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In reply to the discussion: Societies that ban Porn treat women really well [View all]whathehell
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We do have, for all practical purposes, prohibitions that DO work,
or haven't you noticed the strong social pressure
to refrain, for instance, from using racial slurs, especially in public.
Michael Richardson was the last "known" person in the media to publicly use the
word "nigger" and he got his ass handed to him, and rightfully so.
We have virtually the same kind of taboos against
slurring other racial groups, and this, again
is a good thing, and something I don't hear ANYONE
complain about as "censorship" or a violation of their "right" to
degrade people on the basis of their "different" body color. Again, this is a good thing.
What I do NOT understand, then, is why these very same people think it's "okay"
to verbally demean people on the basis of their different body CONSTRUCTION, with slurs like
"bitch" "cunt", etc.
These are hate words, and if you hadn't noticed, they're all OVER today's porn.
So no, feminists aren't being "prudes", we're not objecting to depictions of
sex, per se....It's that ugly social "messaging" about us, our "sluttiness"
our "dirtiness", our complete dehumanization into "cum buckets"
...THAT is what we "object" to.