We would of course not lower ourselves to comment on this hot news flash:
PORNOGRAPHY is good for people, the academic leading a taxpayer-funded study of the subject said yesterday, as the Coalition and Labor traded jibes about an Opposition push to stop online porn reaching home computers.
WAIT: We do NOT CALL IT "porn" anymore. The Moderate Voice insists: it is to be called "interactive visual material."
Alan McKee, who with academics Catharine Lumby and Kath Albury is conducting the Understanding Pornography in Australia study, said that a survey of more than 1000 porn-users must be taken into account as Labor considers forcing all internet service providers to automatically filter hardcore porn to protect children.
Oh, this story on pornography being good for you is from Australia — from down under.
"The surprising finding was that pornography is actually good for you in many ways," Dr McKee said."When you look at people who are using it in everyday life, over 90 per cent report it has had a very positive effect."
Yes. Even in Washington, where it apparently increases reading speed. Our sources tell us that Congressmen who read porn later turned lots of pages.
Dr McKee said porn users reported it had taught them "to be more relaxed about their sexuality" and marriages were healthier, while porn made people think about another person's pleasure and made them less judgmental about body shapes.
So there is hope for Rosie O'Donnell yet...
We cut this penetrating story down to bare-bones so you should read the whole thing.
Article comments
1 - Eric Olsen
thanks Joe and welcome back - I think the key is moderation and not allowing porn to become a substitute for interaction with actual humans