@careymartin Well the truth is nobody notices anything when they are engrossed looking at their phones. I have often taken close-up portraits without the person even noticing!
@cocokinetic I think you are being very generous! What he watches in his own time is in theory his affair, unless of course someone is being exploited. The trouble is there are whole generations brought up on pornography now and think it is normal. He is the idiot to sit by a window so that passers by can easily see what he is doing.
@cocokinetic Some of the images before that one were more risqué. I am not with you about pornography not harming people. Whilst there is a supply, there is a demand. I had a career working in sexual health, where young girls were being coerced into inappropriate sexual behaviour because the young men had been exposed to pornography at a very early age, and some being as young as 11. Some men are addicted to pornography and it damages normal healthy sexual relationships. It is not a victimless activity. Many of the girls who work in the sex industry (even soft porn) have a history of sexual abuse and by doing this sort of work they are repeating this abuse. The reasons I took this image is because it stood out as something unusual and negative being a statement of our times. The previous comments above bear out my thoughts.
@cocokinetic I am not quite with you there! You said that "pornography is a thriving business especially now with the internet" . That statement in itself sort of condones it. Going back to the photo it is showing the negative aspects of our society at the moment. And street photography allows you to capture what you see.
July 6th, 2023
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