Are Our Newsstands A Haven For Bestiality?
Posted by Ross Rosenberg
This anti-pornography film from the 1960s left me with one very obvious, and troubling, conclusion: I am deeply envious of the wordsmithery of morally conservative propagandists. From his terse, esoteric pronunciation of bestiality, to his description of a “flood-tide of filth” — a description that calls to mind great, towering waves of briny genitalia — in terms of oratorical outrage, George Putnam is equal parts Shakespeare and Don King. Listening to his ode to a young, female sex toy, he paints a picture of sleazy, corrupted innocence that far exceeds any photograph. His insights are pointed, “[…]very few blind people join the nudist colonies,” he notes; his logic flawless. It was only when he described the irreversible effects of pornography that I realized why man-on-top missionary style sex did not excite me and why I insisted that my girlfriend participate in elaborate, 80s themed cos-play. Suddenly forcing her to dress like Jem or one of the My Little Ponies made perfect, if horrible, sense.
Yet, Putnam remains humble throughout. “In this ad, the titles of the magazines and their table of contents speak more eloquently than I about the tremendous problem here presented,” he says, before uttering the words “Sexual sadism. Strange flagellation cults” with a gravitas that would drive Morgan Freeman mad with jealousy. Oh George, you sell yourself short. Who else could speak of homosexuals as an evil “species” without coming off as a completely ignorant, hateful bigot? Who else could retain their composure while narrating over scores of photographs of female breasts covered by bars so large that one would think these women were in possession of the most freakishly huge areolas to be found on this planet, Earth? Not I!
Towards the end of the clip he quotes Pitirim A. Sorokin — the famed sociologist and author of, among other works, the hysterical and reactionary The American Sex Revolution — as saying that the newsstands of the time
[…] depict the world as a sort of human zoo, inhabited by raped, mutilated, and murdered females and by he-males, outmatching in bestiality, cavemen and out-lusting the lustiest of animals. Male and female alike are hardened in cynical contempt for human life and values.
Part of me wishes these two gentleman had been able to see some of the more interesting corners of the internet, if only to have been able to see their brains leak out their ears. In fact, Putnam is still alive and has, at the very least, changed his opinion on homosexuals. Someone should sit him down in front of 4chan before it’s too late.
Perversion for Profit [YouTube] : poeTV
Categories: 80s, 4chan, Bestiality, Rail, 1960s, Rape, Perverts, Sex, Homosexuals, Propaganda, Fetishes, Sexology
Posted at 1:51 pm on June 30, 2008
12 Comments -
edit: cynical “contempt”
Comment by dean — June 30, 2008 @ 2:49 pm
otherwise, um… stimulating…
Comment by dean — June 30, 2008 @ 2:49 pm
I think of people like this in the same way I think of people who believe in Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster - I kind of wish they were right. Imagine how bizarre and insane the world would be if even half of their fantasies were real.
Comment by CJ — June 30, 2008 @ 3:48 pm
Jesus! Not the Communist Masters of Deceit! Where’s my little boy?! He might be mischieviously thumbing his way to sexually deviant communistic practices right this very moment!
Comment by Matt Anderson — June 30, 2008 @ 6:47 pm
I’d like to send a copy of “The Internets” back in time to this fellow.
Comment by Chiablo — June 30, 2008 @ 7:45 pm
Canadian comedy troupe Loading Ready Run has been releasing at least one new video a week for over four years. In 2005 they mixed “Perversion for Profit” in with a few other informational films of the same era. Check it out here.
Comment by Evil Jim — July 1, 2008 @ 3:45 am
Why is it so hard for hard core conservatives to understand that it is in our genes to like “porn”. Its completely normal.
Comment by RobertSeattle — July 1, 2008 @ 10:46 am
We all know this type by now. I probably couldn’t even begin to guess his fetish. Young boys with Hawaiian skirts jumping on him while he wears an oxygen mask? Who knows, but you know it’s something totally bizarre…
Comment by Richardson — July 1, 2008 @ 10:49 am
Obviously over the top and bigotted in retrospect. But I think the question of what the mass consumption of porn ultimately means for society is still very much up for grabs. My guess is that its like the use of recreational drugs. There are segments of society who will digest a constant stream of pornography and find healthy and gratifying outlets for the impulses it stimulates. And there are segments of society that it could complete consume. And a very, very small minority will probably be prompted to behaviors that they might have otherwise managed to muzzle without the constant stimulation. I think the war over the mainstreaming of porn is just beginning actually. Should be fun to watch.
Comment by Carl — July 1, 2008 @ 12:56 pm
We (Chad & I = M12) remixed George into a little ditty called “Deviant Sex, Crime and Violence,” about 5 years ago as part of our “Heil America” project.
You can see it here in all of its depraved glory:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=2oYWg__gjdE
Comment by Eric Logan — July 1, 2008 @ 3:11 pm
A doc on porn on HBO stated that as soon as the movie camera was invented, the first porn movies were made. They were usually staffed by moonlighting Hollywood crews (as they probalby are today!)
I’m guessing that the 75-90% of the people who buy porn have kids and that’s how it gets into children’s hands!
Comment by Samguy — July 1, 2008 @ 7:39 pm
Man, America used to claim the Great Lakes?
Huh.
Comment by jeff n. — July 14, 2008 @ 10:51 am