Reply #71: Precisely, you are what you read, view, listen to, it influences you thoughts.

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Does that make everyone who looks at porn a rapist? No, but just as long-term exposure to hatred, bigotry or intolerance has effects on our mindset, and long-term exposure to abuse, brutality, torture, etc. alters our views on the subject, long-term exposure to pornography will alter our perceptions as well.

Sex in and of itself is not degrading, but the portrayal of the opposite sex, be they men or women, will affect how we percieve that group of people, their wants, desires, and motivations in every day life.

Watch what you want, listen to what you want, think what you want, it's still a free country, but realize that everything you take in affects you in one way or another.