Pornography, A Neglected Prevailing Addiction

Authors

  • Rabeea Mushtaq Final Year MBBS Student, Dow Medical College, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan
  • Saba Samad Final Year MBBS Student, Dow Medical College, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan
  • Syed Muhammad Ashraf Jahangeer Department of Community Medicine, Dow Medical College, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan
  • admin

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.4947

Abstract

By this letter we aim to highlight the neglected issue of excessive viewing of pornography and its impact on the person and the society as a whole. An authority on this topic devised a “triple-A engine” effect criteria: accessibility, affordability and anonymity, to explain the pervasiveness of Internet addiction including Pornography(1). Pornography is a Compulsive Sexual Behaviour Disorder which has been classified under impulse control disorder in ICD-11 (2). Whereas, here, in Pakistan the prevailing erotica has not yet been perceived as a problematic condition even though several disturbing incidents have been reported. In 2015, the largest ever child abuse scandal in Hussain Khanwala Village of Pakistan was brought to light. Over 280 children were compelled to have sex while being videotaped and more than a thousand copies were trafficked (3). This case of child pornography alerted the victims’ families but the root cause was not determined nor were strict laws against the persecutors enforced. Hence, to form counter strategies for such incidences in future, this issue and its ramifications should be highlighted through researches. Gathering statistical evidences can help in making laws and deriving measures as to when and how they should be implemented.

Many surveys and researches have concluded that excessive pornography usage has led to negative impacts on relationships as sexual desires in the participants were found to be significantly diminished and the porn addicts showed heightened expectations from their partners. Poor performance at work and negligence was also observed in some users due to being preoccupied in their obscene thoughts and repetitive viewing. (4) Research has shown pornography can provoke men to seek pleasure by unlawful means like rape considering the fact that it displays aggressive sex. It can incorporate violence in men and inability to distinguish between agony and love. This leads to men thinking that violent sex or sex without the consent of women is allowed and enjoyed by the women (5) which is a misperception that leads to crime.

Last year a rising trend was demonstrated amongst the viewers which has been attributed to the enforcement of lockdown due to COVID-19. Lack of work and outgoing activities caused people to spend more time on the screen which also increased porn viewing. (6)

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Author Biographies

Rabeea Mushtaq, Final Year MBBS Student, Dow Medical College, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan

Rabeea Mushtaq
Content Creator At Medlyncs
Dow Medical College
Karachi, Pakistan.
RABEEA.MUSHTAQ16@DMC.duhs.edu.pk
Contact number : +923312518754



Saba Samad , Final Year MBBS Student, Dow Medical College, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan

Saba Samad
Instructor At First Response Initiative Of Pakistan
Dow Medical College
Karachi, Pakistan

Saba.samad16@dmc.duhs.edu.pk
Contact Number : +923310282857

Published

2022-06-22

How to Cite

Rabeea Mushtaq, Saba Samad, Syed Muhammad Ashraf Jahangeer, & admin. (2022). Pornography, A Neglected Prevailing Addiction. Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 72(6), 1263–1267. https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.4947

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