Let's talk about sex baby...cyber sex that is!

Cyber sex is an act whereby two or more people can have virtual sexual encounters. People can participate in these sorts of activities with the help of computers and the Internet. Basically, sexually explicit messages are sent back and forth between persons who describe imaginary sexual experiences. This type of Internet pornography is a sort of fantasy sex that is mostly written. However, an individual may also have access to a webcam in which case visual imagery can also be a part of the experience. I imagine this form of sexual encounter could become quite frustrating if your computer locks up or disconnects from the Internet.

Internet pornography is pornography that is distributed via Internet websites and file-sharing. It can be a popular way to find porn because of the accessibility and anonymity.






Pornography Time Statistics


Every second - $3,075.64 is being spent on pornography

Every second - 28,258 Internet users are viewing pornography

Every second - 372 Internet users are typing adult search terms into search engines

Every 39 minutes: a new pornographic video is being created in the United States





Internet Pornography Statistics -

Pornographic websites - 4.2 million (12% of total websites)

Pornographic pages - 420 million

Daily pornographic search engine requests - 68 million (25% of total search engine requests)
Daily pornographic emails - 2.5 billion (8% of total emails)


Internet users who view porn - 42.7%
Received unwanted exposure to sexual material - 34%
Average daily pornographic emails/user - 4.5 per Internet user

Monthly Pornographic downloads (Peer-to-peer) -1.5 billion (35% of all downloads)

Daily Gnutella "child pornography" requests - 116,000

Websites offering illegal child pornography - 100,000

Sexual solicitations of youth made in chat rooms - 89%


Youths who received sexual solicitation - 1 in 7 (down from 2003 stat of 1 in 3)

Worldwide visitors to pornographic web sites - 72 million visitors to pornography: Monthly
Internet Pornography Sales - $4.9 billion

Children Internet Pornography Statistics


Average age of first Internet exposure to pornography - 11 years old

Largest consumer of Internet pornography - 35 - 49 age group

15-17 year olds having multiple hard-core exposures - 80%
8-16 year olds having viewed porn online - 90% (most while doing homework)

7-17 year olds who would freely give out home address - 29%

7-17 year olds who would freely give out email address - 14%

Children's character names linked to thousands of porn links - 26 (Including Pokemon and Action Man)


In the article Internet Porn: Worse Than Crack? Written by Ryan Single (2004), a debate rises over whether or not Internet pornography is more addictive and more dangerous than street drugs. Mary Anne Layden, co-director of the Sexual Trauma and Psychopathology Program at the University of Pennsylvania's Center for Cognitive Therapy, argues that "To have drug pumped into your house 24/7, free, and children know how to use it better than grown-ups know how to use it -- it's a perfect delivery system if we want to have a whole generation of young addicts who will never have the drug out of their mind."

In this same article Satinover from the National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality argues that "Pornography really does, unlike other addictions, biologically cause direct release of the most perfect addictive substance", he then explains that pornography leads to masturbation, which causes the release of opioids, something that “heroin can't do, in effect”.

It appears to me however that Satinover’s argument is flawed. His argument is that, the feeling you get from masturbating is more addictive than the feeling you get when you take heroin. Even if pornography was to be taken out of the picture than masturbation can still occur and probably would, so is the problem pornography? Also I think it is ridiculous to compare heroin and pornography. Obviously he has never known anybody who has a heroin addiction if he can honestly think that a porn addiction is worse.

Advantages of cybersex and Internet pornography

The following is a cartoon video with the message

that the Internet is for porn.

It is interesting to notice that the female character

is the only one who is against porn.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5430343841227974645&q=internet+for+porn

* One can participant in sexperiences without fear of sexually transmitted diseases or pregnancy.

* It is a fairly safe way of exploring sexual desires and emotions, especially for young people.

* Partners who are physically separated can participate in virtual sexual acts.

* People can explore sexual desires (Doring, N 2000) that otherwise would not feel comfortable expressing in reality, especially if they are social unacceptable e.g. rape.

* And, for people who are disabled or widowed, the Internet is an outlet where they can have a relationship where under regular circumstances they could not.

