I see great value in the primary objective of this post, but I don't quite agree with the secondary action.

I'm one of the few people I know that has only been intimate with one woman, and I support monagomy. That being said, I also believe that mammals aren't necessarily monogamous and I realize that this is a social solution to a real problem that's been implemented by white-europeans and it isn't necessarily the only solution.

The real problem being how do you assure 1. your offspring are really yours, and 2. how do you make sure they make it to adulthood and their own progeny safely.

Many cultures are polygamous with success--if you're rich and can kill or get rid of all of the other males, in Arab cultures, they had (have?) harems, in Mormon culture, a similar situation. Even in the Bible, they have multiple wives and concubines. In Africa today, the primary strategy for males is to impregnate as many women as possible, but they don't even marry. It 'takes a village' because no-one knows who the fathers are. All of these same social solutions happen with animals.

But these still have problems solving the two problems, so I agree monogamy is best and I practice it. It definitely removes the risk of STD's for me.

That being said, I don't see the direct connection to porn. Millions of people look at 'smut' without participating and it's a good outlet for men when wives are pregnant, cycling or just not interested. I understand that the participants in porn (or even rated-R movies) may-not be monagamous, but that's not my problem.

As for condoms to protect against STD's, it's like giving little squares of plywood to people playing Russian roulette. Bang! Kinda scary. But condoms can be effective birth-control, something even married people need.

IS there hope for this? No. Should we give up? No.