Help me come up with a thesis for my paper (money prize!)

[IowaSkinsFan]

Topic: Pornography (i know lol).

Your assignment: Throw out ideas for interesting and arguable thesis statements.

Prize: If I end up using your thesis or getting an idea from your thesis, I will transfer you $50 on Poker Stars.


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[Hawk]

It's probably been done, and I'm not sure how deep you could get with it, but you could take the porn-drives-technological-innovation angle.

[Renton]

Societies' perception of pornography is a litmus test to determining the changing sensitivity (or desensitivity thereof) of said societies over time.

[IowaSkinsFan]

Societies' perception of pornography is a litmus test to determining the changing sensitivity (or desensitivity thereof) of said societies over time.

Explain this a bit.

[Renton]

Well like take any generation or period in time. You can sort of determine how open people in that generation were by figuring out their stance on something really extreme like pornography and comparing it today's generation.

For example say you work at some cubicle computer job today and your coworkers are generally age 22-35. You could crack a joke about someone looking at porn on the internet and it would be funny and no big deal. However 40 years ago pornography was a taboo subject, taboo word. Most people probably didn't even know what it was.

So basically a generation's reception/rejection/perception of pornography is a gauge that is very telling of that generation. Another analysis that can be made is the gross profit of the porn market since the 60's, which is basically a parabolic curve (even if you adjust for population/inflation).

The porn industry's incline is also probably comparable to other factors related to sensitivity, like the decline in Christianity for example.

[swiggidy]

How to exploit women for fun and profit.

[boost]

youre going to have a really hard time getting any work done on this paper, ducy?

[frosst]

The influence of porn on society's norms and pop culture
(ie, porn comes out with chicks having shaved cooters, more women shave cooters
anal sex happens in more porn, anal sex is something more women consider)

[Seabass]

The file sharing communities impact on illegal pornografy.

[frosst]

The adoption of new technology accelerated by the porn industry (the drive from vhs to dvd, use of webcams as a means of connecting over internet, downloadable porn advancing file sharing programs)

[d0zer]

correlation vs causation of pornography's role in either preventing or perpetuating rape (or neither).



Wait...what are you majoring in? That's kinda important here

[bigred]

porn cures cancer

[flomo]

the impact of porn on relationships
is porn ruining relationships or helping relationships

porn oh glorious porn, i love porncakes

[Renton]

An in-depth and meticulous study of the film "Boogie Nights."

[IowaSkinsFan]

An in-depth and meticulous study of the film "Boogie Nights."

Winner!

lol thanks for the help guys, I feel bad so I might just send $5 to all of you. I think im going to compare online pornography and online gaming!

[a500lbgorilla]

Pornographys affect on young people's perceptions of sexuality/sex/intimacy/love

[Lukie]

the transformation of watching pornography for curiosity, to watching pornography as a pleasurable act, to watching pornography as a chore.

[Renton]

ship

[EzDuzIt]

have your thesis about how it is degrading and exploiting women.


and then in the paper be like jk u bitches are lucky u can even vote!

[Seabass]

have your thesis about how it is degrading and exploiting women.


and then in the paper be like jk u bitches are lucky u can even vote!

lol

[a500lbgorilla]

Talk about how porno protects men who are biologically driven to dreadful ends in the pursuit of pussy.

[IowaSkinsFan]

Talk about how porno protects men who are biologically driven to dreadful ends in the pursuit of pussy.

I have thought about this point, but you put it succinctly.

[Pythonic]

You can talk about the kind of lifestyle involved in the porn industry. Parties..drugs..diseases..etc

Oh by the way, John Holmes was Greek!

[a500lbgorilla]

Talk about how porno protects men who are biologically driven to dreadful ends in the pursuit of pussy.

I have thought about this point, but you put it succinctly.

Your post plays to my vanity, and I like that. But I'd rather just have your 50 dollars, so start using my awesome ideas.

[biondino]

watching pornography as a chore.

I hope this doesn't happen to you, ISF!

How about doing an about turn and writing a piece of feminist viewpoints on porn, because you have an interesting and unusual outlook to write about, and every opinion from radically pro-porn (suicide girls, say) to violently anti (Andrea Dworkin).

[flomo]

quit screwing around

get to the point
"how does one become a male porn actor?"
or "the road to not having to talk to the bitch before screwing her brains out (while getting paid)"

[Pythonic]

Flomo's would be great. I have a friend who asks me this all the time and I tell him how the hell would I know.