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Defining “pornography” Porne meaning “female captives” or “prostitutes” Graphein meaning “writing”

Defining “pornography” Porne meaning “female captives” or “prostitutes” Graphein meaning “writing” Writings about female captives or prostitutes (later includes images). Working definition:

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Defining “pornography” Porne meaning “female captives” or “prostitutes” Graphein meaning “writing”

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  1. Defining “pornography” Pornemeaning “female captives” or “prostitutes” Grapheinmeaning “writing” Writings about female captives or prostitutes (later includes images)

  2. Working definition: Pornography is that which exploits and dehumanizes sex, so that human beings are treated as things, and women in particular as sex objects. (Balswick) Bottom Line: Pornography inherently degradesand dehumanizes

  3. Statistics on Women and Porn

  4. Close to a third of the pornographic sites online are viewed by women 17% of women are addicted to porn Demographic of women looking at porn are married women and teenage virgin girls 90% of 8-16 year olds have viewed porn

  5. History of Pornography in the US

  6. 1780 – erotic novels were advertised for sale in New York and Massachusetts newspapers 1800s – invention of photograph and video 1953 – First published edition of Playboy 1972 – Deep Throat

  7. What can/should we do?

  8. Questions to navigate (personally and with child): What expectations are placed on men when it comes to sex? What expectations are placed on women? What does it mean to be intimate, and what role does sex play in that? What are God’s intentions for sex, and why would he want sex to simply be “saved for marriage”?

  9. Small Group Questions: What are some other things we can/should do about the “porn is the norm” culture? In your opinion, what are some ways that culture reflects or imitates porn culture (i.e. degrading and dehumanizing) in “less obvious” ways? What do you think God thinks is sexy?

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