BEING INVESTIGATED.

>> Mike: LIVE FROM OUR

WEST COAST NEWSROOM.

MANY THANKS.

AN EDITORIAL IN

"THE NEW YORK TIMES" RECENTLY

CALLED FOR A BAN ON PORNOGRAPHY.

THE TIMES ISN'T ALONE IN WANTING

A CRACKDOWN.

ELLISON BARBER REPORTS FOR US

TONIGHT.

>> DANGEROUS AND NEGATIVE

IMPACTS.

>> A REPUBLICAN MEMBER OF THE

FLORIDA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

HAS DRAFTED A RESOLUTION TO

DECLARE PORNOGRAPHY I PUBLIC

HEALTH RISK.

>> WE NEED TO BEGIN DISCUSSING,

INVESTIGATING, RESEARCHING,

TALKING ABOUT THE IMPACTS OF IT

ON OUR STATES.

>> HE'S NOT THE FIRST TO PROPOSE

SOMETHING LIKE IT.

AT LEAST SIX STATES HAVE PASSED

RESOLUTIONS THAT SAY PORNOGRAPHY

IS A PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN.

FOCUSED ON A GOVERNMENT FUNDED

PROGRAM IN BOSTON THAT TRIES TO

TEACH HIGH SCHOOLERS ABOUT

HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS AND HOW TO

BE CRITICAL CONSUMERS OF

PORNOGRAPHY BY DISCUSSING HOW IT

PORTRAYS THINGS LIKE GENDER,

AGGRESSION, CONSENT.

SOME SAY IT IS SO BAD IT IS TIME

TO BAN IT OR AT LEAST PUT

GOVERNMENT IN IT.

>> IT'S HARD-CORE DEPICTIONS OF

WOMEN BEING RAPED, BEATEN,

ABUSED.

DOJ COULD EASILY JUST ENFORCE

THE LAWS THAT ARE ON THE BOOKS

FOR OBSCENITY.

>> A STUDY FOR THE PSYCHOLOGICAL

ASSOCIATION SURVEY 330 MEN,

MOSTLY WHITE AND MOSTLY

HETEROSEXUAL.

THEY FOUND THAT YOUNGER A MAN

WAS WHEN HE FIRST VIEWED

PORNOGRAPHY THE MORE LIKELY HE

WAS TO WANT POWER OVER WOMEN.

>> THE DAYS OF PLAYBOY ARE GONE.

TODAY PORNOGRAPHY IS VIOLENT.

>> CORRELATION DOESN'T ALWAYS

MEAN CAUSATION.

SOME EXPERTS SAY IT'S DIFFICULT

TO STUDY THE IMPACTS ON

CHILDREN.

MOST RESEARCHERS SURVEYED IS NOT

EXPERIMENTAL BECAUSE IT WOULD BE

UNETHICAL, ILLEGAL IN MOST

PLACES TO SHOW IT TO A MINOR.

>> THE GOVERNMENT WANTS TO TALK

ABOUT IT BECAUSE THEY GET A LOT

OF HEADLINES FROM IT, EVEN

DECLARING A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS

DECLARING A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISI

CRISIS.

IT'S JUST SYMBOLIC.

THERE HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN A LOT

OF STUDIES SHOW THAT PEOPLE WHO

WATCH PORNOGRAPHY AS ADULTS HOLD

MORE FEMINIST POINT OF VIEWS.

PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE ACCESS TO MORE

PORNOGRAPHY THAT IS SCARY BUT

THEY ALSO HAVE MORE ACCESS TO

PORNOGRAPHY THAT SHOWS HEALTHY

SEXUALITY.

>> IN THAT COLUMN THEY SAY THAT

IF SOCIETY WANTS BETTER MEN,

PORNOGRAPHY NEEDS TO BE

REGULATED AND RESTRICTED.

HE ARGUES THAT THE #MeToo

MOVEMENT IS INCOMPLETE IF IT

DOESN'T ADDRESS THE FACT THAT

SOME TEAMS ARE LEARNING ABOUT IT

FROM HARD-CORE PORNOGRAPHY.

OTHERS SAY SOCIETY SHOULD TALK

ABOUT IT, PARENTS READ, BUT THEY