Umuntu ongakholelwa ebukhoneni bukaNkulunkulu owaxwayisa umhlaba mayelana nokulutha kwezithombe zocansi (Deseret News, 2022)

U-Gary Wilson, elinye lamazwi aphumelela kakhulu ngokumelene nezithombe zobulili ezingcolile eziku-inthanethi, wamelana nazo zonke izinkolelo-ze

 

Umfundisi wezesayensi uGary Wilson wayengakholelwa kuNkulunkulu futhi ekuqaleni wayengumhlanganyeli ongazimisele emkhankasweni wokulwa nezithombe ezingcolile zobulili. Wadonswa kuwo umsebenzi womkakhe.

UmkaWilson wayengummeli nomlobi owahlola isayensi yokubopha ngababili kanye nobulili. Ngesikhathi kutholakala ukusakazwa kocansi, amadoda aqala ukushiya imibono kuwebhusayithi yakhe. Babekhala ngokungagculiseki ngabalingani babo, ukuntula ukukhangwa ngabantu bangempela kanye nokunyukela ekunambithekeni okuxakile abakuthola kungagculisi. Iningi lala madoda lazizwa likhululekile endaweni yakhe ngoba laligxile kwisayensi yocansi.   

Emzamweni wokusiza la madoda, umkaWilson waxoxa ngalokho ayekufunda kumyeni wakhe mayelana nokwakheka kobuchopho. Laba ababili baqala ukuzibuza, ingabe abasebenzisi bezithombe zobulili ezingcolile babeqeqesha ubuchopho babo ukuba basebenzise ngokweqile izinkanuko zobulili zokwenziwa ngaphandle kobudlelwane bangempela? 

Amanye ala madoda aqala ukuzama ukuqeda ukusetshenziswa kwezithombe zobulili ezingcolile ku-inthanethi. Bamangala, baqala ukuphulukiswa. Izinkinga zabo zocansi aziphelanga nje kuphela, kodwa bathola nezinye izinzuzo ezingalindelekile. Abaningi babike ukugxila okuthuthukisiwe, isimo sengqondo esithuthukisiwe kanye nokuzethemba okwandisiwe. Baphinde babona ukuheheka okunamandla kwezocansi nabalingani babo, kanye nokungahloniphi abantu besifazane kanye nenhlonipho enkulu. Ukuthambekela kokubuka izithombe ezingcolile zobulili ezingcolile nakho kwaqala ukushabalala. 

Ngemiphumela emihle kangaka, abantu babelokhu bebuza ukuthi kungani kwakukhona ingxoxo encane yomphakathi mayelana nemiphumela emibi ye-porn ye-intanethi, lapho kucacile ukuthi la madoda ayeyi-microcosm yamadoda emhlabeni jikelele. Ngo-2010, uWilson wethula iwebhusayithi, YourBrainOnPorn.com, ngocwaningo lwakamuva lwepulasitiki yobuchopho nokulutheka kokuziphatha. Eminyakeni emibili kamuva, wanikeza a Inkulumo ye-TEDx, “The Great Porn Experiment,” esibukwe izikhathi ezingaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-15. 

Ngalesi sikhathi, kwase kuba sobala ukuthi izithombe zobulili ezingcolile kwakungeyona nje inkinga yomfana - futhi abesifazane abasha abayimilutha baqala ukubika izinzuzo ezifanayo njengoba bethulwa ocwaningweni olufanayo. Ukuzabalaza kwabo nesithukuthezi ngesikhathi socansi, ukuphelelwa amandla ocansini, ukusebenzisa ngokweqile ithoyizi locansi kanye nemicabango ecindezelayo yocansi noma yothando kwancipha, kwathathelwa indawo ukuphindela kunkanuko yemvelo ngaphakathi ngaphandle, kunokugqugquzelwa njalo ngaphandle. Ngezinye izikhathi kwakuthatha amasonto noma izinyanga lezi. amashifu, kodwa bobabili abesifazane nabesilisa bavame ukubika intuthuko phakathi nezinsuku zokuyeka izithombe zocansi.

