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In reply to the discussion: The Blue Devil in Miss Belle Knox: Meet Duke Porn Star Miriam Weeks [View all]LostInAnomie
(14,428 posts)So, then what we are brought to is the question: How informed does a person have to be to be informed enough? Personally, I would say that there is no concrete answer for that, because it would vary from individual to individual. Some extremely sexually adventurous people would only need to know what they are going to be doing and what they will get paid. Others would need much more information before they would feel comfortable. Either way though, we have to respect their decision because they are adults and they are entitled to do with their bodies as they see fit.
The problem I have with threads like these is that they are rife with latent "slut shaming". Some women disrespect what other women do with their bodies so much that they can't accept that it is done under free will. They find the way these women choose to express their sexuality so degrading and demeaning that they have to believe it is coerced (even if they have to invent the coercion). Just look at the OP. Belle Knox says in the article that she enjoys working in porn, she is consensually taking part in every scene, and she finds the work to be less exploitative than waitressing. Even with that, the OP implies Belle Knox is hiding behind a defense mechanism to deal with her exploitation and that she was raped. It's disgusting that a woman can disrespect Belle Knox so much that she doesn't trust her own ability to judge if she was raped or not. That's what flies as feminism on here sometimes though.