A World of Cheese, For your Pleasure

Jeff Satinover (I can't decide whether or not he is an idiot or , at the very least, not an idiot) says that this causes masturbation. Regina Lynn dissects that comment wittily, but I would like to expand on this. Long before Internet porn, people masturbated. They did it with shame, of course, because onanists are terrible people. But they did do it. Don't get me wrong, most people do not use/view/watch porn to study it carefully, or to expand their minds. Most do it and end up masturbating in one way or another. But to say that this behaviour leads to misogyny and pedophilia is crap. But it does lead to boob jobs, just like the entertainment industry. And misogyny and pedophilia, come to think of it.) And I agree that we should allow ourselves some self time without feeling so bad about it all the time. I bet that a lot of tensions would be relieved if people got off more, and what could be safer than the occasional wank?

From Dr. Mary Anne Layden:

"the myth that women are sexually aroused by engaging in behaviors that are actually sexually pleasuring to men is a particularly narcissistic invention of the pornography industry."

Now, is she contending that women are naturally selfish and have no real interest, sexual or otherwise, in pleasing their men in bed by doing things that the men enjoy? That it's a huge lie that many women actually love giving head? Or is she suggesting that women have only ever done some of these things under extreme duress?

It is unreasonable to assume that all women love being gangbanged, DP'd, doing it with other women or sucking dick. It's unreasonable to assume that all women, or men, or gays or Jews or Republicans enjoy doing any particular thing. It is entirely reasonable to assume that some do like some of these things some of the time, and I don't see anything wrong with like-minded people hooking up.

Furthermore, to say that the porn industry invented male fantasy is more than a little inaccurate. As if people were these "pure" mindless vessels that only fucked for children. No, sexual fantasy never entered into it until Internet porn. right. But under all of this is some kind of assumption that male sexual fantasies are bad things, but female sexual fantasies, if you will admit that they exist, are good and wholesome. That's as sexist as anything you see in porn.

Porm, like drugs, is not something that anyone should see. I'd like to see certain disclaimers in plain view in these movies, such as "These are performers. They are performing sexual acts. This has nothing to do with real life. Most women aren't like this. Most men aren't like this. Black men are not sexual monsters." And so on. You should have a certain strength of mind to not be warped by certain images. I would also put warning disclaimers on things such as reality TV, soap operas or any TV dramas. The truth is, there are a lot of weak-minded people out there that will believe anything they see, especially if is sort of fits into their pre-existing notions of certain people. I see porn as just another sector of the great entertainment machine, designed to shape our consciousness to make other people lots of money. We won't need porn, or Cosmopolitan, once we start thinking of ourselves and life differently.