Video games 'worse' than porn

[Boohugh]

Posted in the Backroom due to the slightly adult nature of the topic!

So...Ron Jeremy (a male porn 'actor') has come out and said that violent video games have a much bigger negative influence on kids than porn. The choice of venue for this bold statement? Whilst visiting the Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas .

So...what do fellow Orgah's feel about this issue? Personally I think it should be regarded as which is better, not which is worse!

[Fragony]

Not that odd a claim unless it's rape-porn or something similar.

//expects Horetore to show up

[Philippus Flavius Homovallumus]

Not that odd a claim unless it's rape-porn or something similar.

//expects Horetore to show up

Agreed, there's some twisted stuff out there, but, principally, we expect most people to have sex; we don't expect them to fight their way through the Zombie Apocalypse.

[HoreTore]

Not that odd a claim unless it's rape-porn or something similar.

Rape is actually a very common female fantasy. Roleplay rape of course, not actual rape. I guess it's the "ultimate submission" thingy.

//expects Horetore to show up

I didn't really have anything to add... But this comment made me

[Fragony]

Agreed, there's some twisted stuff out there, but, principally, we expect most people to have sex; we don't expect them to fight their way through the Zombie Apocalypse.

Violence is somewhat sexual in nature as well, but even after watching violent porn (if that is your thing, know of at least one very respectable orgah who does) that emotion ends up somewhere else, then it's gone it has been relieved. But I don't believe playing ultra-violent video-games aren't totally harmless for those already on the edge. Short burst vs prolonged exposure.

[Mithrandir]

Rape is actually a very common female fantasy. Roleplay rape of course, not actual rape. I guess it's the "ultimate submission" thingy.

[Beskar]

I don't see porn and video games as being bad (at a user end as such). But if I had to choose, porn would obviously be worse as it involved real people and a lot of the porn industry is a very dirty, very corrupt and a very exploitive buisness.

So in otherwords, porn is worse than video games as no humans were hurt in the process of a video game.

[Ronin]

Most violent games are 18+ so they are not for kids anyway....

it´s kind of a pointless comment.

I have to agree that the most important question is "which one is more awesome anyway?"

[Fragony]

It is... we had a conversation somewhat like this a while back, the Lemur nailed :'Brad Pitt showing up at your door and not taking no for an answer'. Some are more dominant than others and some like that. People have rape fantasy's, doubt you don't.

[Beskar]

Rape is actually a very common female fantasy. Roleplay rape of course, not actual rape. I guess it's the "ultimate submission" thingy.

Actually, I would argue it would be the feelings of desire/being wanted and being taken by some one you want to be taken by.

So it is not actually rape at all. As in rape, you are being taken by someone which you don't, which is a complete contradictionary in terms.

[HoreTore]

Oh come on, get off your high horse. I'm 100% sure that you do sexual stuff other people would label disgusting too. We all do that "disgusting" stuff.

[Beskar]

Though this was on the BBC website recently, as in, I just went on and saw it now.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/m...er/8455161.stm

[HoreTore]

Though this was on the BBC website recently, as in, I just went on and saw it now.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/m...er/8455161.stm

That sounds an awful lot like how we gave lower sentences for rapists if the victim was seen as promiscuous...

Can't say I like the look of it...

[Scienter]

I don't think it's a question of which is 'worse.' At the end of the day, it's the parents' responsibility to make sure the kids don't see the stuff that parents don't approve of.

I hear parents rant about how dreadful video games are, and then when I go to the store I see parents buying GTA for their kid, who is not tall enough to see the top of the counter. Games have a rating system, people need to learn what the ratings mean. There are parent-oriented game review sites out there that go into detail about the content of the games.

I agree with Beskar that porn is a shady business. But, the idea of porn is not "bad" IMO, so long as the people making it aren't being hurt. Again, I think the responsibility for keeping kids away from porn lies with the parents.

I think that the US has it backwards when it comes to sex and violence. Movies can contain a ton of violence, torture, etc., and be PG-13, but if an otherwise harmless movie shows a boob for long enough, it gets an R.

Sorry for lack of coherence, I just got up.

[Fragony]

//hands Scienter coffee

Ain't that shady it's a professional business, these girls make a lot of money and can make demands, for porn enthousiasts these girls are superstars. And they aren't in short supply anyway just type 'amateur' on porntube you will get hundreds of results. It isn't like prostitution in any way.

[pevergreen]

Games have a rating system, people need to learn what the ratings mean.

[/Obligitory Australian whinge about ratings.]



I think the focus rests on the kids themselves. The child has to be smart enough to determine what is socially acceptable and what isnt. I played GTA 3 when I was 10, GTA 2 before that. Did I suddenly think that going around shooting people was ok? (Yes I did play the pre-censored version)

[Philippus Flavius Homovallumus]

Rape is actually a very common female fantasy. Roleplay rape of course, not actual rape. I guess it's the "ultimate submission" thingy.

Actual Rape is about Power and control, about forcing your will on others. It isn't about sex and power. Now, being ravaged probably is a not uncommon female fantasy, but that's different.

[HoreTore]

Actual Rape is about Power and control, about forcing your will on others. It isn't about sex and power. Now, being ravaged probably is a not uncommon female fantasy, but that's different.

