Quick Blog #5

I watched the video titled "Who Wants to be a Porn Star?" The arguments in the film all center around the abuse, torture, debasement, and submission of women in the pornography industry. Do I believe that is correct? I use to think that it was not so because the majority of porn that I watched was just a man and a woman having sex and both seeming satisfied. Recently however, free pornography websites such as "Pornhub.com" has increasing violent and demeaning pornography and the captions placed on the videos to get people to watch them are completely sexist and demeaning. It use to only take me about five minutes to find a porn I am interested in. Nowadays it takes so long to find something that does not disturb or make me feel misogynistic that I do not even bother because it is nearly impossible. I fear so much for young men who believe that pornography is how real sex happens. I knew it was real and it was disturbing but I wonder how many men will never be satisfied and become anxious over the fact that they cannot have sex like male porn stars do. I believe it promotes sexism to the core. Do I want pornography to go away entirely? Absolutely not! What?! I much rather masturbate than try to have sex as often as I masturbate because I would be full of disease by now (I'm only being realistic). What I would like to see is porn that celebrates romantic love between a man and a woman. I have found some porn that seems to be moving in that direction at a site called "x-art.com" but they are still far away from positive pornography. Can it even exist? I think so, but I think it would all need to be produced by women and made from the woman's perspective.