I Know it, and I see it

This blog really got me interested in more defintions Listening to the lectures you can imagine how to define pornography is so difficult.  It takes time, consideration, the gathering of facts, and personal views.  I really do believe that to define something means explain something so that it makes sense.  But who does it make sense too?  Obviously at the time, it’s just yourself, but for it to be widely accepted you need to clarify what exactly it is in order for others to go with the flow.  I enjoy listening to what others have to say or define, but everybody has a different view and feelings.  I do believe it is based on economy, religion, and social environment.  Here are some ways I’d define the vocal words related to pornography… 

Obscenity – something that could pose as a threat to a society in which violence, pain or fear is being inflicted on the viewer.  Also, anything that I wouldn’t show or do in front of my mom 

By this I’m just trying to get across how obscenity is more or less up to the individual and how they were raised and what experiences they have had in their lives.  Probably would be difficult to understand in a court of law, just as in the case in Ohio with the viewing and arresting in the past. 

Harmful to minors – anything that involves violence, gore or the use of force that promotes others to act accordingly 

This is perhaps the most influential factor in the study of legal issues and pornography.  How to you specify what is right and wrong.  I do feel there is an age in which you need to be educated, but it has to be done in intervals.  Obviously, a first grader is too young to view sex, but a 5th grader (which I was when I had my first sexual education class) should slowly start to learn more and more.  I had that class in 5th, and nothing else until 10th.  I do agree with the blogs, in that most people do encounter sexual activity before the age of 18, and weren’t educated enough prior.  Take Europe for example in that they are more open and educated about sex and it’s not a big deal.  They also do this with alcohol and are brought up more wisely on drinking maturely.  

So all in all, I feel the lack of education in our society results in us just saying… I know it when I see it. (Stewart, 1964)