LEAVE WHILE THE ALLEGATIONS ARE
BEING INVESTIGATED.
>> Mike: LIVE FROM OUR
WEST COAST NEWSROOM.
MANY THANKS.
AN EDITORIAL IN
"THE NEW YORK TIMES" RECENTLY
CALLED FOR A BAN ON PORNOGRAPHY.
THE TIMES ISN'T ALONE IN WANTING
A CRACKDOWN.
ELLISON BARBER REPORTS FOR US
TONIGHT.
>> DANGEROUS AND NEGATIVE
IMPACTS.
>> A REPUBLICAN MEMBER OF THE
FLORIDA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HAS DRAFTED A RESOLUTION TO
DECLARE PORNOGRAPHY I PUBLIC
HEALTH RISK.
>> WE NEED TO BEGIN DISCUSSING,
INVESTIGATING, RESEARCHING,
TALKING ABOUT THE IMPACTS OF IT
ON OUR STATES.
>> HE'S NOT THE FIRST TO PROPOSE
SOMETHING LIKE IT.
AT LEAST SIX STATES HAVE PASSED
RESOLUTIONS THAT SAY PORNOGRAPHY
IS A PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN.
FOCUSED ON A GOVERNMENT FUNDED
PROGRAM IN BOSTON THAT TRIES TO
TEACH HIGH SCHOOLERS ABOUT
HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS AND HOW TO
BE CRITICAL CONSUMERS OF
PORNOGRAPHY BY DISCUSSING HOW IT
PORTRAYS THINGS LIKE GENDER,
AGGRESSION, CONSENT.
SOME SAY IT IS SO BAD IT IS TIME
TO BAN IT OR AT LEAST PUT
GOVERNMENT IN IT.
>> IT'S HARD-CORE DEPICTIONS OF
WOMEN BEING RAPED, BEATEN,
ABUSED.
DOJ COULD EASILY JUST ENFORCE
THE LAWS THAT ARE ON THE BOOKS
FOR OBSCENITY.
>> A STUDY FOR THE PSYCHOLOGICAL
ASSOCIATION SURVEY 330 MEN,
MOSTLY WHITE AND MOSTLY
HETEROSEXUAL.
THEY FOUND THAT YOUNGER A MAN
WAS WHEN HE FIRST VIEWED
PORNOGRAPHY THE MORE LIKELY HE
WAS TO WANT POWER OVER WOMEN.
>> THE DAYS OF PLAYBOY ARE GONE.
TODAY PORNOGRAPHY IS VIOLENT.
>> CORRELATION DOESN'T ALWAYS
MEAN CAUSATION.
SOME EXPERTS SAY IT'S DIFFICULT
TO STUDY THE IMPACTS ON
CHILDREN.
MOST RESEARCHERS SURVEYED IS NOT
EXPERIMENTAL BECAUSE IT WOULD BE
UNETHICAL, ILLEGAL IN MOST
PLACES TO SHOW IT TO A MINOR.
>> THE GOVERNMENT WANTS TO TALK
ABOUT IT BECAUSE THEY GET A LOT
OF HEADLINES FROM IT, EVEN
DECLARING A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS
DECLARING A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISI
CRISIS.
IT'S JUST SYMBOLIC.
THERE HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN A LOT
OF STUDIES SHOW THAT PEOPLE WHO
WATCH PORNOGRAPHY AS ADULTS HOLD
MORE FEMINIST POINT OF VIEWS.
PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE ACCESS TO MORE
PORNOGRAPHY THAT IS SCARY BUT
THEY ALSO HAVE MORE ACCESS TO
PORNOGRAPHY THAT SHOWS HEALTHY
SEXUALITY.
>> IN THAT COLUMN THEY SAY THAT
IF SOCIETY WANTS BETTER MEN,
PORNOGRAPHY NEEDS TO BE
REGULATED AND RESTRICTED.
HE ARGUES THAT THE #MeToo
MOVEMENT IS INCOMPLETE IF IT
DOESN'T ADDRESS THE FACT THAT
SOME TEAMS ARE LEARNING ABOUT IT
FROM HARD-CORE PORNOGRAPHY.
OTHERS SAY SOCIETY SHOULD TALK
ABOUT IT, PARENTS READ, BUT THEY