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Gender equality, gender sensitivity, gender and development; these are among the concepts and principles advocated,

promoted and somehow pushed through by a lot of feminist women believing that women should be genuinely treated politically, socially and economically as co-equal of men. In the surface, many would affirm that this advocacy has indeed made ground and are somehow predominantly integrated in polices of states or governments in various parts of the world but social and cultural acceptance or integration still seem to be a long way to go. This paper discusses pornography, the predominant view as regards women as sexual object, pornographys effect of sexual aggression and more importantly, it effects on women of various age range. Commercial advertisements both in radio, television and even print media have always made use of the image of women as one of the most enticing subject to effect recall and patronage among customers. Among these products specifically include liquor of various brands and types, cigarette and in extreme cases, condoms to name a few. In the words of Szymanski et al., its the sexual objectification of women. This phenomenon sexually objectifies the female body and equates a womans worth with her bodys appearance and sexual functions (Szymanski et al.,n.d.). In other words, women are viewed as a sexual object of subject which can be utilized in the marketing and thus increase sales. Pornography on the other hand is a concept which is hard to define as stipulated in the research conducted by Malmuth et al. (2000) citing in particular some pronouncement of the same definitional difficulty by the Supreme Court through Justice Potter (Malamuth et al., 2000). What seem clear however is the fact that any person would recognize based on its own appreciation and discernment if a video a picture or any activity of performance for that matter is sexually explicit or already pornographic. Hence, to be, more generally appropriate, one can

define pornography as a picture, video, act, performance intentionally made public which results to arousal just by the mere sight of it. Rea on her research (2001) categorized pornography into soft core and hard core, latter showing acts equivalent to violence but are still being enjoyed by the violated (Rea, 2001). However, at present, pornography seem to directly equivalent to hard core actions/ performance as men are becoming more attuned into watching the most extreme and bizarre sexual encounters that the seemingly ordinary missionary positions. The advent of information technology specifically the internet has made pornography more accessible to anybody, even to minors who are supposed to be guided strictly on this matter. The current propagation of obscene or vulgar sexual materials has changed the passionate and romantic view of sex. For instance, for people engaged in romantic relations pornography has shaped up sexual norms and even sexual acts which oftentimes become the standard for men as regards their expectations with the acts of their sexual (Bridges, n.d.). Women in a lot of pornographic materials are depicted as sexual objects usually for the sole purpose of satisfying men lusts and sexual fantasies. A womans image has therefore become a sheer tools or instrument rather than considered as partner worthy of mutual satisfaction. Thus, the main effect of pornography on women is the altered concept of sex which supposed to be a union for a man and a woman who shall satisfy each others sexual needs. At present sex became equivalent to pornography and pornography has become simply sex. For young women who are exposed to pornographic viewing at such as young age, the possible result would be insecurity in terms of body statistics as the standard of sexy has been defined by pornography in the likes of the porn stars, such with great cup sizes, slim hips and big buts. Provocative clothes such as exposing cleavages and skirts almost showing full sizes and

faces of the butt has likewise influence teenage fashion style or statement. Pornography likewise depicted scenes in bars and lodges where men and women comingle and liberally doing some sexual acts in the presence of other people both they know or otherwise. This make teenagers become curious to go places similar to that and eventually engage in acts which could satisfy their curiosity For some women who are less fortunate to have enticing assets, insecurity has become the product of pornography. As aptly concluded by Owens et al. (2012) their research found out that teenagers exposed to pornography accessed through the internet have lower degrees of social integration, increases in conduct problems, higher levels of delinquent behavior, higher incidence of depressive symptoms, and decreased emotional bonding with caregivers (Owens, 2012). As found out in the paper written by Manning (2005) pornography has detrimental effects on marriage and a contributory factor to divorce incidence as oftentimes husbands cannot be satisfied with the kind of sex which their wives can offer but crave or desire hardcore sometimes entailing violence as shown in pornographic videos. Women who are wives to their husbands suffer from sexual violence which for the latter is manifestations of their sexual imaginations brought about t viewings. Hardcore actions which include some the use of sex toys or preference of group sex, or engaging with some extreme and bizarre sexual positions regardless of the womens preference are oftentimes required by men against women. Despite some dislikes or protest by women, the usual justification for couples has always been that sex is a wifes obligation to her husband which should not be the case (Manning, 2005). In retrospect, pornography has indeed produced effects which in most likelihood detrimental to women. Guidance by ht parents and sex education in schools are important factors to counter this effects in a society which is gradually becoming sexually liberated.

Works Cited Owens, et al. (2012) The Impact of Internet Pornography on Adolescents: A Review of the Research. Routledge: Taylor and Francis Group. Retrieved November 19, 2013 from http://www.psych.utoronto.ca/users/tafarodi/psy427/articles/Owens%20et%20al.%20(20 12).pdf Szymanski, et al. (n.d.) Sexual Objectification of Women: Advances to Theory and Research. The Counselling Psychologist. Sage Publication. Retrieved November 19, 2013 from http://www.apa.org/education/ce/sexual-objectification.pdf Manning, Jill. (2005) Hearing on Pornographys Impact on Marriage and Family. Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Property Rights, Committee on Judiciary, US. Retrieved November 19, 2013 from http://s3.amazonaws.com/thf_media/2010/pdf/ManningTST.pdf Bridges, Ana (n.d.) Pornography's Effects on Interpersonal Relationships. Retrieved November 19, 2013 from http://www.hawaii.edu/hivandaids/When_Not_Enough__The_Search_for_the_Effect_of_ Pornography_on_Abused_Women.pdf Weitzer, Ronald (2011) Pornographys Effects: The Need for Solid Evidence A Review Essay of Everyday Pornography, edited by Karen Boyle (New York: Routledge, 2010) and Pornland: How Porn Has Hijacked Our Sexuality, by Gail Dines (Boston: Beacon, 2010). Sage Publication. Retrieved November 19, 2013 from http://departments.columbian.gwu.edu/sociology/sites/default/files/u10/Weitzer%20porn %20review.pdf

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