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In reply to the discussion: "Seen On DU": Ed Meese Approves of this thread! [View all]caseymoz
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Whatever the motivation some women have for doing it, unless they are directly forced, women can stop it, at least as far as hetero porn is concerned. Females make the choice to be in porn. And except for porn that is done by force, which is less than 2%, and likely under 1%, (both figures my guess) it will be gone.
Of course, there's so much free porn available now it can continue to circulate for the foreseeable future without any more production. They literally cannot shut it down now. In fact, the market is so saturated the porn industry is probably going to go under. The only part of it I can see with any potential are webcams. Most of those are just a woman alone with a cam and an Internet connection. Any men in the equation are giving money, not collecting it.
Therefore, anti-porn feminists can't avoid the fight will coming down to women-against-women. The anti-porn faction is scornful to sex workers who won't take the excuses offered about "self-objectification" and aren't contrite about their work. When it breaks down this way, the fight is going to get vicious.
And meanwhile, issue like equal pay will fall by the wayside, and reproductive rights are likely to be rolled back.
That's the immediate future I see for modern-day feminism. It hasn't accomplished anything for thirty years and it might be another thirty before it does. It frustrates me because I consider myself to be pro-feminist.