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The ban on internet porn: Puerile and pointless

Robert Barker
by Robert Barker
3 August 2015
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On a rather dull weekend for news, where one of the top twitter trends was inexplicably Kanti Shah’s cult movie Gunda, one particular piece of breaking news drove social media crazy; at least the male demographic. On what appears to be a DoT order, ISPs had started imposing a ban on internet porn in India. This is possibly the biggest disaster to hit the lives of the ugly Indian male, though the impact is a secular one, which is sure to warm the hearts of the Adarsh Liberal brigade.

Jokes apart, this action of the ISPs ostensibly based on the Government’s request, is incredulous to say the least. It smacks of unnecessary moral policing, is legally questionable, impossible to implement on a consistent basis, and does nothing to solve any real gender-related issues in India. What it does achieve is plenty of negative publicity for the Government in the minds of people and diverts attention from more pressing issues.

The reasoning behind a ban on porn:

Throughout history, most countries that have called for, or implemented a ban on pornography have followed very similar lines of thought. Broadly speaking, it can be summarized as follows:

  • Pornography as a medium is incompatible with the moral and social construct of society.
  • Pornography is an addictive medium, particularly on younger, more impressionable minds.
  • It promotes unhealthy ideas of physical attractiveness and unrealistic sexual acts.
  • It desensitizes people towards the idea of sexuality in general, and especially the more violent forms of pornography results in the perception in the minds of men (overwhelmingly the majority who consume porn) that women are an inferior sex and precipitates sexual violence against them.
  • There are some kinds of pornography that are extremely depraved and results in the exploitation of vulnerable individuals.

While the above points might seem like reasonable arguments for a blanket ban on internet porn, such an action, on closer examination fails logical and scientific arguments. It is thus worth examining each point outlined above separately.

Whether porn in general is incompatible with society’s morality is a very subjective opinion, and it is impossible to have a blanket view on it. Irrespective of how altruistic one feels towards society, it is absolutely nobody’s business what someone does in closed quarters either alone or with consenting adults.

No matter where one is on the debate on pornography, most sensible adults will accept and ascertain that children should be protected from access to sexual material. A blanket ban however is not the solution, which fundamentally undermines an adult’s right to sexual entertainment in closed quarters away from the proximity of children. The question of addiction is a controversial one, and there are no statistically significant scientific results to prove that pornographic addiction is a real thing, at least in societies where such studies has been done. Similarly, while older studies concluded that pornography does alter people’s perception of sexuality, a relatively recent review concludes that this cannot be conclusively proven.
The biggest elephant in the room is the alleged correlation between consumption of porn and sexual violence against women. This is especially relevant in the current times where India has acquired a dubious reputation as being extremely unsafe for the female population in more ways than one. Once again, the correlation between purely the consumption of pornography and sexual violence is controversial at best, and could suffer from many statistical biases such as an under-reporting of null findings. As any scientist worth his or her salt will tell you, confirmation bias is a nightmare when trying to frame the big picture of any particular scientific or social question and it seems that at least a few of these porn-sexual crime studies are guilty of this. Indeed, some studies have remarkably shown a negative correlation between sexual crimes and pornography. While one cannot neglect the nature of the societal construct where such studies were conducted, and the fact that correlation (or anti-correlation) does not always equal a causal relationship, these results at the very least do not argue for a blanket ban on internet porn.
The final question is that of preventing the perpetration of the more disturbing kinds of pornography, especially those involving young children and uploads of sexual acts involving non-consenting adults. Child pornography is an evil that has to be rooted out at all cost, but this cannot be done by simply banning mainstream pornographic websites, which as a rule are absolutely opposed to such content, and some of them are even corporate sponsors of the ASACP, an organization dedicated to fight against child pornography. Much of the child porn on the internet is actually in the deep web and/or private servers, that simply cannot be covered by a governmental ban, and requires a multi-pronged approach that also involves a lot of offline action as well. The filming of private acts and then uploading them on pornographic websites without the consent of the participant/s is unfortunately a real problem, and in some circumstances, is a method of extracting revenge from a spurned partner. While specific websites that cater to such ‘revenge porn’ need to be taken down, there is a disturbing amount of such content on the more mainstream porn websites as well. It must be pointed out here that the 3 biggest pornographic websites (which oddly enough are run by the same management) are known to address privacy concerns when raised, and are willing to take down such videos should they receive a request to do so. The fact that many people do not even know their intimate moments lie in the amateur section of such a website is disturbingly common though; but this author for one cannot understand how a blanket ban on a website which mostly carries videos by consenting adults for other adults would prevent this scenario. To use a somewhat facetious argument, one does not ban everyone from driving just because there are a few bad drivers; one tries to create a system that summarily removes such drivers. Are there instances where incompetent drivers still slip through? Sure, but then again, no person in his or her right mind would suggest banning cars from plying on the road as a long-term, and tangible solution. An equipped, trained, and humane cyber police is what is needed to fight against such deplorable people, and this is not going to be achieved via a simple ban.

The ban is also ridiculous in its narrow target. By targeting purely internet porn, the Govt. is only focusing on an extremely narrow group of people, i .e. the urban middle-class. Large swathes of the male populace in India actually get their porn kicks from seedy theatres, and dodgy CD-sellers. If the aim is to ban pornography in its totality, the current steps are extremely myopic in its execution and would not necessarily see a wholesale abandonment of pornography.

