Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 (Tek) 9/26/83; site orca.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!mcnc!unc!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!alberta!ubc-vision!uw-beaver!tektronix!orca!ariels From: ariels@orca.UUCP (Ariel Shattan) Newsgroups: net.women,net.politics Subject: Re: Child molestation and pornography Message-ID: <580@orca.UUCP> Date: Sat, 11-Feb-84 13:37:56 EST Article-I.D.: orca.580 Posted: Sat Feb 11 13:37:56 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 14-Feb-84 01:41:13 EST References: <676@dciem.UUCP> Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville OR. Lines: 40 There was a study recently in Canada (Toronto area, I believe), where a (male, for the record) researcher showed male college students some pornographic films, and then three days later gave them and a control group a survey that covered additudes about women and about violence towards women. The young men who saw the films were 1/3 more likely to condone violence against women, and also, 1/3 more of them said that THEY PERSONALLY might commit violence against women if they knew they wouldn't be caught. The films showed portrayed women as enjoying violent acts against themselves. I wish I could find my reference. It was reported in the Daily Oregonian on Tuesday, Jan 30, 1984. There was more to the article, but this is all I remember clearly enough to paraphrase. Other items dealt with the (as I recall, rather large) portion of the male population ofthat might commit violence aginst women if they knew they wouldn't get caught, and the researcher's problems at being taken seriously ,initially, by the research community. So, there IS research showing that pornography is harmful to women, in that it is harmful to male additudes towards women. Also, don't you think that it may be harmful to growing girls to see that they are supposed to enjoy pain to be attractive? That is, to attract the attention of men and boys that pornographic models seem to attract. A Definition: Pornography is that which depicts people enjoying pain and mistreatment. Also, that which celebrates violence as a valid form of sexuality. Ariel Shattan ..!tektronix!orca!ariels