I'm not married but I don't see a problem with men watching pornography, although I don't entirely support that. What I mean is, if a husband wants to occasionally watch pornography because his wife is on a business trip, currently not interested in having sex, they're going through a rough patch in their relationship, etc... . Pornography certainly can be addicting because it exploits a natural human instinct of sex, so I do not see a problem if men only watch it occasionally or if they watch it continuously but are not "addicted". The moment it begins to negatively affect the relationship because the husband becomes more devoted to pornography than his wife, that's when I think he should stop watching or at least cut back. On the other hand, pornography could give new ideas to try with his wife and I see nothing wrong with that as it could strengthen the relationship.
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IT, to be frank, I don't like to see anyone demeaned, men or women. From Abu Gharaib to pornography to UFC, American attitudes and tastes seem to be getting more violent.
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Actually, the modern UFC has become less violent and less savage. Most people only began watching it once it became popular once Dana White (the current UFC president) came into the picture. The initial UFC had pretty much no rules and each match was a street fight, so in many ways, it doesn't resemble the less violent modern UFC. However, in Asia, Pride Fighting is very popular and has less rules than the modern UFC, so it allows fighters to do certain things that are banned from the UFC. I'm not sure if I'm allowed to describe with examples, so I won't but you can look up on YouTube yourself to notice the differences.
I cant argue much about Abu Ghraib, other than demeaning is probably not the best word for it. Horrific, unnecessary, damaging, sadistic, and so forth all come to mind, as well as demeaning. However, my only argument is that Abu Ghraib was just as horrible before the US-led coalition came in. They may have intensified what occurred, I won't argue there, but they certainly weren't the root cause.
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It's an ugly country now and about to become much uglier. What is the solution? I don't know. Treat your partner well and teach your children to respect and treat ALL human life with dignity. Speak out whenever someone is disrespected-male, female, black, white, gay, straight, trans. We may not be able to stem the tide but we can damn well not contribute to it.
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Agreed. North America has become more tolerant of violent and demeaning material that wouldn't be tolerated years ago. Paradoxically, respect and treating human life with dignity is also emphasized as valuable childhood lessons, although I think they've become buzz-words because fewer people truly do follow them. If you and others do, then you have my respect and I can only hope others follow you as well.