Y!
Sorne justify obscenity as
innocent escapism. You
need to know the overlooked
effects of pornography.
by
Jetf E. Zhorne
Y
ou'vE
probably heard
the story about the
frog and the kettle of
water.
Put a frog in boiling water
and he will quickly leap out. But
put him in a kettle of cold
water, turn on the heat, and
he' ll be boiled alive, quite
unaware of the increasing tem–
perature.
The heat of pornography today
February 1983
has reached the boiling point and
the proverbial frog of human sex–
uality is at stake. This is no mere
metaphor. The West in particular
is unaware of how pornography is
insidiously destroying the founda–
tional values of love, family and
personal relationships.
How Did Pornography Develop?
You may never have been familiar
with pornographic literature or
seen an obscene film. But you
should understand how they infect
those around you- perhaps your
children.
Literally, pornography means
" writing of harlots." Its purpose
was to cause the reader sexual
excitement, as the jocular sex sto–
ríes of the Middle Ages did.
Until the demise of the prudish
Victorian era-when women's legs,
arms and elbows were regarded
obscene if visible-sex was often
thought to be nasty and shameful–
even in marriage.
Then in 1904 Sigmund Freud,
founder of psychoanalysis, made a
startling discovery. Sexual repres–
sion and ignorance plus the attitudes
of shame and guilt did cause neu–
roses and other mental disorders.
Moral standards crumbled as
Freud and his followers toppled
legal barriers banning sex informa–
tion. The moral revolution was off
and running, winning victory after
victory over traditional decorum,
conscience and ethic. In the late
1960s, Denmark became the first
country to legalize all kinds of por–
nography.
Earning gradual social tolerance,
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