Ngemva kweminyaka eminingana, uWilson wabhala “Ubuchopho Bakho Ku-Porn: Izithombe Zobulili Ezingcolile Ze-Inthanethi kanye Nesayensi Ekhulayo Yokulutha,” esihunyushelwe olimini lwesiJalimane, isiJapane, isiDashi, isiRashiya, isi-Arabhu nesiHungary. Izinzuzo ezivela ekuthengeni kwayo okungu-125,000 inikelwe kunhlangano esiza umphakathi yase-UK, nakuba kube nokunye ukudawunilodwa okuningi okuvela kumakhophi aphangisiwe (inguqulo yesi-Arabhu iyodwa ilandwe izikhathi ezingu-150,000). Le ncwadi isiphenduke insiza kulabo abafuna usizo emhlabeni wonke, kanye nabasebenzi bezempilo abangathí sina ngokuqonda nokwelapha ukusetshenziswa kwezithombe zobulili ezingcolile okuyimpoqo. 

Ngemva kokufa kukaWilson ngonyaka odlule, I wabhala ukuthi cishe akekho owayenze okwengeziwe ukuze akhulule abantu emiphumeleni yokuluthwa izithombe ezingcolile ukwedlula le ndoda ethobekile, engaba nenhlanhla yokuba umngane wami. 
 

Yini echaza ukuthandwa komyalezo wakhe? Ngikholwa ukuthi yindlela akhulume ngayo ngokucacile nokuvumelana okumangalisayo kwe ukuphazamiseka kocwaningo lwesayensi uma kuziwa emthelela wezithombe ezingcolile.

Lokho kungase kube izindaba kuwe. Ungase ungomunye wabaningi abezwa ukuthi ucwaningo ngezithombe ezingcolile “luyadida” noma “luyaphikiswa” noma “aluzinzile.” Uma lokho kukuchaza, kungase kukuthakasele ukuthi ubuyekeze izifinyezo zikaWilson. Ngokwesibonelo: 

  • Izifundo ezingaphezu kwe-85 ukuxhumanisa ukusetshenziswa kwezithombe zobulili ezingcolile nempilo yengqondo nengokomzwelo empofu kanye nemiphumela engemihle yengqondo.
  • Izifundo ezingaphezu kwe-80 ukuxhumanisa ukusetshenziswa kocansi nokwaneliseka okuncane kocansi kanye nobudlelwano - nezinye izifundo ze-40 futhi ezikuxhumanisa nezinkinga zocansi kanye nokucatshangelwa kwenkanuko yocansi. 
  • Izifundo ezingaphezu kwe-40 isixhumanisi ukusetshenziswa kwezithombe zobulili ezingcolile ukuze "izimo zengqondo ezingalingani" ngabesifazane kanye nemibono yobulili.
  • Ezifundweni ezingu-55 ezisekelwe ku-neuroscience zabasebenzisi bezocansi kanye nemilutha yocansi, konke okuhlinzekayo ngaphandle kokukodwa ubufakazi yokulutheka kwezithombe zobulili ezingcolile. Okunye okungu-60 izifundo zibonisa izinkomba zokulutheka, okuhlanganisa izimpawu zokukhuphuka kokusetshenziswa kwezithombe zobulili ezingcolile, nokubekezelelana okuhambisanayo, ukujwayela kanye nezimpawu zokuhoxa. 

Naphezu kwakho konke lokhu, kusejwayelekile ngendlela emangalisayo ukuthi abantu bezwe imilayezo efana nalena, “Izithombe zocansi azilimazi kangako — aziluthi neze umlutha ... empeleni zithuthukisa ubudlelwano nezimo zobulili… Ubungazi ukuthi ukusetshenziswa kocansi kwehlisa izinga lokudlwengulwa? … Abantu benkolo kuphela abethukile ngokuluthwa kwezithombe zobulili ezingcolile …

Akukho kulokho okuyiqiniso. Isimangalo ngasinye senziwe debunked ezifundweni ezaqoqwa nguWilson. Ngenxa yalokhu kucaca, intsha engenakubalwa kanye nabantu abadala emhlabeni wonke baye bakhuthazwa ukuba baqale ukukhululeka ezithombeni ezingcolile. Futhi kuyakhula ukuqwashisa mayelana nezisulu eziningi zalo mkhakha. Izolo nje, ijaji wabusa ukuthi i-Visa ingaba necala lokucubungula izinkokhelo zesayithi elikhulu lezithombe ezingcolile ezivezwe njengenzuzo ngamavidiyo angaphansi umbiko we-groundbreaking 2020 yintatheli ye-New York Times uNicholas Kristof.

