Does Porn Degrade Women?

[Retired George]

My wife and I were watching TV last night when a documentary with that title came on. We both started laughing our asses off, then switched to another channel.

The reasons for our reactions is simple: we didn't need to watch the program in order to answer its title question.

Of course porn degrades women! In fact, the very purpose of porn is the degradation of women! And girls!

Porn teaches that the surest way to bring a woman to orgasm is by ejaculating on her face, and her climax will be even more intense if she's kneeling at the time. Porn teaches that the #1 goal of any "real" woman is giving pleasure to men. Porn teaches that fucking a woman's mouth while her arms dangle at her sides---so that she's not even actively participating in what's being done to her---is hot.

Porn also features women playing mother and daughter pleasuring one man simultaneously, and engaging in "incest" when the man commands it. It also features portrayals of direct incest, mother-daughter, mother-son, father-daughter, entire families, etc.

And then there are the "actresses" who may or may not be of legal age, simulated rape, suggestions of pedophilia, etc. And 90% of porn scenarios end with the male in control, "winning" his encounter with the female.

I think there was a movie against porn once. entitled "It's Not A Love Story," or something similar. It's a MUCH better title than the ridiculous question in the headline!

[duffyduff]

1. Of course it is degrading, just as prostitution is.

Porn basically IS a form of prostitution. It is degrading and a human rights violation by definition.

There is no real consent involved in it. The exchange of money, with the threat of withdrawing it, means it is a form of coercion.

Porn is not "free speech" despite what idiot judges and the addle-brained ACLU claim it is. It destroys the people who are in this industry--and they don't choose it unless there are no other ways to make a living--it destroys families, it destroys relationships, it is basically anti-sex.

The fact is men have no right to pay for sex and have no right to sexual access to women whether directly or indirectly. This is a truth that millions of men, who are the vast majority of people who consume porn and prostitution, haven't yet gotten through their thick skulls.

[masmdu]

2. What about gay porn? That doesn't.

[duffyduff]

3. The same issue. It is exploitation of other people. n/t