"Pornography is not a new concept. In one form or another it has been around for centuries (millenia even!) What's the well-known epithet about 'the oldest profession in the world'? Sex work, and sex workers have been a part of society ever since you could describe a group of people with such a word, and this will continue as long into the future as well. Just because it is more accessible now, that is not an argument for bemoaning its presence. EVERYTHING is more accessible now, but to bemoan everything is simply a form of 21st-Century Ludditism that has no place in a forward-looking society."
Real women's bodies were never required to make pornography before. Also the porn you are describing was only accessed by the elite, now it can be seen by everybody, including a lot of children. And yes women have been bought and sold by men for millenia but that doesn't mean we have to tolerate it now. That's one of the reasons feminism came into being, to fight the idea that women were f*ck objects for men.
"There are many arguments for saying that some people in the pornographic industry are put there by economic strictures, and therefore trapped in a slightly self-destructive cycle. However, the vast majority of porn stars are there because they are very well paid for their work (upwards of £400 per day's shoot for 'basic' intercourse as far as I am aware, more for lesbian or anal shoots). If someone wishes to view the by-product of that industry in the comfort of their own home, then why should anyone be disgusted? "
£400 doesn't seem like an awful lot to sell the rights to your privacy and body. They could probably make more money in financial sales (and not to have to get screwed by strange men for it either). You aren't making it sound very attracive.
"A slightly self-destructive cycle" is an understatement and also not really accurate. Women in the porn industry are preyed on by pornographers.
"As to the premature sexualisation of children, what a nonsensical concept. Why not hop back a few hundred years and talk to the average 12 year old girl about 'premature sexualisation' - though of course you'd have to get past their husband in order to do so. .."
It was a bad thing then and it's a bad thing now. Surely you aren't arguing that because twelve year old girls got raped by adult men in the past it's OK to expose them to sexually explicit material now. That makes no sense.