Porn is indeed dangerous, but so is feminism. While porn typically portrays women in a manner that is entirely and devouringly sexual, feminism portrays men in a way that is entirely and devouringly power-driven. Both, in my view, are destructive fantasies, contributing to the precipitous decline not only in marriage and child-bearing but also to a collapse in sexual activity amongst young people. They just don't know how to connect to each other. In terms of fixing that, I think it needs to be multi-dimensional. While banning porn might indeed be beneficial, I sincerely doubt that's gonna happen any time soon. And it wouldn't be at all easy, in any case. In the meantime, though, we might encourage things like good parenting and the promotion of positive role models for young men and women alike. Dare I say these are roles for the church, and not only internally? We need very much to be engaging loudly with the wider culture on these issues. I sense that the time is more than ripe for such intervention.
Simply put... we are living in an age of spiritual crisis. "You have made us for yourself, and our hearts are restless until they rest in you." a quote by St Augustine who had plenty experience living a life of decadence before he found the antidote: Jesus.
What does ignoring these obvious truths say about our society? That it hates boys, in fact.
I’ve been waiting 25 for someone to call out the media silence. They were giddy at the transgression of patriarchal norms around sex, and it’s such a stick in the eye to religious conservatives their favourite punching bag. But they threw their own kids under the bus in the process. So many women let it go because it’s “proof” of misogyny. Of course. But it rocket fuelled it.
Heathcliff from Wuthering Heights was the original Incel, but with money, good looks and a plan.
Now imagine him brooding over “porn”, gagging on videos of women who resembled Catherine get fucked all day. That’s what we did to our boys.
Porn is indeed dangerous, but so is feminism. While porn typically portrays women in a manner that is entirely and devouringly sexual, feminism portrays men in a way that is entirely and devouringly power-driven. Both, in my view, are destructive fantasies, contributing to the precipitous decline not only in marriage and child-bearing but also to a collapse in sexual activity amongst young people. They just don't know how to connect to each other. In terms of fixing that, I think it needs to be multi-dimensional. While banning porn might indeed be beneficial, I sincerely doubt that's gonna happen any time soon. And it wouldn't be at all easy, in any case. In the meantime, though, we might encourage things like good parenting and the promotion of positive role models for young men and women alike. Dare I say these are roles for the church, and not only internally? We need very much to be engaging loudly with the wider culture on these issues. I sense that the time is more than ripe for such intervention.
Simply put... we are living in an age of spiritual crisis. "You have made us for yourself, and our hearts are restless until they rest in you." a quote by St Augustine who had plenty experience living a life of decadence before he found the antidote: Jesus.
What does ignoring these obvious truths say about our society? That it hates boys, in fact.
I’ve been waiting 25 for someone to call out the media silence. They were giddy at the transgression of patriarchal norms around sex, and it’s such a stick in the eye to religious conservatives their favourite punching bag. But they threw their own kids under the bus in the process. So many women let it go because it’s “proof” of misogyny. Of course. But it rocket fuelled it.
Heathcliff from Wuthering Heights was the original Incel, but with money, good looks and a plan.
Now imagine him brooding over “porn”, gagging on videos of women who resembled Catherine get fucked all day. That’s what we did to our boys.
Porn is primal hetero male rage-bait. The gaslighting going on, making a joke of it - it’s further enraging.
100% agree.
this could be leading to the trans trend and the girls identifying as lesbians.