How does pornography harm America?

For a very complete discussion of issues relating to
pornography, please follow the link below.

It is very hard
to objectively determine how pornography has hurt the country.  This is because many
negative outcomes that could be blamed on pornography can also be blamed on other
factors.  Therefore, it is difficult to know how much of an impact pornography has on
those outcomes.

Some common claims made about pornography
are:

• It victimizes children.  The link below
  discusses the prevalence of child pornography.  It also argues that people who watch
  pornography are more likely to molest children.


• It leads
  to sexual violence against women.  Watching pornography, the argument goes, encourages
  men to have unhealthy attitdues towards women.  This can lead to them attacking women
  because they have stopped seeing women as people and have started to see them as sex
  obects only.


• It leads to weakening of American families. 
  The argument here is that men who watch pornography end up damaging their real-life
  relationships.