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Utah calls pornography public health crisis

Posted April 21st, 2016, 10:17 AM IST

Utah calls pornography public health crisis

Los Angeles: Utah became the first US state on Tuesday to formally declare pornography a public health crisis, in a move backed by Republicans, seeking to shield its citizens from an “epidemic” of addictive sexual content.

A major adult entertainment trade group dismissed the move as “noxious” and an “old-fashioned morals bill,” but experts say it could open the door to other US states to follow suit.

“Pornography is a public health crisis. The problem is rampant, yet it thrives in secrecy and silence,” Governor Gary Herbert said in a statement after signing the resolution.

“Today’s bills will start an open discussion, bringing its very real dangers to light.”
The state legislature approved the text earlier this year, calling for “the need for education, prevention, research, and policy change at the community and societal level in order to address the pornography epidemic that is harming the citizens of Utah and the nation.”We realize this is a bold assertion and there are some out there who will disagree with us. We’re here to say it is, in fact, the full-fledged truth,” Herbert said during a signing ceremony.

“We also want our young people to know that there's a particularly psychological and physiological detriment that comes from addiction to pornography.” Republican state senator Todd Weiler, who sponsored the bill, defended the measure, saying “we’re not spending money and we're not banning anything.” Instead, the resolution calls for people in Utah to cooperate in curtailing the consumption of pornographic material.

“The claims and the implied proscriptions harken to the dark days before adult film was legal, and when sex and sexuality were only discussed behind closed doors, if at all.”

London: With a three-metre statue of Greek mythological hero Heracles having been vandalised regularlyespecially during festivals and special events, townspeople of Arcachon have devised a plan to stop ‘any further pain and embarassment’ to the historic structure.

According to the Daily Mail, oner the years, the hero, known for his virility and thirst for women, has been stripped of his manhood time and again, according to the seaside town.

The statue of Heracles, or Hercules, has stood in the Parc Mauresque in Arcachon since 1948. Vandals have been snapping off the beloved sculpture's genitalia regularly.

To avoid this, the townspeople have created a removable penis that would be used only on special occasions which warrant ceremonies in the park. ‘I wouldn't want anyone — not even my worst enemies - to go through what happens to this statue,' Mayor Yves Foulon said.

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