House
Concurrent
Resolution
8
-
Introduced
HOUSE
CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION
NO.
8
BY
SALMON
A
Concurrent
Resolution
recognizing
the
public
health
1
hazard
of
pornography
and
its
harmful
proliferation
2
on
the
internet
and
calling
for
vigorous
enforcement
3
of
obscenity
laws
and
steps
to
address
the
crisis
of
4
easily
accessible
pornography
on
the
internet.
5
WHEREAS,
the
General
Assembly
recognizes
that
6
pornography
is
creating
a
public
health
crisis
and
7
perpetuates
a
sexually
toxic
environment;
and
8
WHEREAS,
efforts
to
prevent
pornography
exposure
9
and
addiction,
to
educate
individuals
and
families
10
concerning
its
harmful
effects,
and
to
develop
recovery
11
programs
must
be
addressed
systemically
in
a
manner
12
that
holds
broader
influences
accountable;
and
13
WHEREAS,
pornography
contributes
to
the
14
hypersexualization
of
teens
and
prepubescent
children
15
in
our
society;
and
16
WHEREAS,
due
to
advances
in
technology
and
the
17
universal
availability
of
the
internet,
children
are
18
frequently
exposed
to
what
used
to
be
referred
to
as
19
hard-core
pornography
but
is
now
considered
mainstream
20
pornography;
and
21
WHEREAS,
a
study
of
university
students
found
that
22
93
percent
of
boys
and
62
percent
of
girls
have
viewed
23
pornography
during
adolescence;
and
24
WHEREAS,
this
exposure
leads
to
low
self-esteem
and
25
body
image
disorders,
an
increase
in
problematic
sexual
26
activity
at
younger
ages,
and
a
greater
likelihood
27
of
engaging
in
risky
sexual
behavior
such
as
the
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transmission
of
sexually
explicit
images,
hookups,
1
multiple
sex
partners,
group
sex,
and
the
use
of
2
substances
during
adolescent
sex;
and
3
WHEREAS,
exposure
to
pornography
often
serves
as
4
sex
education
for
children
and
youth
and
shapes
their
5
sexual
templates;
and
6
WHEREAS,
because
pornography
treats
women
as
objects
7
and
commodities
for
the
viewer’s
use,
it
teaches
girls
8
they
are
to
be
used
and
teaches
boys
to
be
users;
and
9
WHEREAS,
pornography
often
depicts
rape
and
abuse
as
10
being
harmless;
and
11
WHEREAS,
pornography
fosters
less
egalitarian
12
attitudes
and
promotes
more
hostile
sexist
attitudes
13
of
men
towards
women,
increased
acceptance
of
rape
14
myths,
greater
likelihood
of
sexual
harassment
or
15
sexually
coercive
and
forceful
behavior
by
adolescents,
16
increased
male
sexual
aggression
towards
women,
more
17
pronounced
male
sexual
aggression
against
women
by
men
18
who
are
frequent
consumers
of
pornography
or
who
use
19
violent
pornography,
and
increased
verbal
and
physical
20
aggression
among
both
male
and
female
consumers
of
21
pornography;
and
22
WHEREAS,
pornography
increases
the
demand
for
sex
23
trafficking,
prostitution,
and
child
sexual
abuse
24
images;
and
25
WHEREAS,
potential
detrimental
effects
on
users
of
26
pornography
can
impact
brain
function
and
development,
27
contribute
to
emotional
and
medical
illnesses,
shape
28
deviant
sexual
arousal,
and
promote
problematic
or
29
harmful
sexual
behaviors
such
as
harmful
child-on-child
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sexual
behaviors
that
occur
in
school
and
homes
and
on
1
playgrounds
or
others
settings;
and
2
WHEREAS,
recent
research
indicates
that
pornography
3
is
potentially
biologically
addictive,
which
means
the
4
user
requires
more
novelty,
often
in
the
form
of
more
5
shocking
material,
in
order
to
be
satisfied;
and
6
WHEREAS,
this
biological
addiction
leads
to
an
7
increased
use
of
pornography
featuring
themes
of
risky
8
sexual
behaviors,
extreme
degradation,
violence,
child
9
sexual
abuse
images,
and
child
pornography;
and
10
WHEREAS,
pornography
use
is
linked
to
difficulty
11
in
forming
or
maintaining
intimate
relationships,
a
12
lessening
desire
in
young
men
to
marry,
dissatisfaction
13
in
marriage,
and
infidelity,
demonstrating
that
this
14
link
has
a
detrimental
effect
on
the
family
unit;
and
15
WHEREAS,
the
obscenity
industry
considers
the
16
line
of
legality
to
be
drawn
by
prosecutors,
not
by
17
legislators,
and
pornographers
in
many
parts
of
the
18
country
self-regulate
when
state
and
federal
obscenity
19
laws
are
enforced;
and
20
WHEREAS,
overcoming
the
harm
of
pornography
is
21
beyond
the
capability
of
the
afflicted
individuals
to
22
address
alone;
NOW
THEREFORE,
23
BE
IT
RESOLVED
BY
THE
HOUSE
OF
REPRESENTATIVES,
THE
24
SENATE
CONCURRING,
That
the
General
Assembly
recognizes
25
that
pornography
is
a
public
health
hazard
which
26
leads
to
a
broad
spectrum
of
individual
and
societal
27
harms;
recognizes
the
need
for
education,
prevention,
28
research,
and
policy
changes
at
the
local,
state,
and
29
national
levels
to
address
the
pornography
epidemic
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that
is
harming
the
people
of
our
state
and
nation,
1
and
calls
upon
the
United
States
Department
of
Justice
2
and
members
of
the
federal,
state,
and
local
criminal
3
justice
system
to
vigorously
enforce
federal
and
4
state
obscenity
laws
against
commercialized
obscenity
5
and
upon
Congress
to
address
the
crisis
of
easily
6
accessible
pornography
on
the
internet;
and
7
BE
IT
FURTHER
RESOLVED,
That
copies
of
this
8
Resolution
be
sent
to
the
Acting
Attorney
General
of
9
the
United
States
Matthew
Whitaker,
Majority
Leader
10
of
the
United
States
Senate
Mitchell
McConnell,
Jr.,
11
Speaker
of
the
United
States
House
of
Representatives
12
Nancy
Pelosi,
and
each
member
of
Iowa’s
congressional
13
delegation.
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