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Pornography is here to depict fantasy, and most things people don't or can't do in real life. Just like we can't all fuck Angelina Jolie, or give a girl a bukakke...



I've always found the "porn is fantasy" defense to be rather flimsy. In mainstream movies and television, we know that it's all acting, prosthetics, and CGI. We all agree, for example, that the kid in Idaho who burned his dick off after deciding to renact a scene from American Pie was a dumbass, and it's best that he removed himself from the world's genetic pool entirely.

But porn isn't faked (okay, well, there's the pina colada mixture...). For most adolescents, porn is their first experience of sex. It doesn't come with a disclaimer. It doesn't say "warning - don't try this at home". How or why would the average fourteen-year-old boy think that porn wasn't an accurate depiction of sex? Why would he not decide to then go practice his new porno poses, dialogue, and general expectations on his girlfriend?

It's not just teenage boys who mimick what they see in porn, either. Take a look at this first-person escort blog and her account of a bad date:

http://collegecallgirl.blogspot.com/2007/02/bad-and-ugly.html

Sounds a lot like he'd been watching a great deal of Animal Trainer, don't it.