History of Feminism
In reply to the discussion: Porn & Pop Culture: A deadly Combination [View all]Nikia
(11,411 posts)That encourages certain sexual scripts that don't benefit women and maybe not most men. I watched porn dvds with my husband mostly 5-10 years ago. It seemed that many mainstream porn movies contained at least some violence against women. Almost all involved some derogatory language against women, calling them "sl*t", "b*tch", "c*nt", "wh*re" among other things. Most male ejaculates were on a woman's face. These things bothered me and made me not interested in renting more. I'd like to point out that we passed up every movie, which seemed to be the majority, of those movies that used derogatory language in the title or synopsis or even hinted at violence.
As a teenager, it seemed that the young men that I had been with ranging from a virgin to a "player" were all educated in sex by porn in that they seemed to want to follow a porn script. No, I don't want to change positions every 3 minutes.
I also think that the hairless look has been popularized with porn along with the properly shaped female sexual parts that can be better seen with the hairless look. I know that some people will say that they always have had these preferences, but porn has certainly made this mainstream whether by watchers or their friends.
I think that porn has definitely influenced mainstream society. I think that for that reason that we have a right to criticize it as much as we do any other genre of movie or Fox News for that matter.