Censor Pornography?

Pornography is a form of entertainment which serves to arouse sexual pleasure in its audience. However, it is only introduced in recent years and hence we are still unable to determine its impact on the society. Should we ban pornography? Different people have different opinions, those who agree with the statement are those who are unable to accept pornography due to various reasons such as cultural ideology or the mistrust of one's life partner due to pornography as it gives people the idea that having sex with anyone is alright, but these opinions are usually based on one's own assumptions. Personally, I would say that we should not ban pornography before we are assured that pornography causes problems.

Firstly, we should not act based on our assumptions as the actual result may be much different from what we think. When we do scientific experiments, it is rather likely to obtain a result different from our hypothesis because we did not consider one or two factors which affected the result. Similarly, we cannot simply assume that porn is bad because we do not have any evidence. Hence, I feel that we should not ban porn for the moment to give ourselves a chance to prove or disprove our assumption of the effects of porn to the society, but at the same time, the government should be prepared to take measures in case anything happens.

Secondly, how can pornography be censored? If there was a video that shows frontal nudity scene but has the genitals censored, would that not arouse sexual desires in the audience but at the same time preventing the audience from getting what they want? For example, when an adult tempts a child by giving him a taste of a lollipop but does not give the lollipop to him, it would cause the child to get a lollipop in one way or another. On the other hand, if the adult does not tempts the child or give him the lollipop directly, would the child mention about the lollipop anymore? It would only result in a rise of rape cases if some people are unable to get the sexual pleasure that they want through non-violent means. Therefore, we can only ban porn completely or do not exercise any censorship as partial censorship would only cause the situation to be worse.

Furthermore, would the banning of pornography be beneficial to the society in a way such as decreasing the number of rape cases? If humans are born to mate with the opposite sex such that they can reproduce, there should be a natural tendency to have sex, regardless of whether one does it legally or not. Hence, it is still unclear whether banning pornography would make a difference. In Japan, porn is legal and it is not uncommon to find porn material along any street. However, rape cases are low compared to Africa where people do not have access to porn, although part of this may be due to Japan being a more civilised society. Therefore, pornography should not be banned.

In conclusion, there is no reason to ban pornography because we are still unsure about its effects on the society. Censoring porn partially would likely result in a rise of rape cases. Hence, porn should not be banned for the moment but we have to be prepared to take action if any problems arise.