Friday 21 February 2020

Feminism and Porn

    The idea that pornography gives feminists of differing opinions this middle ground that they can meet on and see how to articulate the different desires of feminism and what they want to turn it into is one of the main reasons Catherine Lumby argues that feminists need pornography (part 60). As Lumby writes in "Why Feminists Need Porn," chapter five of her book Bad Girls, "the notion that you can draw a cause and effect line between fantasy and social practice is disturbing and distasteful to some feminists," (par 60).
Feminists, by questioning that line, can find the need to reevaluate their political position and how they relate the issues of feminism to other ideas and movements. The realization that feminists should continuously question their stances on social and political problems hasn't become clear to everyone, but Lumby believes that the debates between feminists over the issue of censorship and pornography (problems that go hand in hand according to the chapter) will bring the realization out in the open (par 60).
    Lumby's beliefs and many of her arguments are reiterated in two other articles over the relationship between feminism and porn. In A Feminist Defense of pornography by Wendy McElroy readers can find the different positions in the argument detailed and described, albeit with a bias towards one standing over the others. McElroy's preference and situation agree with Lumby's belief that porn and feminism need each other in a way, but McElroy takes the idea a bit farther by stating that it's not just feminists, but all women that porn benefits (McElroy, par 27).
    While McElroy and Lumby have unobstructed views on whether or not porn benefits women and feminists, Natalie Purcell takes a neutral stance in her article Feminism and pornography: Building Sensitive Research and Analytic Approaches. Purcell's neutrality has a point to it, though; she's pointing out the issues all the sides have in their arguments. Certain parts of her article can be seen as support for either side of the problem, but in the overall effect of the work Purcell is just trying to show the faults of both arguments and how they could each become stronger, and how we could "engage in this research [an argument] in more sensitive and responsive ways." (par 5)
    One issue that feminists should bring to the open and question is the definition of pornography. Often times anti-porn feminists argue that we can tell what is and isn't porn easily. Yet the definition these feminists use to decide what counts as porn and whether it should be censored from the public applies to many things as Lumby points out in paragraphs nine and twelve. She draws up the movie Siren as an example of how Elle Macpherson's nudity in the movie was widely accepted and went uncontested, but then Lumby points out how Macpherson's shoot for Playboy was more modest than some of the shots in the film yet the photoshoot receives more flack because it's categorized as porn (par 9).
    Lumby uses the shoot and film to frame the way anti-porn feminists believe that porn should be easy to spot. She brings up the point for her audience to show them the logic of anti-porn feminists and how that logic doesn't make the most persuasive argument when the audience questions it. The fact that Lumby can make her audience suspicious of the strength of anti-porn arguments makes the audience feel that Lumby knows what she's talking about and respects them enough to point out the flaws in the censorship argument. The audience now sympathizes with Lumby's idea that categorizing porn isn't black and white. Categorizing porn is a pointless endeavor Lumby points out to the audience with her example because "pornography has no essential character" (par 12).
McElroy backs up Lumby's argument over the failings of anti-porn arguments by bringing up how anti-porn feminists argue that anything they've categorized as porn is degrading to women for multiple reasons. This degradation is mainly attributed to the objectification of women and the fact that "Degrading is a subjective term." (McElroy, par 22) McElroy argues to her audience that certain commercials for cleaning supplies in which "women become orgasmic over soapsuds," (par 22) is also degrading to a number of women, herself included.
    McElroy points the commercial out to show that everyone differs in opinion over what is and isn't degrading. These differing opinions bring up to her audience that just because one group defines something as offensive doesn't necessarily mean that it is. The audience can then draw on both McElroy's argument over the definition of degrading and Lumby's argument over defining pornography to see that anti-porn protesters are using the same kind of arguments and fallacies to support multiple ideas and make their argument stronger.
    At this point in the dissection of the anti-porn argument, we can look to Purcell and her accusation that anti-porn feminists use faulty rhetorical tactics and rely on the audience's emotions too much in their articles and research (Purcell, par 11). Purcell notes that "Taking seriously divergent claims about what pornography is and does must be a part of analyzing the emotional charge and the rhetorical tactics of anti-pornography literature and activism." (par 11) Her position can again be compared with the arguments of McElroy and Lumby over the definitions of words that anti-porn arguments use to back up their claims.
    The logical viewpoint that the three authors have in their articles on this issue causes certain members of their audience to agree with them. The audience members who would agree with the logical aspects of the argument are pro-porn feminists that see the faults in the arguments against them, women who value logical proof and fallacies over emotional ones, and anti-porn feminists that are reading the articles to find the flaws in their own arguments to fix them. These audience members are more likely to see the faults in using strict definitions of words with loose interpretations as proof of claims in any kind of argument, including the one over pornography. The proof these logical arguments offer support Lumby's position that porn has no clear definition based on its lack of defining characteristics.
    Other than pointing out the lack of defining characteristics with which anti-porn feminists try to categorize pornographic material Lumby also reminds her audience that these traditional feminist critiques on porn are actually strengthening not only the "very system and practices [they] want to abolish," (par 35) but also that some of the ways feminists go about proving that porn victimizes women is the same way other people "threatened abortion rights, sex education programs, ... gay and lesbian rights and the Equal Rights Amendment for women," (par 38).
    Lumby points these examples out to show that the anti-porn advocates don't even recognize that they're only helping what they're fighting against, and she uses the argument to convince her audience that the advocates are misguided in their battles. The audience gets to feel smart and that pride that comes from knowing something they think others don't. By letting the readers feel this pride after they've already begun to question the anti-porn feminists, Lumby is ensuring that her audience views her as intelligent enough to use logic to point out the flaws in the advocate's arguments.
    The flaws in the arguments are further built upon by the advocate's beliefs that porn is harmful to women because it's considered violence by anti-porn advocates. McElroy points out the flaws in calling porn violence because many times, what anti-porn arguments point out isn't accurate. She states that most women that work in the porn industry do it of their own choice for their own reasons. One of the biggest reasons McElroy has found that women get into the industry is "a love of exhibitionism," (par 26), which directly contradicts the anti-porn arguments that women are either coerced into the industry or that they suffer from some form of Stockholm syndrome.
    The anti-porn argument that any woman who willingly allows herself to be degraded by pornography has something wrong with her emotionally is a strong accusation. McElroy points out that the accusation overlooks the chance that women may work in the industry because they enjoy it and the benefits it gives them. She points out to her audience that porn allows women to explore fantasies and desires that could be harmful to them in an uncontrolled situation. By putting their desires and fantasies into controlled situations, women can enjoy and accept urges that might otherwise make them feel guilty over having them. This emotional argument appeals to the audience by showing how porn can benefit women and create healthier views on sex in general (par 28). The fallacies used by McElroy to prove her point also strengthen the narrower interpretation of the argument in Lumby's Bad Girls chapter.
    Throughout chapter five of Bad, Girls Lumby frames the arguments and proof that anti-porn advocates use to try to censor pornography in ways to make her audience feel smart and useful. She does this by pointing out flaws in the arguments and organizing them in a comprehensive way so that the audience feels better about their ability to question the issue, and so that they trust her abilities. McElroy's Feminist Defense of porn helps to support the proof of flaws in opposing arguments while also pointing out how the flawed fallacies shown in Lumby's work was used to support other arguments that anti-porn advocates brought up as proof. Purcell further strengthened the arguments on both sides with her analysis by pointing out the lack of logic in many of the arguments and by bringing in a neutral view to the controversy over women, feminism, pornography, and the relationships between them.
    Readers interested in how feminism and women benefit from porn and agree with Lumby, McElroy, and Purcell come out of the chapter and supportive articles feeling like the arguments will convince others that pornography has productive uses, and those anti-porn advocates that disagree with Lumby might come away still under the impression that porn should be censored but that there might be a few flaws in their argument. Either way, Lumby, McElroy, and Purcell effectively caught the reader's attention and made their opinions clear in context to all of their audiences.




