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Originally Posted by Parthon  Why is porn disempowering to just women in most people's views? Why is it not also disempowering to men? |
Because most porn shows the male in a position of power and the woman in a subservient role.
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Originally Posted by ssandra I agree with your point A, but not with point B.
What is more empowering for a woman to be able to say YES (or NO) when somebody says "hey baby lets shag". |
Nothing. But the regularity with which it happens in porn makes it seem like the women are basically just there for the men to have sex with. There's never a possibility they might say "no" because they have no independent will.
Often they don't even appear to particularly enjoy the sex - they just participate in it because that's their role.
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Originally Posted by ssandra I also donīt see how you come to the conclusion that there is a lot of pornography out there that is very non-conscious?
About the violence, there is a market for it, a lot of people like it, therefore it is made. As long as it is a fantasy, not reality, I donīt see the problem.
I think porn is all about woman empowerment. Owning your own body and deciding what to do with it, based on what you want, not what society tells you. |
It is possibly empowering for the porn
actresses. It is rarely empowering for the
characters they portray on-screen, which is all the viewers are seeing.
Over time, people subconsciously absorb the repeated message. In the same way Steve advocates avoiding the news because your subconscious absorbs the negativity, I advocate avoiding most pornography because your subconscious absorbs a negative stereotypical image of women from them.
Like I said at the start: there's nothing
intrinsically wrong with pornography, but it's often implemented in a disempowering way. I'd like to see more pornography produced that portrays women as human beings with individual personalities
as well as individuals who are wanting to have sex.
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Originally Posted by Joyous I am only interested in how Steve see Porn and how Steve manages this thread. Its not like harming him or challenging him, all self-help gurus have certain responsibility towards his/hers readers, because of the nature of Self-Help.
Why cant Steve disclose his opinion on porn? |
He's probably just busy at the moment. Hopefully he'll turn up soon.