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How do feminists feel about porn?

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guitarguy · 10/12/2014 13:55

Do you feel like it portrays women in a bad way? I feel that porn belittles women in many ways and I'd like to stop watching it.

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xpedicure · 15/12/2014 18:38

"I thought it was because feminists are man hating hairy dungaree wearing lesbians."

I dunno, those are your words not mine. But hysterical comments like "porn is rape!!!" isn't going to recruit many non-feminists into becoming feminists.

PuffinsAreFictitious · 15/12/2014 18:38

Or bathe in male tears?

AnyFuckerForAMincePie · 15/12/2014 18:35

I think it might be because we want to kill boy babeez

MrsWolowitz · 15/12/2014 18:31

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PuffinsAreFictitious · 15/12/2014 18:31

AF, that as well. And we're all ugly. And fat.

And of course porn empowers women. It's all empowerfullising and everything.

Quiero · 15/12/2014 18:28

Ah, more unbelievable ignorance. Marvellous.

Sigh

xpedicure · 15/12/2014 18:26

@OP, I think it depends on what genre of porn one watches. If one watches BDSM porn where one person is the "dom" and another is the "sub" then the viewer could interpret the sub (who could be M or F) to be belittled/degraded (but if they are consenting adults, who are we to judge).

AnyFuckerForAMincePie · 15/12/2014 18:25

I thought it was because we don't like sex.

PuffinsAreFictitious · 15/12/2014 18:24

Are you sure?

I thought it was because feminists are man hating hairy dungaree wearing lesbians. Has that changed?

xpedicure · 15/12/2014 18:21

"At worst it [porn] is filmed rape."

Comments like this is why most people don't want anything to do with feminism.

StickEm · 11/12/2014 18:56

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SabrinaMulhollandJjones · 10/12/2014 20:53

I agree that porn belittles women in many ways - I also believe it advocates violent sexual acts against women - choking for example. I don't watch it.

It worries me it's so accessible, and so many women report men 'acting out' porn on them in ways that is none too pleasurable to them. It is worrying for men and women on that level - I think it's affecting our sexual relationships in a bad way.

MistAndAWeepingRain · 10/12/2014 19:16

Well stop watching it then.

Personally, I don't watch porn and never would. At best it is nasty and exploitative. At worst it is filmed rape.

YonicSleighdriver · 10/12/2014 19:10

Welcome to MN, guitarguy! Since you already feel that porn portrays women in a nasty way, are you finding it hard to just switch off the DVD/computer?

PuffinsAreFictitious · 10/12/2014 18:52

We are Borg.

Most of us on these boards at least see p0rn as degrading women. That the sex that takes place within p0rn is little more than filmed rape and that the only winners in p0rn are the men who control it.

There are possibly 2 women who post regularly who would disagree with that.

If you want to stop watching it, stop.

CrispyFern · 10/12/2014 14:15

Feminists aren't like the borg, with a hive mind.

I don't watch porn.

HaroldsBishop · 10/12/2014 14:11

As far as I've seen some don't have a problem, some REALLY hate it.

isthisunfair1967 · 10/12/2014 13:56

So stop watching it.

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