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Its a touchy subject I suppose.
I can see why most pornography that is MADE seems more demeaning/objectifying to women than to men, because a lot of it is made as a kind of incarnation of that fantasy... but pornography in itself is as demeaning to men as it is to women in general terms.
I'm not sure if I am comfortable to talk about this, and I could just as easily just make the point and not mention it.
But... in the first year after I left college I actually was involved in this kind of thing quite deeply (not as an actor before you get any horrible ideas). I still feel guilty about it, and I think perhaps my fairly strong desire to the "white knight" is perhaps a reaction to those feelings.
I am not talking about revolting or violent stuff, but still... I think it is mostly unhealthy and unhappy and emotionally damaging for almost everyone involved in the making of it. That doesnt mean I am not a hypocrite and still sometimes view pornography...
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Can women enjoy watching something that portrays them as an object to be fucked?
Perhaps... but I think it is more a case that the idea of it can be exciting and escapist rather than the fact or even actual portrayal of it. I think most "ordinary" women I know find the idea or imagining pornography more interesting than the actual fact of it. Then again I am not a woman...
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hidden will not become manifest, and nothing covered will remain
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The Gospel of Thomas
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