The age of producing visionaries and revolutionaries is passé.
It’s the age of “reactionaries”.
There is a sudden outburst of reaction and they defy
Newton’s laws as well.
For there is never an equal and opposite reaction. Reactions
are always far more superficial and exaggerated.
It is sad when decisions are taken or changed on the
basis of such reactions.
I’m hinting at the recent endeavor to change our ‘Bang’istan
into ‘Ban’istan.
On one hand, our nation is grappling with a ‘men’tality
that encourages rape and objectifies women.
On the other hand, we collectively howl at porn being
banned.
This is where the real issue is left behind and
superficially being dealt with by our very own reactionaries.
I’m not saying that porn is the only cause or even one of
the causes of rape. The point is objectification of women. Let’s try and find
out one valid reason why pornography exists.
Let alone the decision of some authority “allowing” us to
view it or show it.
Here, I refer to pornography for the heck of it and not artistic expressions of erotica.
The issue is NOT that of freedom of expression or freedom
to watch what we want in our privacy.
The issue is WHY watch it at someone else’s cost?
Porn gaining an “industry” status should be a shame.
Today the supply of porn exists and is growing at
astronomical pace on the behest of an alleged demand. So why not kill the demand? What's wrong with it? I don't support the concept of 'ban' in general. But for this issue, why NOT?
This demand has got into scary proportions of voyeurism
that makes us think twice in changing rooms, wash rooms, in hotel rooms. In the
pretext of catering to the sadist invisible demand, there are possibilities of
hidden cameras and each one of us being a potential porn star on one of these
sleazy websites.
The issue is not about hypocrisy. It’s not about a nation
that gave ‘kama-sutra’ doing something dramatically ironic.
Yet again, I ask for one valid reason WHY "Porn" should even exist. Let alone the freedom around it.
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