I'm doing an art degree & a fellow student had lots of v explicit shots, mainly women, on his wall. I didn't like this but before I could work out how to approach him, it transpired that someone had complained & he'd been told to take them down.
This has caused outrage amongst the other students who fully believe that anything goes in art & that it is a terrible & old fashioned thing to object to porn.
I mentioned that I didn't like the way it objectified women, but my view was that if it wasn't in such a public place I could ignore it... however, absolutely no other female sees anything wrong. There have been some horrible comments on FB & I'm on my own being against it. Surely it isn't a good thing from a feminist point of view, & art-history-wise there has been the issue of "the gaze" ie everything being from a male point of view, women seen as passive etc.
Anyway, I really don't want to be the spokesperson for the anti-porn viewpoint, being a mature student will undoubtedly be dismissed as old & fuddy duddy anyway. But I wonder if anyone can advise me of any simple & succinct points I can make that might help some of the others to see that having pics of women lying splayed open on the walls in full view of all, is not a good thing.
Any ideas appreciated, it's not my area of expertise at all. Thanks.