The president of The Catholic University of America has voiced his support for a student government resolution that asked the university to block the 200 most popular porn sites from its internet system.
“I am so proud of our students,” CUA president John Garvey wrote in an op-ed for the Arlington Catholic Herald on April 24.
“This month the student government association, the body that represents our undergraduates, passed a resolution asking the university to prohibit access through the campus network to the 200 most frequently visited pornography websites. I told them we’d be happy to.” The non-binding resolution was passed by a vote of 13 to 12.
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Garvey noted that pornography has become more accessible than it once was; where in the past it could only be found in “leather-bound books in gentlemen’s clubs and private libraries”, today “any six-year-old can find it on a cellphone”.
In addition, pornography has become more graphic, and advances in technology not only make pornography more addictive, but also make it easier for people to slip into the mindset of: “We don’t need one another for sexual fulfilment.
“We can summon imaginary partners at the touch of a button.”