2012 - Brainwashed Through Porn? (Or how the Porn industry is profiting on your ambivalence)
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@professorfoxtrot - Yes however sex and porn does not equate - porn is a product of capitalism and is created through abuse and exploitation. Sex is the physical act of pro-creation, through which we can express ourselves.
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@professorfoxtrot The only difference is that these are the only shoes they have to wear. Your comments reveal how self-centered our culture is. Most of these women come from broken homes where they have no father, and if they do he is a terrible role model of men. People in the sex industry know nothing else. If you read or listened to the testimonies of women who leave the industry, maybe it would broaden your perspective. But I don't expect you to do that. Wouldn't want to be in their shoes..
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"playboy" and "hustler" brought porn to the mainstream of western culture. took the act of masturbation and created a consumer product out of what could be seen as a spiritual act.. i.e tantric sex. the idea of both was to pretend to appeal to the upper and lower extremes of the class cycles, but by doing so allowing the middle classes to consume pornography with a split personality.i suggest instead of using porn, go see a councilor or a therapist, some one to make you feel good about yourself.
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@annabrixthomsen Again, that's like asking me to put myself in the shoes of someone who has smoked cigarettes their whole life and gets cancer. The feeling of embarrassment is a foreseeable risk of being in a pornographic movie, and one I personally wouldn't commit to. Those who do participate in pornographic movies have to sign waivers and consent forms- if the producers do no possess aforementioned documents it would be a federal offense. All abuse is non-consensual.
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@professorfoxtrot - How can you assume what it is like to be participating in porn, if you are not willing to place yourself in that person's shoes? How can you know that people participating in porn are doing so willingly? The assumptions you are making and refusing to question is what allows you to remain deliberately ignorant and justifying abuse through porn. This is not about blame - it is about equal responsibility for which there is no escape or justification.
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Thanks for the info about the recent feminist anthology "Everyday Pornography." It definitely looks like a "must-read" book for all those interested in pornography issues because it has so many excellent contributors such as Gail Dines, Robert Jensen, and other anti-porn feminist writers, activists & academics.
Thanks also to you & other Desteni people for continuing to speak up and inform people about the harms of pornography. Your efforts are extremely important and very much appreciated! :-)
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@annabrixthomsen One of my favorite songs is called "Just" by Radiohead and the lyrics are, "You do it to yourself, just you, you and no one else." And that's exactly right. I wouldn't put myself in that person's shoes- If they're going to buy the shoes and wear them, that's fine just don't place blame on everyone else.
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@professorfoxtrot - Suggest to place yourself in the shoes of a woman in a porn movie and to actually go and preform in a porn movie - on the receiving end and see if you would see it as acceptable if it was you. I also suggest to watch some of the documentaries that has been made on porn that shows the extensive grooming that takes place when girls are brought into "the industry". Because your comment shows how you place yourself deliberately ignorant to justify abuse.
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@TheAkatsuki10 Yes sir... well said.
Only the weak minded are brain washed or use it as a excuse. If we want to learn more, then learn it.
yodagreennutsack 2 months ago
@yodagreennutsack - lol - everyone is "weak minded" - no one is above human nature.
annabrixthomsen 2 months ago 3