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Sex In The Net Essay Research Paper

Sex In The Net! Essay, Research Paper


Sex in the Net!


By ………. for Mr………..


A social and ethical essay task, designed to provide students with a


broader insight into both the Internet and computer ethics.


Since the beginning of time, men and women have fantasised over naked


bodies. Pornography has always been a part of life and yet it has never been so


readily available as what it is now. Erotic stories, explicit pictures, XXX-


rated films and modern day magazines, are all part of the stimulus material


which is known as “pornography” or as it is legally put, “obscenity.” Is it


ethically right for our children to be looking at this erotic material at such


an early age? Do we have a twisted sense of morals if we support pornography? Or


is it just a natural part of life that should be nurtured and encouraged?


These questions and more are springing to peoples lips as we enter the


technological age. The age of the Internet. Never before has pornography been


so readily available. Through mail-order, at secret places around the schoolyard,


or simply down at the local newsagent or video store, pornography can be


purchased in any form or media. I know children, some as young as ten years,


who have an unlimited supply of pornography. They have been exposed to it from


an early age and it has become an addiction like smoking or drinking. Part of


the problem is that censorship laws are not enforced. Some newsagents will sell


a twelve year old, pornography, (legal age of 18) but will not sell them a


packet of cigarettes (legal age of 16 until June 1994). The obvious derivative


from this statement, is that fines and punishments for selling pornography to


underage persons, are not high enough. So why don’t we raise them? The answer


to this question can be found on the screen of every computer in the world. The


Internet, or as one person put it, “The closest thing to true anarchy that has


ever existed.”


How is one to censor the Internet when it is literally impossible? What


is the use of placing fines for copying pornography when it is impossible to


tell the age of the user. How can one even trace the user when there are


twenty-five billion members and it is impossible to follow them all. How can we


delete the pornography when a new batch arrives every day and it is impossible


to stop it.


Another point which makes censorship difficult is the fact that


censorship laws have only recently being required. In England for instance,


censorship laws have, for hundreds of years, concentrated on heretic materials,


where as now, they are finding that the only offence censorship is needed to


prevent, is pornography. The US also want to put strict censorship on all


obscene material, however the first amendment of their constitution states that,


“their shall be no law abridging the freedom of speech or press,” and so they


are finding it difficult to “step around,” the law.


It is obvious that people are putting an effort in to censor the


pornography, however when it comes to censoring material which goes all over the


world, a balance must be found between the censorship laws of all the countries


that are hooked into the net. Here a problem arises, because Denmark has no


censorship of pornography, so obviously they are goin

g to be somewhat annoyed if


it is banned from the Internet since their laws state that it is perfectly legal.


So an argument occurs. How is the world to censor the Internet without causing


discrepancies between the different countries? Indeed, some people say, “Why


bother?”


So far, you have seen that there would be a great difficulty involved in


censoring the Internet. So the other side of the argument, presented by the


economists and pornography fanatics, is that, why should we censor the Internet


when perhaps it is not needed. There are many people in the world who will tell


you that pornography is a harmless part of life. Artists will tell you that the


naked body is a picture of beauty, grace and style. Authorities in Denmark will


say that pornography is a valued part of their society and psychologists will


tell you that pornography reduces the rate of sexual abuse and rape. Indeed,


the human body is a natural part of life in all of it’s forms, so why do we


regard the naked body as been obscene. Is it not stated in the bible that


wisdom told us to where clothes? And did it not also state that God did not


want us to have wisdom? So can it not also be said, that God did not want us to


wear clothes and so therefore, he was encouraging pornography? This argument


seems to demolish the religious fanatics who say that we will burn in hell for


looking at obscene materials.


After looking at both sides of the argument, it is obvious to see that


some middle point must be reached between the two. Pornography on the Internet


cannot be totally band and yet it cannot be accessed by any user as our


society’s ethics are against children looking at pornography. A set of ethics


or laws must be devised that will satisfy each and every country which is on the


Internet. It must be devised by a governing party such as the United Nations,


or by a committee which has representatives from each country.


My evaluation of the argument and my recommendations are as follows,


Pornography which is stored on the Internet must be placed in an area which can


be accessed only by a password, as well as identification which proves that the


user is over eighteen. (eg A drivers license number.) Pornography which is


found on public bulletin boards must be deleted immediately. This is the


responsibility of not only the governing committee, but also the user. Files


which are identified as pornography are to be traced and any under eighteen


users are to be fined accordingly. Viewers of pornography who are over eighteen


are to remain strictly confidential. No personal data is to be released unless


it is required for National Security ecetera.


The above recommendations, if carried out on the Internet, would provide


the world with a pornography-safe network, one that could be used by children


and adults alike across the globe.


Bibliography


1)The Electronic Encyclopedia, Grolier Electronic Publishing, Inc, 1990


2)Times Magazine, James Button, December 13th, 1993


3) Times Magazine, Philip Elmer-Dewitt, July 25th, 1994


4) Pornography and Silence, Susan Griffin, 1981


5)Literature, Obcenity and the Law, Felix Lewis, 1976


6) The End of Obscenity, Charles Rembar, 1968


7) Pornography, Obscenity and the Law, Lester Sobel, 1978

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