The following are verbatim quotes from Pornified by Pamela Paul. Used with the author’s permission.

I know a lot of this violates the dignity of a woman. When I realized how sexually turned on I was by stuff like bukkake, what I would do is force myself to stop and separate things in my head. I would make myself think, “yes, that was an enjoyable fantasy, but no, that is not the way I want to be with anyone.” I wish more people stopped and thought about it that way.
Dave, porn user

I find that when I’m out at a party or a bar, I catch myself sizing up women. I would say to myself, “Wait a second. This isn’t a supermarket. You shouldn’t treat her like she’s some piece of meat. Don’t pass her up just because her boobs aren’t that big.”
Harrison, porn user

There’s so much fucked-up shit on there that I think it could be damaging. Women who are forced to drink a glass filled with semen or who get pissed on or who are deceived by men. My fear is that (my son) would connect those kinds of images with getting aroused and would feel the need to treat women in his own life that way. Or that he would infer that such behaviors are normal. After all, this sort of thing does seem normal online. There’s nobody on these web sites saying, “Guys, you shouldn’t treat women like that,” so there’s no accompanying voice of reason.
Rajiv, concerned porn user


 

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