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In reply to the discussion: When ideals collide... porn vs. feminism [View all]TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)the Kucinich battles of olden daze, along with the pondering of the ultimate worth of semi-organized street protests like Occupy filling in until Hillary vs. anyone around battles resume. Hasn't anyone done a study showing porn and cornflake chicken arguments slow down as we get closer to an election? Posters, it seems, must post.
For now, though, we have the same circular and endlessly repeated arguments (many of which I admit to having made myself). If we could figure out how to plug into them, we could have an infinite source of power.
But, curiously, hardly anyone has actually attempted to define "porn," much less "rape porn" and without a proper definition how can we know what we are actually talking about? As the entertainment industry as a whole evolves, the definitions must also evolve.
And no one has answered why depictions of rape in porn are worse than depictions of rape in "straight" movies and TV. Several R and unrated movies had the most terrifying rape scenes I could imagine. The actors were later interviewed and often said they were hit hard just by doing the scenes. Why is "porn" any worse? And why is depicting rape under any circumstances seen as worse than depicting murder, thievery, or just a good ass-kicking?