Globalization of prurience: The Internet and the degradation of women and children (05 Jan 2004)

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Globalization of prurience: The Internet and the degradation of women and children (05 Jan 2004)
With increasing potential for dissemination of pornographic materials, the Internet has become a powerful purveyor of prurient pictures and messages. Pornography, and free access to it through the Internet, debase the Web and dehumanize emotions. In this process, the voyeur becomes at once a prying observer and also a participant in actively degrading human beings, particularly through the commodification of women and children.

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