All men watch porn, scientists find

[Denninmi]

83. There is a difference between art and exploitation.

Wow, yet another armchair psychiatrist who knows everything about me, even better than I know myself.

I have good reason to show women, all women, the respect they deserve, and that extends to avoiding the product of an industry that is notorious for predatory practices including forced prostitution and under aged sex workers.

I grew up in a household where I watched my father abuse my mother every day possible for decades, emotionally, physically, sexually. Also my older sisters to a somewhat lesser extent, and me to a great extent because he had a special hatred of me.

When you can tell me that at age 7 you watched a man hold the blade of a hunting knife against his wife's throat just enough to draw a drop or two of blood for what seemed like an eternity of 10 or 15 minutes while telling her she needed to "confess" to him the vivid details of sex acts with the dozens of non-existent "lovers" he believed she entertained in their bed daily while he was at work, something he conjured up in a very sick mind, we can talk about why I respect women enough to never act like my father did in any way. And that extends to avoiding the products put out by an industry that brutalizes many women ensnared in it.

I had to pick up the pieces of my family after decades of extreme abuse, which was hard not only because I observed it, but because I was a victim of it as well. When I was young, I observed numerous examples of deviant sexual behavior by my father, things I won't go into. Later, I had the pleasure of being pinned down quite a few times at the business end of a loaded rifle or shotgun while he berated me, my supposed lack of masculinity, his belief that I was gay, and his general extreme hatred of me. It was a fine way for a teenage boy to live, but I knew even then how wrong these patterns of behavior are, and I vowed to do everything possible to runaway from that pattern and live in a way that would let me look in the mirror and know I am a good man.

Art is art, I've spent plenty of time in museums and enough time taking art history to recognize the difference between healthy expression of human sexuality and exploitation. Is all porn the product of exploitative practices, most likely not. Is it easy to tell the difference? Probably not. Better to avoid it all IMHO.

So,,yeah, yuck it up and feel superior, see if I give a rat's ass. I know who I am and what I stand for.