If you read what she is saying, I don't think what is being objected to is as much the objectification as it is the humiliation and degradation of the female role in much of the porn that is made today. You can't really argue with that. Personally, I like some of it and it turns me on, but for folks who are offended by it, I understand how distasteful it can seem. Esp. considering how prevalent and over the top female degradation is in porn these days. I suspect it may have something to do with the more dubious position of overt masculine power in our society today, but that's beside the point, I guess. And while, yes, female degradation has always been present in pornography, it is much more extreme in mainstream porn these days. I am old enough to know.
All that said, my consumption of video porn has declined so much as to be almost nil these days. I have no use for it.
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