i don't think that the people who make and view porn are evil. but then i don't believe in evil. certain actions can be classified as helpful / harmful to oneself and others, however.

i don't think that it is inevitable that viewing violence will cause a person to violently offend.
but i do think that it is possible that viewing violence could make it more likely that a person will violently offend.
i don't think that violent offences would stop completely if society stopped condoning violent tv, sports, pictures, video games etc
i do think that violent offences would reduce in number if society stopped condoning violent tv, sports, pictures, video games etc.

i appreciate that not all porn is violent but i do think that a lot of porn has violent themes of domination and submission. police officers and teachers and stepfathers and the like... abuse of power seems to be a common theme.

it is possible that someone who responds sexually to the naked form (and who doesn't find violence sexually stimulating) can train themselves (either intentionally or unintentionally) to sexually respond to violence by repeatedly pairing the naked form and sexual response together with violent themes. i think that a lot of porn functions to do this...

but not all porn is violent to be sure.

it concerns me greatly that the majority of women who pose in porn were sexually abused as kids. while some women say that it was their free choice to participate and that they get a sense of control out of it (they are being paid this time after all) one might be led to wonder just how free that choice is and whether their posing is a form of repetition compulsion.

i don't know whether this question has been asked but i wonder whether the majority of men who pose in porn were also sexually abused as kids. whether they are attempting to assert their masculinity in a caricatured fashion because they felt like it had been so completely undermined in the past... another form of repetition compulsion or possibly identification with the agressor / abuser.

i feel sad that people make such things...
and i feel sad that there is such a market for it...

i think it reveals something of the sickness of society that it is as condoned as it is.

i feel very sad indeed.