Disadvantages of cybersex and Internet pornography

The following video is a funny example of how cyber sex can go horribly wrong

http://www.funnyhub.com/videos/pages/videos/cyber-sex-gone-bad.html

* Because pornography is such a big industry and avid pornography viewers are always in demand for new exciting images, unsociable pornography can be made. These can be sexual videos with unwilling participants. Such as children, rape victims, incest rape victims and animals.

* People in relationships may be “cheating” with online partners which may put strain on the relationship.

* Online harassment as examined by Nicola Doring (2000) which can have a person scared for their safety.

* Misleading, false identity and/or deception. People can pretend to be whoever they want e.g. whatever age, whatever sex. This in essence is not all that harmful but if the 'made up' person asks to meet with an individual it can be harmful.

* Virtual rape which involves any sort of sexual suggestion that continues when it is unwanted, especially if a person knows an individual does not want to participate and writes sexual passages toward them anyway. I think virtual rape could also be someone sending a nude picture of themselves or a video or them masturbating when the person who they are sending it did not agree for the images to be sent.

* Cyber prostitution especially when it is female prostitution can give people the wrong idea about what sex is and what a female is suppose to do or take from an individual. A similar outcome can be drawn with cyber porn in general. Women can be represented as many representations of femininity. Such as, the rebelious asexual tomboy ; the goodlooking, supermum housewife; and the siren.

There is argument on whether or not a person who is in a relationship is truly cheating on their partner if the other relationship/s is only hyper real. I think the answer is neither yes or no. In my opinion it is destructive and hurtful to the relationship and both partners. Cybersex and Internet pornography can be a good way of exploring ones sexuality and desires that otherwise could not be explored. It is helpful for people who are unable to have relationships under “normal circumstances” and the Internet insures safety when it comes to STI’s and pregnancy. It seems as though it can be addictive but then again so can many things e.g. chocolate. In my honest opinion however, I think Internet porn and Cybersex can breed predators and although the majority of people only look up regular porn, the percentage of people who look up illicit porn outweighs any benefits cybersex and exploring desires can have.

Lock up your kids, the worlds gone INSANE...who gave this guy pen?

David Kupeilan Article

To start let me just point out that everybody is entitled to their own opinion... That is why I can honestly say in my opinion that David Kupelian is a hypocrite!! I feel for his son, I really do, and when his son shifts into his teen years and begins to rebel, as teenagers are most famous for, I would like to see if his “perfect” parenting and boy scout oaths can “bring him back” from the devilish, unthinkable, unspeakable ‘child-molesting monster we call culture’. I don not know that Kupelian can keep his son hidden from the outside world. This would prove unhealthy and detrimental as it will give him a bias view of the world. I mean really I have not come from what he would call a proper home or even a sane family but I do not think that I will be the next in line to be chasing HIV. Kupelian basically alludes that unless you home school your children, enrol them in Christian youth groups and shelter them from today’s sickening world than they will slit their tongue, wrists and eyelids and get genital piercings with connecting chains to other young peoples genital piercings whose parents were baby boomers and who god forbid believed in liberalism.

Kupelian is in denial, the church is no longer the government. Even when it was, we saw a time of what I would call greater damage, when people were hung willy nilly to solve problems. He is basically saying that the freedom that so many have fought for should now be taken away.
Also, I think it charming how he writes that a guy can just show up to a girls door step and get sex... I am quite sure that if a guy showed up at my door step expecting sexual favours than I would call the cops.

While I do not believe that this “bug chasing” phenomenon is safe, I think it is safe to say that the population of this sub-culture would be minute, and it is not fair to generalise and say that all of today’s youths are heading down that path. I do believe however that if a person so desires to practice different activities such as suspension and piercing to reach a higher level of spirituality and consciousness than they are entitled to do so. These kinds of activities are harmless to society and our most important right is free will to do whatever we wish.

Further to this I see many parallels between these activities and going to church and praying etc. They both allow a person to calm themselves, think clearly and achieve a higher level of spirituality. Furthermore there is a long history of self mutilation in Christianity. For example the practice of wearing a “Cilice” involves a person wearing a spiked metal belt around their thigh as a form of penance or as a way of following in the foot steps of Jesus. Indeed sacrifice and fasting etc is at the heart of Christian teachings. How is this any different to what today’s sub cultures are doing?

