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Hyatt Hotels Next Chain to Block Porn From In-Room Entertainment
"The anti-pornography group the National Center on Sexual Exploitation applauded the corporation's decision to remove the graphic content from their rooms.
"Pornography use is tied to increased sexual violence and increased child abuse, along with lifelong addictions that have a detrimental neurological effect," said Halverson.
"After hearing NCOSE's concerns, Hyatt let us know that they were rethinking their policy regarding on-demand pornography, and then shortly they informed us that they have now opted to remove these videos from their guest rooms globally."
Hyatt is not the first major hotel chain in recent months to opt to discontinue offering pornographic entertainment in their guest rooms.
In August, Hilton Worldwide announced that they were phasing out pornography from the hotels they owned which offered such content.
"While the vast majority of our properties already do not offer this content today, this content will be phased out of all other hotels subject to the terms of their contracts," stated Hilton.
"We believe in offering our guests a high degree of choice and control during their stays with us, including Wi-Fi on personal devices. However, we have listened carefully to our customers and have determined that adult video-on-demand entertainment is not in keeping with our company's vision and goals moving forward."
Halverson of NCOSE told CP that she believed "there is a cultural shift in progress regarding the issue of pornography.""
Pornography is not tied to increased sexual violence unless the porn is the violent sort. Yet most consumers of porn aren't watching that sort but non-violent pornography. The non-violent sort is linked to reductions in sexual crime and violence.
As to child abuse, again, non-violent SEM (sexually explicit material) is connected to reductions in sex crimes directed at children.
I'm hoping the hotel's decision is less about caving in to fundy pressures and more about it simply not being a big profit maker in the internet porn age. And if it spares them some fundamentalist boycott getting rid of something not accouting for a single percent of their annual income, why not.
"The anti-pornography group the National Center on Sexual Exploitation applauded the corporation's decision to remove the graphic content from their rooms.
"Pornography use is tied to increased sexual violence and increased child abuse, along with lifelong addictions that have a detrimental neurological effect," said Halverson.
"After hearing NCOSE's concerns, Hyatt let us know that they were rethinking their policy regarding on-demand pornography, and then shortly they informed us that they have now opted to remove these videos from their guest rooms globally."
Hyatt is not the first major hotel chain in recent months to opt to discontinue offering pornographic entertainment in their guest rooms.
In August, Hilton Worldwide announced that they were phasing out pornography from the hotels they owned which offered such content.
"While the vast majority of our properties already do not offer this content today, this content will be phased out of all other hotels subject to the terms of their contracts," stated Hilton.
"We believe in offering our guests a high degree of choice and control during their stays with us, including Wi-Fi on personal devices. However, we have listened carefully to our customers and have determined that adult video-on-demand entertainment is not in keeping with our company's vision and goals moving forward."
Halverson of NCOSE told CP that she believed "there is a cultural shift in progress regarding the issue of pornography.""
Pornography is not tied to increased sexual violence unless the porn is the violent sort. Yet most consumers of porn aren't watching that sort but non-violent pornography. The non-violent sort is linked to reductions in sexual crime and violence.
As to child abuse, again, non-violent SEM (sexually explicit material) is connected to reductions in sex crimes directed at children.
I'm hoping the hotel's decision is less about caving in to fundy pressures and more about it simply not being a big profit maker in the internet porn age. And if it spares them some fundamentalist boycott getting rid of something not accouting for a single percent of their annual income, why not.