Ngisho naphakathi ukwanda okubhaliwe ekuluthweni kocansi ngesikhathi sodlame lwe-COVID-19, osaziwayo bathanda Terry Crews futhi Billie Eilish futhi muva nje bavule isifuba ngomthelela walokhu kulutheka ezimpilweni zabo kanye nezinzuzo zokuthola indawo ethile kukho. Uma kunokungabaza ngokuthi le nkululeko eyigugu isho ukuthini ekuphileni kwangempela, chitha isikhathi ubukeza mathupha abangaphezu kuka-5,000. Ama-akhawunti kwabantu abenza inqubekelaphambili ekululameni kwabo. 

Umsebenzi kaWilson uphikisana ikakhulukazi nenganekwane egcwele ukuthi ukukhathazeka kokuziphatha noma kwezenkolo kuphela okwenza abantu bangakhululeki ngezithombe ezingcolile, nokuthi kulabo abashiye ukholo, izithombe zobulili ezingcolile akufanele zibe ukukhathazeka okukhulu.  

UGary Wilson, esithombeni esingabhalwanga yisikhathi esinikezwe umndeni wakhe.
 

UGary Wilson, esithombeni esingabhalwanga yisikhathi esinikezwe umndeni wakhe.

Waya kule ndaba ngokwesayensi, ebuza ukuthi ubufakazi buthini. Futhi wayekholelwa ngokufanelekile ukuthi imfundo nokuhlola ngokuqeda izithombe ezingcolile zobulili kwakuzofakazela amaphuzu akhe. Noma kunjalo, wagxila kakhulu ekuhlaselweni okunonya kwe-inthanethi ngabakhulumeli bezithombe zobulili ezingcolile, futhi ukuhlukunyezwa kwansuku zonke kanye nobuxhwanguxhwangu be-inthanethi kancane kancane kwalimaza impilo yakhe engokomzwelo futhi kwabhebhethekisa ubuhlungu bakhe obunamandla obuhlobene nesifo seLyme. Lokhu kube nomthelela ngqo ekufeni kwakhe esikhathini esingaphezu konyaka odlule, ngoMeyi 20, 2021. 

Labo abaphakamisa amazwi abo ukuze bakhulumele amaqiniso angakhululekile, vele, bebelokhu bephikiswa futhi beshushiswa. Njengoba u-Albert Einstein asho, “Imimoya emikhulu ibilokhu ibhekana nokuphikiswa okunobudlova okuvela ezingqondweni ezimaphakathi.”

Nokho abaningi abaphishekela umsebenzi ophakeme wokwabelana ngeqiniso bakwenza lokho ngenxa yokukholelwa entandweni ephakeme noma ohlelweni lwaphezulu. UGary Wilson wenze konke lokhu ngaphandle kwaleyo nkolelo. Cabanga ukuthi hlobo luni lwesibindi esingavamile, amandla nothando olungase luthathe.

Ngakho, yebo, kukhona omunye ongakholelwa kuNkulunkulu manje. Ngiyabonga, Gary, ngakho konke okwenzele abaningi, kuhlanganise nami. Uvule indlela yokuthi abaningi bathole inkululeko ku-porn - futhi waholela abanye abaningi ukuthi bakhulume iqiniso ngokucaca okukhulu nangesibindi. 

UJacob Hess ungumhleli wePublic Square Magazine futhi wasebenza ebhodini leNational Coalition of Dialogue and Deliberation. Usebenzele ukukhuthaza ukuqonda okukhululekile kusukela ekushicilelweni kokuthi “Awuhlanya Njengoba Bengicabanga (Kodwa Usenephutha)” no-Phil Neisser. EnoCarrie Skarda, uKyle Anderson kanye noTy Mansfield, uHess uphinde wabhala “Amandla Okuthula: Ukuphila Ngokucabangela Abangcwele Bezinsuku Zokugcina.”