Pornography and It's Influence

There were a lot of good points made in class. Something that was touched on briefly was the point that if there wasn't a market for pornography and if sex didn't sell, clearly we wouldn't see it as often. People are going to do what it takes to get ahead, it's in our nature, even if that means making money off of sex. Rather than shaking a finger at the advertisers and the adult industry, perhaps we should be dissapointed in ourselves for looking longer at the advertisement. And if the adult industry and sex in advertising is so derrogatory to women, why does this gender perpetuate the idea? Here's a suggestion. Clothe yourself. Clothe your daughters. It starts with you. I haven't seen them all, but I'm willing to wager a generous amount that any woman's magazine has similar advertisements. Not that I am complaining. I'm a 25 year old male. I love it. Honestly, a scantily clad attractive woman holding a bodyspray, sandwhich, or whatever else is not going to make me buy that particular item. Though I can guarantee I'll notice the ad.

Before I read the Yahoo article on the school shootings in at SuccessTech Academy in Cleveland, I figured the shooter would be nonwhite because the question was asked about bringing up his race. While reading the article initially I didn't notice any reference to race until it described Coon as a white person in a "predominantly black school". I was kind of surprised. Though, it doesn't strike me as inappropriate. It does strike me as interesting that the shooter is white and the majority of his classmates are black. However, one student did say that "she didn't think race played a role in the shootings." The article also mentions the shooter receiving a punch in the face on the day of his shootings for merely bumping into someone. What Coon did certaintly isn't justifiable, but I wonder if that is the way he is treated regularly. I think that people are interested in knowing the race of people in the news, particularly in this type of story. It helps to create a visual.