Okay, let's see if I can explain this very simply so you can understand.
I really don't think you're in a position to be so condescending
Ms. Steinem is saying that a woman who reads playboys feels a little LIKE a jew reading a nazi journal. She is comparing two situations where people are victimized and what they might feel like.
Fine. Your condescending attitude to me above is "a little like" the Holocaust. That OK with you?
Now, like I said, studies are studies and any group or cause, no matter how good or vile they might be can do studies that find they are "healthy". My use of neonazis was to say that even a group as vile as the neonazis can do their studies to try to make them more acceptable, doesn't make it true.
I guess you can use that as a catch-all. If any studies show any results you don't want to believe, all you have to do is compare them to neo-Nazis. Very handy in place of an actual argument
My main point here and it is my opinion, FD is that it's ridiculous for the writer to point to a study and declare porn healthy.
My opinion is that you've no idea what you're talking about. Want to back up that opinion with a few facts, or do only Nazis do that?
If you haven't met anyone who has been hurt by porn, then that's wonderful for you. Unfortunately I have met many, many people including myself who have been hurt by it
I've seen people who've been hurt by alcohol, drugs, TV and sunshine. What's your point?
I am saying the porn industry as whole causes a lot of problems for a lot of people. It's a huge stretch to say it's healthy. If in your life you haven't seen this then blessed you are: for now.
What's unhealthy about it? What problems does it cause, and for whom? I know you have a disdain for studies, but do you have any information to support what you say, or is what you really mean that you, personally, don't like what you consider to be pornography?