Political ramifications:

In a weird, and a highly unwelcome way, this kind of a sneaky ban on internet porn is a bit of a political masterstroke. Given the prudish and supremely hypocritical nature of most of Indian society, no political party in its right mind will openly call for a reinstatement of pornography. While indeed there might be some individual voices within parties that might oppose it on social media, it’s quite unlikely that this would be the official stand of any political party. The ban also puts many Adarsh Liberals in a spot of bother. There is a significant overlap between vociferous feminists and Adarsh liberals, and taking a stand on this particular issue would do a disservice to one of their affiliations, and they would have to pick and choose much to their chagrin. Indeed, to the best knowledge of this author, none of the Usual Suspects have strongly condemned the ban (though please feel free to prove me wrong), and have merely resorted to feeble attempts at humor that is already done much better elsewhere. The loudest voices opposing the ban have been the urban, middle-class common man, who generally lean towards the BJP. This ban in effect has only alienated this particular group, and while seemingly insignificant from an electoral front, would see the genesis of a latent aversion for the party for its moral policing which could easily compound over the years.

The climatic act:

The ban on internet porn at the end of the day is one of those short-sighted decisions which will only irritate a large number of people, will not affect any real social change, and sets a very undesirable precedent. The ban in itself can be beaten easily by a simple Google search, to find a website that is not on the now infamous list, and/or by using simple software to get one’s porn fix. One group that will definitely be benefited from this decision is the local CD-wala whose business has taken a nosedive since the advent of broadband internet, and it’ll be truly Achche Din for him until better sense prevails over the Powers That Be.

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  1. Avatar Falak Dawar says:
    7 years ago

    Yep most of the content which should be banned related to this is on deep web only, which is out of the Govt control. And the content which is created after the consent of adult individuals, will still be accessible, those who want to watch will find a way, I just think this just gets negative publicity to the ruling party, but if the party had discussed the consequences earlier and still went forward, and thought they can reduce the negative consequences of such content, about which OP has discussed. [Though most of them are subjective], then their efforts should be appreciated or not?(This is left as exercise to the reader).

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  2. Avatar vatsalya says:
    7 years ago

    if indian govt is smart then i am smarter use vpn

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  3. Avatar Malyaban says:
    7 years ago

    Irony jumped into the sea when India who gave Kama Sutra to the World. Has banned Pornography

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  4. Avatar Sohum says:
    7 years ago

    Its not a Government but a bunch of Jokers whose PM and Ministers provide more jokes than policies. We are living in times where voices are being banned but AssHaram is making to the school books next to Vivekanand, and a Softporn actor is forced for FTII chief. Women safety bill is compromised but Nihalchand is protected. Not only the BJP as a party has become a joke due to its Toffy/Trophy PM and sanghi venom spitting MPs, but also their disciples/Bhakts who have blindly started justifying farmer suicides. God Bless Them! :D

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  5. Avatar Blackheart devil says:
    7 years ago

    Everyone is thinking about the guys’ perspective. But a stupid guy, who is too dumb to get a gal, can go to a brothel and fuck a prostitute.. But we should also think about the girls, who used to satire their needs by viewing porn… Will the government provide male brothel for them? I apologise for my language. But its not about the language anymore…its about the infringement of our rights…
    What next? Couples can’t go out together in the public…because there are kids in the roads too… This will hamper their mentality too…
    Lez do a thing. Lez stop producing babies and start developing robots… Robo-age is on its way..thanks to the BJP. I am so sorry that I fell for this #AccheyDin crap and voted them…
    Still repenting….14% ST in every shit… But dollar rates refuse to come down…. We think twice before booking an immediate flight..before going out for dinner..

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  6. Avatar lsd says:
    7 years ago

    unblock porn websites Easiest way noob friendly https://youtu.be/jBD3olVtkrc

    Reply
  7. Avatar Aakash Iwalekar says:
    7 years ago

    I got know some important points about pornography around a year ago which I want to share with you guys (before getting this info I was in full favor of porn but my point of view about it changed later.)

    PLZ BE OPEN MINDED BEFORE READING THIS.

    Firstly todays porn is nowhere near to real sex (porn 2-3 decades before was better in this particular matter).

    The real problem is not porn but todays high speed internet pornography.(So the ban was actually a good move. )

    Don’t compare porn and Kamasutra , Kamasutra is all about spiritually and less about (actual) sex.

    Following are points on porn affecting on individuals and society:

    On individual :

    It damages your brain as a muscle (don’t confuse it with mind) due to which erectile dysfunction, erection at high anxiety state and such things happen.

    It is more addictive then alcohol, food,cigarettes.

    Affect human brain as drug.

    Loss of memory

    Social anxiety

    Lake of concentration

    Low self esteem etc..

    On society or lets say on India:

    In Australia 1 out of 4 relations (including both marital and premarital) are affected due to pornography.(Imagen life of our sibling and children affected due to it in future).

    In Japan 30% of age group above 40 is virgin (cause of pornography they never had real sex) and due to this it is estimated that in 2020, 2 out of 4 people will be above 50 years of age. (India’s strength is its youth ratio, imagine how things will change drastically).To improve this situation Japan govt. has now started new campaign in which these guys are called for sketching nude girl, so that the whole process will help/encourage them to have sex with real person.

    Don’t forget the fact that number of rape cases gone high in India is roughly same when when high speed internet came in India.

    Personally now I feel that pornography is poison for mankind, for its moral issues as well. Its a double fold danger. Rest I leave u guys to decide.
    Porn addiction is next epidemic Indian is gonna face in near future.
    I got all this info from http://yourbrainonporn.com and watch “great pron experiment” on youtube.

    Thanks for reading.

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  8. Avatar Balasubramanian Jayaraman says:
    7 years ago

    Just wanted to share this:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRJ_QfP2mhU&app=desktop

    Reply

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