Interview with Robert Jensen on pornography (3 of 5)

Interview with Robert Jensen, author of "Getting Off: Pornography and the End of Masculinity"

Synopsis of the book: Pornography is big ... all » business, a thriving multi-billion dollar industry so powerful it drives the direction of much media technology. It also makes for complicated politics. Anti-pornography arguments are frequently dismissed as patently "anti-sex"—and ultimately "anti-feminist"—silencing at the gate a critical discussion of pornography's relationship to violence against women and even what it means to be a "real man." In his most personal and difficult book to date, Robert Jensen launches a powerful critique of mainstream pornography that promises to reignite one of the fiercest debates in contemporary feminism. At once alarming and thought-provoking, Getting Off asks tough but crucial questions about pornography, manhood, and paths toward genuine social justice.

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[nellieeeeee]

I don't feel like Porn is an art form. I'm an artist who is interested in the human form and I see nothing art-like in porn.

[jacoblandes]

Erotic art or classic sculpture and painting gives a pleasure like admiration, but porn hits that button and you cease to be a human being, that is, your spiritual aspect is squelched. The problem with porn in gay culture is that it helps keep gay men immature and shallow. I have seen men in their 60's and 70's who talk land react like they are twelve years old as regards to sex and porn. There are other reasons for this, too, but porn sustains that immaturity.

[DanceswithUtube]

@nellieeeeee

Nothing art-like at all. People who claim that "porn is art" are using art as a CRUTCH; because they know that art 'has no boundaries' and cannot be questioned.

[sunclov]

really?? Gay porn turns me on. I think it's hotter.

Hetero is kinda boring.

[giantgorillastudios]

I can't help but agree. Erotica can have artistic aspects, but porn is completely artless.

[giantgorillastudios]

LOL WUT?

[daenku32]

WTF?

[Gray99]

Well...hetero porn is really bad. But gay porn is a lot more healthy and expressive. In fact, most men in porn feel like they are around family.