Got Porn?

Want free sex? Why not – its so easy to access you might as well… right?

The never ending issue with sex in cyberspace has become notorious. Everybody knows its there. Everybody knows how to get it.

But what some of us want to know, is where can we draw the line? Will online pornography one day be regulated by the law?

Online pornography litters the internet; there is an abundance of it. There are millions of sites to choose from to satisfy everyone’s sexual desires: Hardcore? Fetish? Same-sex? Three-somes? Whatever you want, you got it.

Not only is there a vast variety out there – from countries all over the globe, but a lot of it is free, and readily accessible by anyone. Although some porn comes for a price, there are plenty of people out there willing to spend their hard-earned cash for a good night in.

Pornography on the internet brings with it a lot of concerns. For one, accessibility is so easy – your twelve year old kids are probably looking at it right now. All they need is the internet connection – they don’t even need to pay for it. Pornography isn’t child-proof, even some that attempt to keep children out aren’t fool-proof; it’s so easy to lie about your age to a computer, I mean seriously, who’s gonna know?

There’s also the concern of spam and viruses. A good chunk of what you download will come with a complimentary bug that will probably destroy your computer. Or you’ll join up for a membership (to get that VIP access) and 2 days later your inbox is loaded with dirty emails – most of which contain viruses when opened.

Another major worry about sex in cyberspace is the links it shares with fraud and illegal activity. But not much can be done to stop or prevent it.

Sure, sex is a part of life. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with it, how people do it, or who they share it with. People should have the right to access porn without being frowned upon. If you watch porn it doesn’t mean your sadistic and lonely, a paedophile or just a down-right sick person. It means you’re human.

The primary issue here is that we want to be able to access porn – because whether it’s legal or not, people will find a way. However, we should have more control over where it comes from and who really can access it.

Sex in cyberspace is so common because the Internet is the new everything – it’s easier than hiring a DVD (which could be embarrassing), and better than buying a poster (it actually moves).

So with all these awesome advancements in technology and the internet – there should be a way to regulate pornographic usage. The main concern being that children under 18 shouldn’t have access to it – full stop. And also, laws should be in force to prevent extreme and illegal porn clogging the system.

Online pornography will never go away. People love it too much; just ask the addicts who will "never have the drug out of their mind" (Layden, University of Pennsylvania's Center for Cognitive Therapy).

There will also always be negative associations with online porn, or any porn for that matter, but for the people who use it properly, restrictions should be put into play to keep themselves and their computers safe as well as giving them piece of mind that their children can't and won't stumble across it.