Porn Banned in India

All reasons are based on a weak mind. Reasons 1-2 apply to alot of things. 4...yes :D Not that it's necessarily a bad thing.

I've heard many of those claims before, but I've not seen any sources for them, other than the addictive nature of it (though if it's caused by something else and lack of porn would just result in another addiction instead is open for debate).

For the record, I'm not into porn myself (probably due to seeing things I wish I had not seen on the internet at a young age), so I don't have any stakes in defending the industry.

1. So does every kind of media
2. So does every enjoyable thing
3. & 5. Are small isolated cases. Let's not throw the baby out with the bathwater
4. Depends on what you mean by "deviant", and whether that is actually bad or not

You know what is unhealthy? Sexual repression. Do you know why rape and abuse are always the most pronounced in conservative societies? Again, sexual repression.

We humans love some things by nature, let's not try to deny that. Some of them are good, such as food and adventure and altruism. Others can be bad depending on how you express them: For example, violence and sexuality.

For violence there existed a time where we had almost constant wars, raiding and pillaging, and even gladiatorial combats to satisfy that need, and that was terrible. So what do we do instead? Simply deny it? Won't work. That's why you have violent movies and video games today: So you can sate your desire for violence without actually hurting anyone.

Anyway, porn fulfills a similar need. Instead of going out and raping someone because you aren't getting your sexual desires fulfilled, or entering into an arranged marriage just for the pleasure of sex without any love involved and thus abusing your spouse, you can fulfill that need with things such as porn, prostitution, one night stands, etc etc...

The key, of course, is making sure that that IS harmless - in this case to the prostitutes, the actors, the person you met at the club(make sure they're not drunk!), but, you know, banning these things will not make them safer - quite the contrary, it'll make them happen illegally and thus prevent the government from regulating them.

If a porn actor/actress in a first world nation is being abused, they can take it to court, and get better work conditions. If a porn actor/actress in a country that bans porn is being abused, they can't do anything about it, and will have to live either with the abuse or out on the streets.