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In reply to the discussion: ‘Rape porn’ possession to be punished by three years in jail, David Cameron to announce [View all]chervilant
(8,267 posts)regarding the "dark side" of human sexuality. However, the fact remains that our patriarchal socio-cultural milieu is the crucible within which our species develops our sexuality--'fantasies' and all. It is totally unnecessary to conflate power and control with sexual intimacy. That we do so isn't necessarily a healthy outcome.
For more, read:
The History of Sexuality, Vol. 1: An Introduction (Michel Foucault)
The Mermaid and the Minotaur (Dorothy Dinnerstein)
Human Sexuality: A Psychosocial Perspective (Ruth K. Westheimer)
Human Sexual Response (William H. Masters and Virginia E. Johnson)
Against Our Will (Susan Brownmiller)
I find it grossly offensive that so many herein decry the loss of "first amendment rights" about "rape porn" based on a news story regarding Great Britain's Prime Minister's plan to punish anyone caught possessing rape pornography with three years in jail! The very same people asserting vociferously their first amendment rights (ignoring the fact that this story is about the UK!) are quite reluctant to confess that they consume rape porn. Hypocrisy at its finest...