Boys and Girls in Space

> From: Brad Walsh
> While it may be true that a little jerking off never hurt
> anybody, a nation of 10 million porn addicts tends to
> change society, and not for the better.

I think you'll find there are a lot more than ten million porn addicts in
America. Last time I checked that industry rakes in more money than
Hollywood. Is this like 10 million TV watchers would be bad for society? Or
ten thousand eye-strainers (book readers) would be bad for society? Maybe 10
million light bulb users don't appreciate the family values inherited in
getting up at the crack of dawn and going out into the freezing winter to
get another log for the fireplace? They probably don't, and I see no reason
why they'd want to.

The 'tentacle rape' lesson also applies here. Japanese depictions of demons
molesting young school girls came about because Japanese law prohibited the
depiction of two adults making love to each other. If that sounds like 1984
doublespeak - it was. The TR genre fell over and died pretty much as soon as
that law was repealed. Most western style pornography is the result of
similar restrictions; which are similarly imposed by the 'moral majority'.

> The UN will commit its full resources

Right. "Full resources." Yeah, that's a good one.

> [woman will] seem worthless, insignificant and demanding.

Not to imply that they are this, but I think you might be idealizing
'ordinary woman' the same way the mainstream porn trade idolised the Barbie
doll figure. Ordinary woman tend to have flaws, individually and on-mass,
and there's nothing wrong in asking them to address those flaws, or at least
become aware of them - just like they have asked men to become aware of
their flaws. There's nothing wrong with woman wanting to have their cake,
and eat it, and lose ten pounds at the same time, and have a man paw for it
all - but some also need to realise it can't and more importantly shouldn't
work that way all the time.

> I fear for my quirky, funny
> 13-year-old daughter, when she faces that choice.

Who of course will not have similar unrealistic goals of her own. The evils
of the boy band trade at work there...

Unfortunately look good (or at least looking better than your peers) will
always require some effort. Just as a peacock how heavy that tail of his is.

> So what social structure would I recommend for orbital
> habitat societies? Also making discussions
> about porn versus reality a little more open and honest.

All good ideas. But to do the last (as an example) schools would have to
admit that porn exists, and most cultures today wouldn't allow that.