Reply #197: my take on porn

[Anais_98]

I don't think people should claim that porn is ok because women are involved in the production of it. I believe in liberty, but I also recognise that there needs to be limits to the exercise of liberty. Censorship is not bad if it protects that community ie Neo-nazi groups are often censorsed because they promote violence, intolerance and oppression even though in doing so we limit their right to free speech. Ergo, if pornography promotes misogny, it should not be tolerated by the community.

I don't object to pornography, I object to the type of pornography that is manfactured today. We have seen a proliferation of material in which the male uses forceful actions to ensure submission to his fantasy, and employs degrading language and demeaning tactics to assert his control over the scene and the woman. Next time you're in any standard porn shop, look at the material and ask yourself:

Who dictates the play? Who has the power? Who has agency (subject/object)? Who is the recipient of most of the (physical) pleasure? What messages are coming through (ie women gain their pleasure from pleasing men)