25 Quotes About Pornography

Love it or hate it, people have a lot to say about porn

Kiki Wellington
Sex…With a Side of Quirk

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Is pornography a good thing or a bad thing? Like most things, it depends on who you ask. For some, pornography is just a form of entertainment that allows people to explore their sexuality. For others, it’s a scourge on society that opens the door to abuse. These quotes explore the range of ideas people have about porn, both good and bad.

1. “One man’s pornography is another man’s theology.”
-Clive Barker

2. “The difference between pornography and erotica is lighting.”
-Gloria Leonard

3. “The only thing that separates us from the animals…is we have pornography.”
-Chuck Palahniuk

4. “What pornography is really about, ultimately, isn’t sex but death.”
-Susan Sontag

5. “There is no dignity when the human dimension is eliminated from the person. In short, the problem with pornography is not that it shows too much of the person, but that it shows far too little.”
-Pope John Paul II

6. “Pornography and violence are by-products of societies in which private identity has been…destroyed by sudden environmental change.”
-Marshall McLuhan

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