Internet Obscenity and Pornography
This essay is about obscenity and pornography on the web. I will be discussing my views and opinions about this
subject. If it hasn't already obscenity and pornography being openly displayed on the web will affect you. Maybe you
have a younger brother or sister, or a child, or for some of us a child in the future. Whatever the case may be, YOU
WILL BE AFFECTED!
How would you feel if you came home from a hard day of work only to find your five-year-old child on the web
looking graphically nude pictures? I am sure it would be a shock and quite a scare for you as it would be for me. How do
you explain to you child of five what that is or what the people in the photographs are doing? Do you lie or do you actually
explain to him or her about sex and pornography? I know that these are a lot of difficult questions, but if something is not
done about this, you could be facing the very real truth of having to find answers to these questions. Not only will you
have to explain what it is, what happens when they start asking more questions than you are willing to answer?
I never realized how bad this was until I was surfing the web and about three times while I was on looking around
from site to site, windows came up within my main page with four to six different porn sites you could go to. That was
when I realized this is a growing problem. I don't think that you should have to have your children or whoever sit on you
lap and you guide them through the web to make sure they only go to "safe sites." Children should have the freedom to
explore without having their minds corrupted at a young age.
Obscenity on the other hand is another story. This could or could not affect all children at a young age. That
depends on the competency of that child. To get obscenity from the web you must first be able to read and second, be
able to sound out the words. Not all children can do that. But if they can or could, what happens when your child gets
angry with you and calls you a bitch? I am sure that would not make anyone too happy. This category runs over into
another though. If you frequently say these words at home, a child may recognize the words in print more easy. So the
best bet would be not to use them at home either.
In conclusion I feel that children have to be monitored all the time when they are using the web, or you could be
forced to answers questions that you aren't ready to answer. But, a even better solution would be to regulate what comes
across the web and how much of it. Parents need to start using the technology that is out there to block these sites from
their computer.
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