Morality and Law

Prostitution and Pornography

Prostitution and Pornography are another instance in which morality and law clash at a rhetorical level. The production of porn is a part of a distributed media that is controlled by state and federal law because of its exploitations of the human body and what it projects to the people at large.  The visual nature of human sex has been researched in recent times and found that the stimulation can be compared to that of an individual having cocaine high, that is, the same levels of physical and psychological effects are almost identical, thus shedding light that it can be dangerous to the average person if abused. There have been studies of porn addicts in which a seemingly normal person can spend hours in front of a computer searching for explicit material, often times missing appointments, having work quality become reduced, and even putting pressures on social contacts such as spouses and other family members. It may seem intrusive to put a law on a quote “ victimless” medium such as porn, but the after effects that are associated with it can fuel other activities that will lead to a criminal act that does have a victim.  These crimes can include molestation, rape, economic damage, fraud, abuse, and at some extremes, prostitution and the spread of venereal diseases by individuals seeking other means to satisfy themselves besides the partners they have.  The link between the two can create a situation in which a person cannot act in a responsible manner and their ending choice results in a harmful act.  Prostitution can be seen as an arm of pornography, only instead of visual stimulus, it branches off into the physical side of deviant behavior. We put a hold on prostitution for reasons such as human trafficking, abuse, rape, neglect, spreading of diseases, and the promotion of other crimes that can be associated with it. 

Domestic Violence

All four of the activities I have just discussed incidentally, can be traced to the crime of domestic violence. Domestic violence can stem from social pressures that alter the perception of a person in which they believe that physical abuse is a way to treat someone when there is a disagreement or no means of professing their emotions and personal deficiency.  Domestic violence can be fed by above activities in many avenues — porn and prostitution can inhibit sexual needs which can hinder a healthy relationship between two people which results in either the beating of an individual or a confrontation that leads to a violent reaction. Drugs and alcohol can be temporary fixes for an individual that may not understand the situation within their marriage and then promote acts of violence from effects the substances can make upon the human mind. All of these can make a nasty perfect storm for an individual to fall into various forms of addictions and misunderstandings in which the person becomes introduced to crime.  

The above reasons are why I believe that Morality and Law are two institutions that are married into each other to form an inescapable bond. There cannot be just law without moral scopes and trends that guide a person to decide the checks and balances a society will follow in order to promote safe neighborhoods and the order of the state. If one cannot understand the various links from physical to psychological affects of seemingly harmless activities, then they will not understand the overall aspect of preserving a statehood in which people can function in a sane manner to help the progression of humanity in peace.  People will always try and push the envelope if left unchecked and it is the job of the society to make rules and regulations so as to curtail people from creating disturbances that lead to unrest and bedlam.