
Watching Porn Makes Me Peckish
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>Hi Miss L,
As a writer, I wonder if you've read any literature on the long-term effects of 'porn seepage' into mainstream culture? The following link is to a MacLean's magazine article (a few years old, but very relevant, IMO):
http://www.newsweek.com/2008/10/07/the-pornification-of-a-generation.html
Are you familiar with the work of journalist Robert Jensen and feminist scholar Gail Dines?
http://www.amazon.com/Pornography-Production-Consumption-Gail-Dines/dp/0415918138
I'm not a prude – far from it. I'm just a concerned citizen that sees most porn as a sad failure of the imagination, driven by profit, fuelled by misogyny. Is there no realm in our lives where we're not being intruded upon by canned experiences? Do you have any thoughts about living in a society where there is profit in making thong underwear available to elementary school-aged girls and do you think tweens having 'rainbow' parties is just kids experimenting with sex? Do you think the ubiquity of sexualized imagery everywhere has NO affect on our culture?
Porn is about lies (especially about female sexuality) and profit; the industry doesn't care about its overall affect on our culture. I don't see anything progressive, sex-positive, or empowering about it at all. It has no soul, as you yourself have stated. It commodifies the most basic of human experiences.
I'm just wondering what your thoughts are since you already state you're conflicted about this industry? Agree/disagree?
Best,
Jania Ketterling
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