Ed Emery resolution condemning pornography, saying it cause "deviant sexual arousal," more group sex passed by Senate Committee

The Missouri Senate's Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee voted today to label pornography as a bad thing.

Senate Concurrent Resolution 3, sponsored by Sen. Ed Emery, R-Lamar, details all of the evils of pornography including harming children, damaging marriages and "shaping deviant sexual arousal.

According to Missourient, Emery says "pornography is harming families, undermining marriages and moving sexual relationships to a violent nature."

The text of the resolution is printed below:








SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 3 

Whereas, pornography perpetuates a sexually toxic environment; 

and Whereas, efforts to prevent pornography exposure and addiction, to educate individuals and families concerning its harms, and to develop recovery programs should be addressed systematically in ways that hold broader influences accountable; 

and Whereas, pornography may contribute to the hypersexualization of teenagers, and even prepubescent children, in our society; 

and Whereas, owing to advances in technology and the universal availability of the internet, young children can be exposed to what used to be referred to as hardcore, but is now considered mainstream, pornography at an alarming rate; 

and Whereas, the average age of exposure to pornography is now 11 to 12 years of age; 

Whereas, this early exposure can lead to low self-esteem and body image disorders, an increase in problematic sexual activity at younger ages, and an increased desire among adolescents to engage in risky sexual behavior; 

and Whereas, exposure to pornography may serve as children's and youth's sex education and may shape their sexual templates; 









and Whereas, pornography may normalize violence and abuse; 

and Whereas, pornography often depicts rape and abuse as if such acts are harmless; 

and Whereas, pornography equates violence with sex and pain with pleasure, which increases the demand for sex trafficking, prostitution, images of child sexual abuse, and child pornography; 

and Whereas, use of pornography can potentially negatively affect brain development and functioning, contribute to emotional and medical illnesses, shape deviant sexual arousal, and lead to difficulty in forming or maintaining intimate relationships as well as problematic or harmful sexual behaviors and addiction; 

and Whereas, use of pornography, by either partner, is linked to an increased likelihood that individuals will engage in group intercourse; 

and Whereas, recent research indicates that pornography is potentially biologically addictive, which means the user requires more novelty, often in the form of more shocking material, in order to be satisfied; 

and Whereas, this biological addiction may lead to increasing themes of risky sexual behaviors, extreme degradation, violence, child sexual abuse, and child pornography; 

and Whereas, pornography use is linked to lessening desire to marry, dissatisfaction in marriage, and infidelity; 

and Whereas, this link demonstrates that pornography has a detrimental effect on the family unit: 

Now, Therefore, Be It Resolved that the members of the Missouri Senate, One-hundredth General Assembly, First Regular Session, the House of Representatives concurring therein, hereby recognize pornography as leading to individual and societal harms and recognize the need for education, prevention, research, and policy change at the community and societal level.