Watching porn in public is harrassment

[ramjb]

For some reason my facebook feed is blowing up with this story being reported by multiple news agencies (BBC, Guardian, Daily Mail). Like WTF is this even a topic.

Also how did the journalist that reported it know it wasn't anime instead of porn?

Typical Guardian: Watching porn in public is not OK. It’s harassment

When you see a man looking at porn in public (and yes, I know it’s not all men but a minority of them), aside from laughing, or feeling scared, or uncomfortable, you might also experience a sense of awe. Imagine, just imagine, having such a sense of ownership of and entitlement to public space that your need to watch a naked woman being penetrated outweighs the discomfort of the women (and children) in the physical environment around you catching you watching it. The lack of respect is staggering.

Personally, I see it as a form of harassment. Most people would say that doing it is socially unacceptable and I hope that other passengers would stand up for the person who chooses to object. It is much easier being brave and assertive when you know other people have got your back.

But it is important also to change the underlying culture, and that means starting young. Not just in the classroom, but at home as well. Too many parents are squeamish about discussing porn. They need to get over this, and start talking about it now, before watching porn becomes even more normalised.

[Deleted]

LUL has this journalist seen any popular movie lately?

Movies such as 50 shades of grey are literally soft porn.

[Charge me Doctor]

I see nothing wrong in watching porn in public in modern society

[Celista]

Porn in public can possibly be used as a type of harassment, depending. It is a bit of a stretch for porn to be utilized as a means of harassment, but it is possible. More often it is illegal because it violates obscenity laws.

Beyond the legality of it, if you're watching porn in a public place where other people can clearly see/hear you watching porn, you're pretty disgusting. But you should go ahead and keep doing it, so you can get picked up on that obscenity charge and weed yourself out of the breeding population for the rest of us.

[Deleted]

I say that people should just keep watching porn in public, makes it easier to point out the people who haven't developed proper manners.

[Deleted]

I see nothing wrong in watching porn in public in modern society

Is it really that hard for some people to wait with it until they are at home?
Also, what's even the point in doing so to begin with?

[Charge me Doctor]

Is it really that hard for some people to wait with it until they are at home?
Also, what's even the point in doing so to begin with?

Some people consider porn being an art. Which porn do we talk about? Is it some weird subreddit with naked people or kinky videos with 100% volume?
I mean, it's considered OK to watch GoT in public, but not ok to watch porn, both of them are 18+, at this point i don't see the difference.

Let's drive it up all the way to absurd city - should drawing (drafting, doodling, whatever) fake anime boobies in your notebook considered harassment? And if it doesn't have nipples? If it do have nipples but it's male nipples?

[Blobfish]

I used to read Girlie mags on the train to work.
Mags like FHM and ZOO
Mainly it was for the articles.

No one was offended on a crowded train

[Celista]

I mean, it's considered OK to watch GoT in public, but not ok to watch porn, both of them are 18+, at this point i don't see the difference.

I mean, if you don't know the difference between GoT and actual porn then maybe you should go back to middle school health class.

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I used to read Girlie mags on the train to work.
Mags like FHM and ZOO
Mainly it was for the articles.

No one considers FHM to be porn. If you brought Penthouse or started watching Pornhub on the train you would have likely gotten quite the reaction.

[Charge me Doctor]

I mean, if you don't know the difference between GoT and actual porn then maybe you should go back to middle school health class.

Porn has dongs, butts and boobies. GoT has dongs, butts and boobies, also incest, also murder, also blood and gore, also weird-ass-shadow-baby-killers. I don't know what's worse actually.

As long as no one is beating it in public or listens to it without a headset - it's fine.

[Celista]

Porn has dongs, butts and boobies. GoT has dongs, butts and boobies, also incest, also murder, also blood and gore, also weird-ass-shadow-baby-killers. I don't know what's worse actually.

As long as no one is beating it in public or listens to it without a headset - it's fine.

...I am not spelling the difference between GoT and porn out for you....

Public porn viewing can get you a disorderly conduct charge at best and an obscenity charge at worst, particularly if you (inadvertently or no) view pornography in a public area in front of children. That sort of behavior is what can get you on a sex offender list for crimes against children.

[Not A Cat]

Well it depends, if some dude is looking like he's having too much fun with himself then there's a problem.

But if some dude is looking at nudey pics on his phone and keeping to himself I don't see the issue. You shouldn't be looking at other people's phones anyway without their permission.

[Independent voter]

Church lady where I worked took the bus because her husband couldn't come pick her up for a couple of weeks. Some guy next to her started looking at porn in a magazine. It ruined her travel experience.

You can wait until you're by yourself to watch porn, it's not like food and water, you don't need to consume it.

[Charge me Doctor]

Church lady where I worked took the bus because her husband couldn't come pick her up for a couple of weeks. Some guy next to her started looking at porn in a magazine. It ruined her travel experience.

You can wait until you're by yourself to watch porn, it's not like food and water, you don't need to consume it.

So, you should hold doing any sort of activity that isn't food and water until you are home? Because it may cause inconvenience for some very weird people who like to stick their nose in others privates? Was it too hard to your church lady to, you know, look away if she choose to make nudity such a big no-no for her?

Or, you know, do something that human species are good at - communicate. Say something along next lines: "hello, would you mind to close your porn magazine for a while until i get to my destination point?", in best case he will stop looking at porn, in worst case he will say that you should mind your own business and not look into someone elses read.
Or something in the middle (if you don't like talking to other human being, which is way more weird than watching porn IMO) - like, move to the next seat.

[Ryme]

Hahahahahahaha, absolutely brilliant.

[Charge me Doctor]

...I am not spelling the difference between GoT and porn out for you....

Public porn viewing can get you a disorderly conduct charge at best and an obscenity charge at worst, particularly if you (inadvertently or no) view pornography in a public area in front of children. That sort of behavior is what can get you on a sex offender list for crimes against children.

Just wondering, if i put a paper-bag-cover on some sort of porn magazine, sit down in a bus on a 1-spot seat, start reading it and you lean over my shoulder, see me reading/watching porn and flip over it. Who is in wrong here? You for invading my privacy, or me for watching porn in public? Because that exactly what it sounds like when we talk about someone watching porn on their device in public (aka, bench on a park, plane, walking down the street) - invasion of privacy.

I know that i create an impression of heavy i-public-porn-watcher for some people, but believe me or not, i don't do that, but i think that people should be able to watch whatever they want on their devices as long as it's not done out loud.

[Baltasar]

Oh look another butthurt thread about offended babies.Get fucking real.

[draganid]

the article linked is very presumptuous. what if it was some dude getting his ass rekt in a porn? would the womenz still be uncomfortable???

[Azadina]

the article linked is very presumptuous. what if it was some dude getting his ass rekt in a porn? would the womenz still be uncomfortable???

You can try to find out. Travel to a fine place like Saudi-Arabia, and start watching gay porn on a tablet, while around people in public transports.

[Revi]

Don't know if I would define it as harassment, but it's public obscenity and you're making people way more uncomfortable than should be within your rights to do - if you're doing it in a way/place where it's reasonable that others might see it.