2012/05/18/child-safety-online-is-taken-up-by-the-european-parliament/ London MEP European Parliament Tue, 01 Mar 2016 16:58:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ 2012/05/18/child-safety-online-is-taken-up-by-the-european-parliament/#comment-6493 Sat, 19 May 2012 15:05:25 +0000 ?p=17589#comment-6493 I don’t really think the majority of politicians are really getting to grips with the real menace that certain parts of the internet have become to women and children;s safety and freedom, fuelled by violent internet porn. The prevalence of hate speech along gender and race lines, paedophilic imagery such as shaved genitals and body hurting and dangerous sexual practices euphorically called ‘acting’ is creating a toxic lense through which men and boys see us. Saying that pornography is fantasy is a bit like saying that shooting actors for real in a film is acting. It isnt, and the porn industry is being disingenuous in refering to their output as fantasy. The sexual actions they film are actually being done to another real person and portrayed as being pleasurable. To keep trying to protect children and young girls by constantly trying to get them to run away faster and protect themselves rather than dealing with an industry that is totally out of control, is a bit like slamming the gate shut after the horse has bolted and is kicking seven bells out of two thirds of the community. Until politicians begin to see the internet as a place that requires regulation of behaviour for the good of all, then it is still a gateway to toxic socialisation of young people and adults alike.

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