The Price of Pleasure

Disclaimer: This particular blog post isn't specifically about banning pornography from the Chicago Public Library. However, it is educational and applies to the porn industry at large.

Since the beginning of this campaign, I've become aware of several people on both sides of this struggle. This struggle being whether or not we should allow and use government dollars, even in part, to fund pornography use in public libraries. In the process of learning about people involved in the struggle and the larger struggle of pornography use (again, both sides), I've discovered the trailer for a documentary, The Price of Pleasure. This documentary effectively presents the entire porn industry in an unbiased manner. (And please, use discretion if you decide to watch the trailer found on the website. It is, by all means, disturbing.)

...the film examines the unprecedented role that commercial pornography now occupies in U.S. popular culture. Going beyond the debate of liberal versus conservative so common in the culture, The Price of Pleasure provides a holistic understanding of pornography as it debunks common myths about the genre.

As a society it is important for people to understand the bigger picture of how pornography affects us as a whole. Instead of blindly providing pornography to any who seeks it as long as they can obtain a library card, we need to become better educated about what this really is and how affects us. We should not and can not assume that this is a harmless free-for-all.