THE ETHICAL IMPLICATION OF PORNOGRAPHY ON THE NIGERIANSOCIETY: ITS EFFECTS ON RELATIONSHIPS, CULTURE, AND INDIVIDUALS
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.68653/egtj3t53Keywords:
Ethical, Pornography, Culture, and SocietyAbstract
The Internet age, including cyberspace and cellular technology, has allowed the existence of pornography to proliferate in an unimaginable proportion, taking deep root in society and establishing a thoroughly mainstreamed presence. Mason in a research found out that many studies document the growing tolerance of this media genre showing trends of widening acceptability of as high as 70% among users. Various studies earlier reported between 10% and 17% of participants admitting a problem with compulsive online sexual behavior. Currently, between 20-33% of all Internet traffic is a search for sexually explicit sites. Such pornographic sites like; nollyporn, xvideos, xnxx, pornhub, xhamster, etc are commonly referred to in modern abbreviation "porn". Even though the Nigerian public is verbally intolerant of pornography due to its religious believes and cultural practices, because of the punctuation of porn in nearly every facets of society which has grown to be a significant part of people's lives, which more Nigerians log on to porn sites each day than they do to commercial sites like Jumia, Amazon, Netflix, and Google combined.
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