Pondering Porn
When I was a kid of course, it was Playboy. Just about everybody had a friend who had an older brother, and that was usually your source, your "connection". "I feel like a pusher", said my friend's older brother- who was also yes, my Porn connection at 13, smuggling me copies of Cavalier and some mag names I don't recall but still filled with buxom babes. About that age or a little beyond, my Dad had a nice comment on all that. "Gee I'd probably buy Playboy, but that'd spoil the fun of you guys sneaking 'em in the house".
That's the age--about eleven, twelve, thirteen--when your hormones kick in and you discover a whole world out there you never knew existed. As well as a whole world inside your own body. Playboy and Cavalier and other such mags become holy relics with the sublime babes within their pages(which, yes, soon get stuck together)spreading their--wisdom for seekers of all ages. Prepubescence is the magic of Santa Claus and other fabled characters, and postpubescence is the magic of Christy Canyon(fabled porn actress)and other such delightful creatures.
All well and good. If your son is about this age, no doubt he's starting to notice these things. Only instead of a stack of magazines under the bed, now it's a handful of sites Mom finds on the computer. Sites with names like " Busty College Girls" and "Subway Sluts".
I've known some Moms to freak on this stuff. A couple things could be said here. One, it's a perfectly natural thing at his age, and in this day and age the visual stimuli(aka porn)is found more in cyber than pulp form. Two, even in the magazine age, there were mags every bit as raunchy as what you'll find online. And finally, it could be a lot worse as far as what he's checking out. Just imagine finding something like "Bound for Pleasure". Or "Hot Cock".
Whatever your age, internet porn is something just about every guy has checked out. A friend of mine once stated that when you first get a computer you spend the whole first month looking at pornography(hmm instead of a computer, you could almost call it a pornograph--okay, sorry), and it was certainly true of me.
As far as their effect on our civilization, there have been three milestones: 1)The Invention of the Wheel; 2)the Quarter video games like Space Invaders; 3)Internet Porn. I've said it before and I'll say it again. A boner and a credit card is a most dangerous combination--a veritable Molotov Cocktail(no pun intended)in terms of its repercussions.
Fortunately, your average kid, in terms of that most dangerous of combinations, has the former but not the latter, so no real damage can be done. Actually it's us grownups who can wreak the real havoc as far as that goes, just like the 900 phone numbers. But there are of course the free sites(one of which my then-17-year-old nephew turned me on to !)you can check out without Mom or Dad's credit card.
Every age has its particular challenges, but in that way it would be cool to be a kid in 2008. You have a wealth of things to view, much more than I as a 12-year-old checking out a centerfold in Cavalier. Just as long as you remember to delete the History before you log off the computer.
That's the age--about eleven, twelve, thirteen--when your hormones kick in and you discover a whole world out there you never knew existed. As well as a whole world inside your own body. Playboy and Cavalier and other such mags become holy relics with the sublime babes within their pages(which, yes, soon get stuck together)spreading their--wisdom for seekers of all ages. Prepubescence is the magic of Santa Claus and other fabled characters, and postpubescence is the magic of Christy Canyon(fabled porn actress)and other such delightful creatures.
All well and good. If your son is about this age, no doubt he's starting to notice these things. Only instead of a stack of magazines under the bed, now it's a handful of sites Mom finds on the computer. Sites with names like " Busty College Girls" and "Subway Sluts".
I've known some Moms to freak on this stuff. A couple things could be said here. One, it's a perfectly natural thing at his age, and in this day and age the visual stimuli(aka porn)is found more in cyber than pulp form. Two, even in the magazine age, there were mags every bit as raunchy as what you'll find online. And finally, it could be a lot worse as far as what he's checking out. Just imagine finding something like "Bound for Pleasure". Or "Hot Cock".
Whatever your age, internet porn is something just about every guy has checked out. A friend of mine once stated that when you first get a computer you spend the whole first month looking at pornography(hmm instead of a computer, you could almost call it a pornograph--okay, sorry), and it was certainly true of me.
As far as their effect on our civilization, there have been three milestones: 1)The Invention of the Wheel; 2)the Quarter video games like Space Invaders; 3)Internet Porn. I've said it before and I'll say it again. A boner and a credit card is a most dangerous combination--a veritable Molotov Cocktail(no pun intended)in terms of its repercussions.
Fortunately, your average kid, in terms of that most dangerous of combinations, has the former but not the latter, so no real damage can be done. Actually it's us grownups who can wreak the real havoc as far as that goes, just like the 900 phone numbers. But there are of course the free sites(one of which my then-17-year-old nephew turned me on to !)you can check out without Mom or Dad's credit card.
Every age has its particular challenges, but in that way it would be cool to be a kid in 2008. You have a wealth of things to view, much more than I as a 12-year-old checking out a centerfold in Cavalier. Just as long as you remember to delete the History before you log off the computer.
posted by Roger U Roundly at 9:34 PM
1 Comments:
Pornograph...haha...that's phenomenal! You could not be more right with the statement that internet porn is as important a milestone as that of the wheel....hell, I'll even go further and say that it's as remarkable as fire. I heard today that Playboy is starting lay-offs this month because of poor sales of the magazine....that era is truly archaic. Even paying for online memberships is becoming a complete waste of money as there are so many free resources....there have been for a decade, but I think the guys who have paid are finally starting to realize that. Good stuff.
-Todd
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