Porn, exploitation and autofellatio!
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 2:02 pm
Brace yourselves, this isn't the typical "oh hey guys I can suck my own dick check out my pics" / "is it gay" / "how far can you go down?" post ...
Having grown up in a part of the country where porn is considered disgusting by many and where many "rehab" centers treat what is called "sexual addiction" ... and of course being too young to have witnessed the national outrage over the premiere of Deep Throat in the 70s starring Linda Lovelace, I grew up without much exposure to it. But also having been brought up in a feminist household, I quickly picked up the attitude when I was younger that (hetero) porn exploits women and treats them as objects. (I guess with a little stretch of logic you could extend the same broad characterization to the receiver in gay porn as well, given the way our culture equates "receiver" with "female" tendencies but I'm getting off on a tangent here, plus, I've heard there are expectations to perform on the penetrating male actors in all genres of porn which cause them to undergo some stress as well.)
I eventually came to the opinion, though, that it's not the pornography aspect that leads to most of the exploitation, but the money involved in the porn industry that leads porn execs to push the limits, to treat their actors/actresses as human cattle. Watching this documentary (http://hcdocu.blogspot.com/) convinced me even more strongly of this view. But one must also consider that, in some relationships, sometimes one partner dominates the other psychologically, so one might "consent" to be filmed having sex without really wanting it. Someone might even be coerced into filming themselves masturbating.
Not so with autofellatio! Self-suckers take delight in sharing their talent with the world. There's no potential for exploitation there at all. All the classical feminist, moralist arguments against pornography ... just vaporize. I find this fascinating. Your thoughts?
Having grown up in a part of the country where porn is considered disgusting by many and where many "rehab" centers treat what is called "sexual addiction" ... and of course being too young to have witnessed the national outrage over the premiere of Deep Throat in the 70s starring Linda Lovelace, I grew up without much exposure to it. But also having been brought up in a feminist household, I quickly picked up the attitude when I was younger that (hetero) porn exploits women and treats them as objects. (I guess with a little stretch of logic you could extend the same broad characterization to the receiver in gay porn as well, given the way our culture equates "receiver" with "female" tendencies but I'm getting off on a tangent here, plus, I've heard there are expectations to perform on the penetrating male actors in all genres of porn which cause them to undergo some stress as well.)
I eventually came to the opinion, though, that it's not the pornography aspect that leads to most of the exploitation, but the money involved in the porn industry that leads porn execs to push the limits, to treat their actors/actresses as human cattle. Watching this documentary (http://hcdocu.blogspot.com/) convinced me even more strongly of this view. But one must also consider that, in some relationships, sometimes one partner dominates the other psychologically, so one might "consent" to be filmed having sex without really wanting it. Someone might even be coerced into filming themselves masturbating.
Not so with autofellatio! Self-suckers take delight in sharing their talent with the world. There's no potential for exploitation there at all. All the classical feminist, moralist arguments against pornography ... just vaporize. I find this fascinating. Your thoughts?