I don't think porn is degrading... There are a lot of people in the adult film industry because that is honestly what they want to do. Who is anyone else to judge them for that? Should we look down on doctors because they have no problem cutting other people up? Should we condemn elementary teachers because they don't teach more advanced subjects? think about it, i guess...

Yes, I think they are all degrading -- if only from the point of view that they all promote shallowness.

I don't think so. It's one thing to promote engaging in degrading activities, but quite another to celebrate beauty, in various forms. Now, it can certainly be taken to unhealthy extremes, but the celebration of beauty is not, in itself, degrading in my eyes.

Porn, when all participants are fully consenting, isn't degrading. Neither are any of the other activities you mention. . Sanctimonious proclamations to the contrary on behalf of those consenting participants certainly is, though. . BTW - I wasn't implying you belong to the second group - just stating things as I see them. +5

Just so you know, I don't think pornography is degrading. My question was asked to those people given the qualification that they think pornography is degrading toward its participants, not that it actually is.

Yes I and I am greatly appalled by beauty pagents for children. How sick can it get?

I think that all porn is totally degrading.. it causes problems with marraiges and relationships in general. If you think about it porn is convincing men and women that beauty is what is on the outside.. like looks and practices.. Porn makes women feel like they have to compete or live up to the every day mans expectations that they see in these films. Beauty is not looks at all.. beauty is what you are as a whole.. you know, attitude, likes and dislikes, some ones laugh, their opinions, and things that make couples bond. If a man thinks they can build a relationship off of looks and sex they are gunna be screwed in the end. Sex was made to be romantic and loving. If you just have sex with people because they are hott you aren't harming them you are harming yourself. Where is that hott sex going to take you in life. If you can find someone who you care about and can get along with you can have all the sex you want, but it will mean so much more and you will also feel that special connection. There are women and men all over the world that suffer and try so hard to look good enough so that they will be noticed and can be loved. they should NEVER have to do that, but porn causes women to get this image that they aren't good enough or skinny enough or pretty enough. Women of all shapes and sizes have their own special beauty but men don't take the time to notice. they are too busy checking out the hott cheerleader who has a nice ass while their wife is getting coffee. Porn is afful. I am not saying that women who are blessed with bodies that are pleasing to what the world states as "beautful or sexy" shouldn't be able to show that they are proud but they can do that without causing relationships and other women who "aren't good enough" grief and problems. I also think that if they are going to have beauty pagents they should include other shapes and sizes of women. They have talents and things that are beautiful too. I am 17 and i can tell you that i worry every day what i look like to impress guys.. and i am doing a speech on whether or not pornography is degrading and after reading this and other blogs and research that i am strongly against porn and everything about it. I don't need to spend an extra hour to impress anyone because i have other beatiful things about me that i don't need to be "hott" enough for any guy. So porn IS degrading, but that is just an opinion. But think about it..

Men and women are treated like a piece of meat. I do not understand what is happening to society. We have forgotten that people are more valuable on the inside than on the outside anytime!