Porn Generation
Townhall has a bullet-like summary of Ben Shapiro's book, Porn Generation. The book sounds like it's worth reading, though we suspect it rehashes a lot of the same information that anyone with a sane eye on our culture already knows. Link. Excerpts:
Shapiro points out the craziness of a society which turns criminals into multi-millionaire rap stars, especially when they teach boys “that it's okay to treat women like dirt” and that these “contemporary buffoons, vulgarians and misogynists are”¦the ones who are 'keeping it real',” while teaching young girls that boys only want strippers and prostitutes.
He argues that youth cling to “gangsta' rap” because it “distances them from their parents, and in some sense, serves as a rejection of their parents' culture and their race itself.” This new mentality, according to Shapiro, has only served to promote moral relativism and give young whites the “false impression that [gangsta' rap] actually represents mainstream black America.” This highlights the hypocrisy of multiculturalism and empowerment within my generation. As the Rev. Al Sharpton said, “Civil rights marchers didn't march so that a rapper 'has the right to call your mama a ho.'” . . .
The recurring theme of this book is that parents are increasingly being cut out of the loop, with schools replacing their authority in sex ed, teenybopper magazines telling their kids what to think and “how to exploit”¦'rents into letting [them] date,” and music contributing to the clash of generations. He summarizes his view of teenybopper magazines with the question “Where the hell are your parents?”
