Tue Jun 19, 2012, 02:45 PM

Archae (26,391 posts)

Just an honest question here about porn...

What IS porn, and what is not?

And who decides if it is or isn't?

There are groups that want to ban the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition, calling it "porn."

And besides, I just recently read an article about the porn studios, they are actually hurting, to the point some have closed.
Not from moralists, from the simple fact people are making their own.

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45 replies	Author	Time	Post
Just an honest question here about porn... (Original post)	Archae	Jun 2012	OP
Erotica is what I enjoy	zappaman	Jun 2012	#1
What I am hearing you say is, why would anyone possibly think porn is misogynistic or object to it?	LiberalLoner	Jun 2012	#2
Gads, even those descriptions, which I take to be somewhat sanitized	hifiguy	Jun 2012	#7
But can you understand how a woman might feel really threatened by	LiberalLoner	Jun 2012	#15
That is not normal	obamanut2012	Jun 2012	#20
If a male of any age tries to force something on an unwilling	hifiguy	Jun 2012	#30
You would be amazed at how easy it is for a man to overwhelm a woman physically	LiberalLoner	Jun 2012	#32
I do not know of ANY man	unreadierLizard	Jun 2012	#43
Okay, regular porn doesn't bug me, sick fuck porn does bug me. The OP asked, so I told him	LiberalLoner	Jun 2012	#44
Kiddy porn, rape and snuff (murder) are all illegal	ProudToBeBlueInRhody	Jun 2012	#11
Two good points	obamanut2012	Jun 2012	#21
I have read kiddy porn is the fastest growing segment of porn on the internet.	LiberalLoner	Jun 2012	#22
Having sex or taking sexually suggestive pictures....	ProudToBeBlueInRhody	Jun 2012	#25
I agree with you. And what I have been trying to say here is that it is very upsetting for me	LiberalLoner	Jun 2012	#28
But you realize there is no "kiddie porn industry" right?	ProudToBeBlueInRhody	Jun 2012	#31
Yes, I do realize that. It's not legal (yet) thank goodness.	LiberalLoner	Jun 2012	#34
It will never be legal.	Hugabear	Jun 2012	#36
Why would you think it would EVER be legal?	ProudToBeBlueInRhody	Jun 2012	#39
I am certainly not saying this stuff is not out there	hifiguy	Jun 2012	#33
"snuff films"	zappaman	Jun 2012	#13
Except that Canada is searching for a murderer	FSogol	Jun 2012	#17
Well, there was the one	cloudbase	Jun 2012	#19
Lol!	whatchamacallit	Jun 2012	#29
Ive always wondered how porn is legal yet prostitution isn't...	DLine	Jun 2012	#3
Then there's food porn to consider.	HopeHoops	Jun 2012	#4
I find guitar porn has the greatest effect on me.	hifiguy	Jun 2012	#8
I've got my father's '74 Giannini craviola.	HopeHoops	Jun 2012	#40
"I don't know what it is, but I know it when I see it." - Justice Potter Stewart	WilliamPitt	Jun 2012	#5
Porn is in the eye of the beholder..	cynatnite	Jun 2012	#6
I want to ban the swimsuit edition for sucking horribly	TBMASE	Jun 2012	#9
Okay, to start, this would be classified as soft porn	snooper2	Jun 2012	#10
And here are some clips for some more hard core porn	snooper2	Jun 2012	#12
Sock Puppet Porn	HarveyDarkey	Jun 2012	#16
The court rulings are that it is whatever a community says it is	obamanut2012	Jun 2012	#14
don't forget furry porn	snooper2	Jun 2012	#18
Please don;t do this to me	obamanut2012	Jun 2012	#23
If you're trying to be "funny," you failed.	Archae	Jun 2012	#24
the better youtube link doesn't allow embedding LOL	snooper2	Jun 2012	#27
Furverts are a different subspecies.	hifiguy	Jun 2012	#35
In actuality, Doug Winger's stuff is mild in comparison, with the really screwy stuff nowadays.	Archae	Jun 2012	#41
In the immortal words of Jed Clampett,	hifiguy	Jun 2012	#42
Porn, I think, is anything someone doesn't like	Taverner	Jun 2012	#26
A lot of the hostility to sexuality in general comes from religion.	hifiguy	Jun 2012	#38
"Fundamentalist religion of any kind is the shortest path to involuntary mental illness."	Taverner	Jun 2012	#45
Porn is the pejoritive for erotica that some people find offensive.	Tierra_y_Libertad	Jun 2012	#37

Response to Archae (Original post)

Tue Jun 19, 2012, 02:48 PM

zappaman (8,375 posts)

1. Erotica is what I enjoy

Porn is what you enjoy, ya sick bastid you!

Seriously, the industry is hurting. Much like the music industry, there is so much free stuff out there that people see no reason to pay for it.
I know more than a few in the adult industry and they are trying everything they can to stay afloat.
And, by the way, this is also happening in the mainstream film industry.
Suffice it to say, the internet has changed these businesses forever and they will all have to adapt or vanish.

Just an honest question here about porn...

1. Erotica is what I enjoy

2. What I am hearing you say is, why would anyone possibly think porn is misogynistic or object to it?

7. Gads, even those descriptions, which I take to be somewhat sanitized

15. But can you understand how a woman might feel really threatened by

20. That is not normal

30. If a male of any age tries to force something on an unwilling

32. You would be amazed at how easy it is for a man to overwhelm a woman physically

43. I do not know of ANY man

44. Okay, regular porn doesn't bug me, sick fuck porn does bug me. The OP asked, so I told him

11. Kiddy porn, rape and snuff (murder) are all illegal

21. Two good points

22. I have read kiddy porn is the fastest growing segment of porn on the internet.

25. Having sex or taking sexually suggestive pictures....

28. I agree with you. And what I have been trying to say here is that it is very upsetting for me

31. But you realize there is no "kiddie porn industry" right?

34. Yes, I do realize that. It's not legal (yet) thank goodness.

36. It will never be legal.

39. Why would you think it would EVER be legal?

33. I am certainly not saying this stuff is not out there

13. "snuff films"

17. Except that Canada is searching for a murderer

19. Well, there was the one

29. Lol!

3. Ive always wondered how porn is legal yet prostitution isn't...

4. Then there's food porn to consider.

8. I find guitar porn has the greatest effect on me.

40. I've got my father's '74 Giannini craviola.

5. "I don't know what it is, but I know it when I see it." - Justice Potter Stewart

6. Porn is in the eye of the beholder..

9. I want to ban the swimsuit edition for sucking horribly

10. Okay, to start, this would be classified as soft porn

12. And here are some clips for some more hard core porn

16. Sock Puppet Porn

14. The court rulings are that it is whatever a community says it is

18. don't forget furry porn

23. Please don;t do this to me

24. If you're trying to be "funny," you failed.

27. the better youtube link doesn't allow embedding LOL

35. Furverts are a different subspecies.

41. In actuality, Doug Winger's stuff is mild in comparison, with the really screwy stuff nowadays.

42. In the immortal words of Jed Clampett,

26. Porn, I think, is anything someone doesn't like

38. A lot of the hostility to sexuality in general comes from religion.

45. "Fundamentalist religion of any kind is the shortest path to involuntary mental illness."

37. Porn is the pejoritive for erotica that some people find offensive.