@John W – Is pornography “safe”? Anything can be done to excess. People are compulsive over-eaters but we don’t say food in not safe. Violent movies sometimes inspire people to do violent things but we don’t ban violent movies. So “safe” is rather subjective. Can it change people’s attitudes towards sex and especially shape young people’s idea of what sex is about? I think that’s the point Ms. Gallop is trying to make. No studies done so far – despite the claims of Santorum.

@ Michael Savage – Go to YouTube and search for her name and you will find the video uncensored.
Control free censors, indeed.

Dear Cindy and fellow readers, has anyone looked at the impact free distribution of pornography has on the community we share? In other words, people often say pornography is wonderful thing between consenting adults and in the privacy of their own home. What if pornography affects the viewer the causes them to behave differently than those not watching pornography outside of their own home? I mean, is this stuff safe? If you say it’s safe, how can you be certain? How many studies show pornography has no impact on the viewer? Or how about the opposite, are there studies that show how it affects one’s behaviour (and attitudes toward women, which Cindy admits in this video)? Constructive comments are encouraged.

I have to say I was stopped from listening to Ms. Gallop by the bleeping of her words presumably by the TED website. Are you kidding? You put this forthright woman on your site speaking of sex acts (porn vs. reality) and then censor her? Her ideas are good in general but our tender ears can not be subjected to the specifics? That is the most absurd, anti-reality, anti-knowledge decision I can imagine. What is TED thinking?