Is Porn now too violent

There's pretty much no doubt but that many people are becoming desensitised to porn, and are probably seeking-out harsher, more violent porn online.

And it isn't just violent and degrading acts that are becoming more popular, there is academic research showing that the appetite for younger-looking females has increased substantially.

There may also be an basis to the argument that porn sexualises racism. Women are branded as 'submissive Asians', often engaging in some fairly aggressive sexual acts with men.

Sometimes, the argument is made that porn merely reflects what is 'instinctive' or a natural drive in sexual activity. After all, have you ever seen birds or mammals mating? It is almost invariably aggressive and violent. It's likely, indeed, that some reproductive benefit has accrued to aggressive sexual males who breed with females before their more timid competitors.

But that's a nonsense argument. We are a species who base our civilisation on an ability to escape enslavement to our instincts. All sorts of negative behaviours are likely to have a basis in evolutionary history; it doesn't mean we must wed ourselves to such behaviours, like other animals. Our human consciousness, and our conscience, permits us to desist from such activities.