I have a lot of mixed feelings about porn in general. Obviously, I’m squarely opposed to non-consensual acts being shown in porn in any way. I feel like it’s impossible for womens’ groups to have this conversation without people getting into screaming matches. I think you can be pro-porn or critical of porn, or both, and still be feminist either way.
I do wonder if this will lead to a chilling effect where this stops porn makers from depicting consensual acts of choking or other forms of CNC. But then a part of me wonders whether every fetish must be shown in video-recorded porn. CNC isn’t my fetish and it makes me really sad and uncomfortable. Should I just try to ban everything I don’t fully understand? Or should there be a conversation about which fetishes are ethical to be depicted by real people and made into video? Like for CNC, is it better that this kink just be depicted in erotica or drawn art form so we’re completely sure the actors consented in all instances of video-recorded porn?
Ease of access is another problematic variable. I think porn just wasn’t as harmful to the public before the internet when people had to go out of their way to buy it. People these days are more likely to get addicted from a young age and it causes so many social and developmental problems. And maybe if porn were harder to access by impressionable people, and if we made sure all acts were consensual, that certain types of extreme porn, like CNC, wouldn’t be quite as harmful?
I guess my thoughts are: 1) Ban all non-consensual porn. 2) Ban all free internet porn and make adults buy their porn instead, and then you could keep it out of minors’ hands without scary age-verification laws. 3) Give sex workers fair wages, treat them ethically, and normalize the field enough so it’s easier for them to find other work if they decide to change industries.
I have a lot of mixed feelings about porn in general. Obviously, I’m squarely opposed to non-consensual acts being shown in porn in any way. I feel like it’s impossible for womens’ groups to have this conversation without people getting into screaming matches. I think you can be pro-porn or critical of porn, or both, and still be feminist either way.
I do wonder if this will lead to a chilling effect where this stops porn makers from depicting consensual acts of choking or other forms of CNC. But then a part of me wonders whether every fetish must be shown in video-recorded porn. CNC isn’t my fetish and it makes me really sad and uncomfortable. Should I just try to ban everything I don’t fully understand? Or should there be a conversation about which fetishes are ethical to be depicted by real people and made into video? Like for CNC, is it better that this kink just be depicted in erotica or drawn art form so we’re completely sure the actors consented in all instances of video-recorded porn?
Ease of access is another problematic variable. I think porn just wasn’t as harmful to the public before the internet when people had to go out of their way to buy it. People these days are more likely to get addicted from a young age and it causes so many social and developmental problems. And maybe if porn were harder to access by impressionable people, and if we made sure all acts were consensual, that certain types of extreme porn, like CNC, wouldn’t be quite as harmful?
I guess my thoughts are: 1) Ban all non-consensual porn. 2) Ban all free internet porn and make adults buy their porn instead, and then you could keep it out of minors’ hands without scary age-verification laws. 3) Give sex workers fair wages, treat them ethically, and normalize the field enough so it’s easier for them to find other work if they decide to change industries.