No, I'm talking about roleplaying a rape, not "getting rough".

[Mithrandir]

It is... we had a conversation somewhat like this a while back, the Lemur nailed :'Brad Pitt showing up at your door and not taking no for an answer'. Some are more dominant than others and some like that. People have rape fantasy's, doubt you don't.

You'd completely change your mind if someone close to you was raped and you knew what impact it had on their lives.

To say I'm offended by your statement wouldn't be quite correct, but I don't like it whatsoever.
Not the fact that it's directed at me, but the fact that you think it's normal to have rape fantasies.

Oh come on, get off your high horse. I'm 100% sure that you do sexual stuff other people would label disgusting too. We all do that "disgusting" stuff.

Maybe, but never something which goes against the will of the other, ruining complete lives.

I'll won't respond to this topic anymore since no good will come of it. But please be sensitive to the subject and know what enormous impact such a dispicable act can have on peoples lives. Please don't make it seem like something "normal" to consider or fantasize about.

[Fragony]

Actual Rape is about Power and control, about forcing your will on others. It isn't about sex and power. Now, being ravaged probably is a not uncommon female fantasy, but that's different.

Why does such a thing such as sado-machosism exist, or any other fetish really. The desire to take or to be taken is deeply rooted in the fantasy-world of both sexes and some will give in to excesses. Just look at the language, always helps, you will always find a violent or dominating undertone 'taken' 'mounted', just as you will always find sexual insinuation in excessive violence. Did I just beat you at COD4? No I raped you.

[HoreTore]

Maybe, but never something which goes against the will of the other, ruining complete lives.

I'll won't respond to this topic anymore since no good will come of it. But please be sensitive to the subject and know what enormous impact such a dispicable act can have on peoples lives. Please don't make it seem like something "normal" to consider or fantasize about.

Goes against the will of another?

Please, do read my post again.

[Fragony]

You'd completely change your mind if someone close to you was raped and you knew what impact it had on their lives.

It is just a fantasy, and yeah I know a person like that. Got to know the person who did it as well.

[Ser Clegane]

Did I just beat you at COD4? No I raped you.

This example (and I personally consider such remarks to be of rather poor taste) actually rather proves that "rape" is about power and control and not about sex.

[Andres]

Posted in the Backroom due to the slightly adult nature of the topic!

So...Ron Jeremy (a male porn 'actor') has come out and said that violent video games have a much bigger negative influence on kids than porn. The choice of venue for this bold statement? Whilst visiting the Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas .

So...what do fellow Orgah's feel about this issue? Personally I think it should be regarded as which is better, not which is worse!

I guess it depends on what games you play or what kind of porn you watch.

All these claims about most women having rape fantasies disturb me, to say the least. Do you guys have any sources to back that up, since it doesn't strike me as very credible.

And no, [insert hunk] "forcing" himself on a woman who adores [insert hunk] does not count as "rape fantasy", because if that would happen, said woman would be very cooperative and [insert hunk] wouldn't have to force anything.

[Fragony]

This example (and I personally consider such remarks to be of rather poor taste) actually rather proves that "rape" is about power and control and not about sex.

Sorry I was trying to make a point. Yes of course but power/overpowered is where the fantasy lies, it is just a bedtime fantasy, role-play. It isn't my thing but there is nothing wrong with it.

edit: example was to prove it's an unconcious way we look at things, if you look for innuendo in violence you will find a lot of it it, in every language. .

[HoreTore]

This example (and I personally consider such remarks to be of rather poor taste) actually rather proves that "rape" is about power and control and not about sex.

Rape is about power and control, not sex, who doesn't know that in this age? Roleplay rape on the other hand, has nothing to do with actual rape, but everything to do with sex.

All these claims about most women having rape fantasies disturb me, to say the least. Do you guys have any sources to back that up, since it doesn't strike me as very credible.

Personal experience mostly, sorry.

[Beskar]

Personal experience mostly, sorry.

You was given a seeing to by Big Bubba and you worked out you enjoyed it, from the experience?

[HoreTore]

You was given a seeing to by Big Bubba and you worked out you enjoyed it, from the experience?

Hah! Sadly, no, just conversations with various women......

EDIT: Oh, and Cupido, a "text-based" porn mag(hardly any pics, lots of erotic stories and articles on sex) had playrape as their theme either this month or the previous, I can't remember exactly...

EDIT2: And no I don't know that because I buy it(the internet was still free last time I checked), I know it because we sell them at work

EDIT3: No, I don't work at a smut shop, I work at a gas station.

[Fragony]

actually

edit: oh damnit you ruined my joke

[Scienter]

I guess it depends on what games you play or what kind of porn you watch.

All these claims about most women having rape fantasies disturb me, to say the least. Do you guys have any sources to back that up, since it doesn't strike me as very credible.

I can only speak for myself and the close friends I talk about sex with, but I don't know anyone who has rape fantasies. These are separate from 'getting rough' or BDSM. Rape is an act of violence against a woman, has nothing to do with sex. That said, I'm sure some women DO have them, but I really can't believe that it's common.

And no, [insert hunk] "forcing" himself on a woman who adores [insert hunk] does not count as "rape fantasy", because if that would happen, said woman would be very cooperative and [insert hunk] wouldn't have to force anything.

Agreed.