Above: Cilice

Kupelian is very quick to denounce the beliefs, actions and practices of others. Yet at the very heart of his Christian teachings are love, understanding and above all forgiveness. I believe that Kupelian is being hypocritical and untrue to his own faith by denouncing all other practices and beliefs but his own. Further to this Kupelien states; “During the mid-20th century, a malevolent spirit swept over Germany, leading to unspeakable crimes being perpetrated against millions of Jews and other "undesirables" in the name of progress.” The rise of Hitler during this time was brought about by much brain washing, tunnel vision teaching, propaganda, and registration to movements such as the Hitler youth. The picture that Kupelian paints of his “New America” sounds dangerously similar to Hitler’s vision of Germany during the mid 20th century. An autocratic state where one system of values and beliefs is upheld and all others denounced as leading to the fiery pits of hell. If history has taught us one thing it is that above all, the rights of freedom speech, freedom of choice, freedom of religion and indeed free will itself are our most important civil liberties. Kupelian is no more that a single minded dictator looking to impose his antiquated beliefs upon a world that has past him by.

E-extremism - the internet's darkside

Extremist groups are characterised by ideologies which are then followed by actions that can be mildly or violently expressed. Extremist groups are shaped by common ignorant beliefs and group unity. Extremism is commonly driven by racial purity, anti-Semitism, political hegemony, anti-liberal and anti-government forces.

The Australia First Party (AFP) which was founded by Graeme Campbell might as well be viewed as an extremist party. Upon entering their website one is bombarded with white Australia pride images, one such as Ned Kelly. Some articles you might find are the second anniversary of the Civil Uprising in Cronulla (December 11 2005) AFP is calling on all patriotic people to honour the great moment of Australian democratic liberty and Housing crisis directly linked to (Asian) immigration.

I was in oar when reading the articles posted on the AFP. It seems absolutely ridiculous that the people who write this stuff might actually believe what they are writing and I find it hard to believe that a person could read such racist pieces of writing and think it is rational. In saying this however the website is very cleaver in how they put their messages across-they insinuate their racist messages. Such as “new arbiters of a colour-blind faith in racial diversity” and stating that they can “fix the problem” (Pell, J, Saleam, J & Hale, V, 2008). They AFP seem to put their messages of hate across in such a justifiable manner that their arguments could very well be viewed as completely coherent and based on reason. I think the AFP website is a great example of an extremist website which is using the Internet as an outlet for attracting and recruiting new members.

Another extremist group which uses the Internet as a tool to get their intolerant beliefs out into the world is Aryan Nation. Aryan Nation is an anti-Semitism group that strongly and wholly believe in racial purity. On their website they have writings stating that Jews run everything and further have statements which deny the holocaust. The Aryan Nation group asserts that “Jews around the world intentionally lied for the purpose of gaining emotional and business advantages for themselves”. There was one item on this bizarre site did make me laugh beacause of its sheer abnormality and that was a link titled “Jew Watch” which follows Zionism and its terror and lies. The site also comes equip with a guide on how to commit a hate crime and a step by step program for how to make a bomb.

While both previously mentioned website are both of extremist nature it would appear that they go about their views in two completely different ways. The AFP normalises their hatred, extreme views and racism through professionally written documents with their message being convey as common sense. Aryan Nation uses shock tactics as a means to involve its viewer. Some of the shock tactics I viewed were aborted babies which in a sick way will make me remember their website. One of the most important aspects for these sorts of websites is the ability for networking. Both of these web pages had a huge amount of added links to other similar sites with similar views.

The great thing about the Internet is that one can locate just about anything. The problem is that many aspects can be hard to censor. For instance on television you would never see aborted baby photos or bomb recipes. Also the Internet it a great breeding ground for extremists groups because people all over the world can be members. No longer do groups have to arrange meeting places to discuss actions and beliefs, they can simply log to a site and contribute that way. The Internet is used here as an outlet to recruit persons with similar views or can even convince an easily influenced person of ignorant ideas. Further the Internet is a much more effective way of recruiting members as it a public sphere available to billions of people world wide.