Pamela Anderson, the former Playmate, has described pornography as a “public hazard” that affects men’s “ability to function as husband, and, by extension, as father”.
The former Baywatch star made the claims that pornography was “corrosive” in a joint op-ed article with Shmuley Boteach, an American Orthodox Jewish rabbi and author.
They were writing in response to the latest Anthony Weiner sex scandal, in which the former politician was caught sending a picture of his crotch to a woman in the presence of his young son.
“This is a public hazard of unprecedented seriousness given how freely available, anonymously accessible and easily disseminated pornography is nowadays,” they wrote in the Wall Street Journal.
“We are a guinea-pig generation for an experiment in mass debasement that few of us would have ever consented to, and whose full nefarious impact may not be known for years. How many families will suffer? How many marriages will implode? How many talented men will scrap their most important relationships and careers for a brief onanistic thrill? How many children will propel, warp-speed, into the dark side of adult sexuality by forced exposure to their fathers’ profanations?”
The pair wrote that pornography was for “losers”, an outlet for people “too lazy to reap the ample rewards of healthy sexuality”.
Anderson, 49, has appeared on more Playboy covers – 15 – than any other model. She has had two sex tapes leaked, the first with ex-husband Tommy Lee in 1995 and the second with Bret Michaels.