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I think pornography is affecting how we look at sex in a unhealthy manor and with how easily accessible it is, it gives the impression that is how sex is performed in real case scenarios giving playing into rape culture

Against Pornography

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Anonymous 1w

I agree! I think we also lost how sex is supposed to show a more intimate deeper connection revolved around love, and nothing against kinks ofc, but porn mainly gives people the idea they they need to be dominant or submissive during sex and have to be “rough” to “assert themselves” when sex was never meant to be used as a dominance tactic

Anonymous 1w

I think it depends on the kind of porn you’re consuming too. I’m very intentional about watching slow, more sensual, and intimate porn.

Anonymous 1w

While I agree the porn INDUSTRY is a hell hole, the essay you linked is making a lot of assumptions about pornography as a whole. Not all pornography is violent and about abusing women, and even kink-based porn is not inherently unhealthy as long as it’s made clear that it’s fictional and the actors are treated ethically on set.

Anonymous 1w

I think I overthink things cause I feel like sex is too hard to get 😭 I can attract a girl but it usually doesn’t lead anywhere

Anonymous

#1 1w

i don’t think there’s anything wrong with people seeing see as independent from love idk

Anonymous

#2 1w

oh no that’s not wrong at all, I just feel like porn gives younger people the unrealistic idea of what their sex lives should look like in a way that doesn’t necessarily seem like a loving intimate moment like others have told them

Anonymous

#3 1w

I think the real solution is to get better working conditions for sex workers and bring more female voices into positions of power in the porn industry—as directors and executives. That’ll naturally create a more diverse (and in my opinion more realistic) depiction of sex.

Anonymous

#3 1w

Demonizing sex work, be it pornography or any other kind of sex work, just leads to slut shaming, which is a vital part of rape culture.

Anonymous

#4 1w

Literally why most men have a porn addiction. Because most women use sex as a weapon

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Anonymous

#5 1w

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Anonymous

#3 1w

Is this ragebait?

Anonymous

#6 1w

No, all of this is my genuine opinion.

Anonymous

#3 1w

Disagreeing with the practice isn’t demonizing. Would you agree with this?

Anonymous

#6 1w

I think it’s stigmatizing it, at least. I think sex work should be viewed as work, plain and simple. And I think our focus should be, as in many other industries, on improving conditions for the workers first and foremost.

Anonymous

#3 1w

Well I can say with the education I’ve received that public health organizations find heavy amounts of violence involved with the work. From the class I had a while back, my teacher talked about how there is trouble with autonomy vs exploitation, often times those involved are individuals who really need money and find it to be a good way to get it, which is sad. I’ll say my personal view is do what gets you by. I disagree with the practice because it tends to exploit others.