Friday, February 12, 2010

What's cyber porn got to do with it? 

"Cyber cafes" in Morocco are filled with young boys and men surfing pornography sites.  Satellite TV, a standard in every home from the richest down to the poorest, is a source of porn bombardment.  And so, what about it, you may ask.  Check out the very good article in the link above that explains how constant exposure to cyber sex creates isolation, addiction and eventual inability to function in a human relationship.  Men become obsessed with acts and images and ideas that are not only psychologically unhealthy for them, but dangerous to those who live with them.  They develop unrealistic expectations and make demands that are impossible to satisfy.  The women in their lives become objects to be used and abused. 

It is not a quantum leap from considering what heavy exposure to porn does in a sexually repressed society to realizing it is directly connected to bad behavior with women.  This is not a problem unique to Morocco, or to Muslim societies, but a worldwide problem.  It's another facet of the complex dynamic of sexual harassment and abusive behavior.

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  1. I always enjoyed demanding that the guys next to me immediately stop looking at porn. The cybercafe owners backed me up 95% of the time.

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