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Thursday 20 February 2020

How Porn Has Hijacked Our Sexuality

    Gail Dines asks questions to her readers in Pornland; How does porn usurp our sexuality? "What are the consequences of pornography about culture, sex, gender, identity, and relationships?" (Xi) From the competition of the pornographic industry and the desire for pornography that causes Consumers are the driving force for the porn industry to make hard pornography harder to meet consumers and increase profits. At the beginning of the book, Dines will show the history of pornography and pornography with increased competition for consumers. Later, she explained that pornography affects our culture, affecting both men and women and our relationships.
pornography has evolved considerably, from past outrage to the growing popularity of media and culture today. Many popular media such as television shows Sex and the City and Howard Stern. Television and radio broadcasts have made pornography and porn stars famous. Therefore, the popularity of pornography has become commonplace to hypersexual media today. Gail Dines concludes how pornography has become common in today's culture. "The purer the industry is, the more it penetrates popular culture. Only and enter our common consciousness too "(26) and Vivid Entertainment. There is a significant impact on our cultural change in accepting pornography.
After reading the blessing The way that pornography usurps my sex, I realized that Hypersexuality In that media is linked to pornography Hypersexuality Is presented in every aspect of our lives, such as television commercials, music videos, and movies. Because people are too vulnerable to hypersexual conditions, they are sensitive to the image of young women and men with hypersexual conditions—hypersexualized (defined at 141). Therefore, the media presented more sex to attract the attention of consumers. The porn industry is becoming increasingly different from media because of the way sex-based images and videos are presented. Therefore, the porn industry needs innovation to increase the number of viewers due to Hypersexuality Available in media such as child pornography. Child pornography is illegal in the United States. Therefore, the pornographic director hires porn stars that look and dress underage to meet the needs of children. Therefore, it is difficult for the porn industry to distinguish their products from the media because they are very similar to pornography. Dines says, "So the important job for the porn industry is to find new markets and a base of people. Consumers to open and use while in the law or to work to change the law - the main porn choices currently in the industry. (Bines, 142) The movie director is looking for new ways to increase pornography and attract new consumers and please them in the past.
    I was surprised when reading Portland: porn has usurped our sex about every company that makes porn profits, such as Time Warner Cable, Cox Communication, Contrast Direct TV, and Microsoft Gail Dines. "The global industry is evaluated. That is worth about 96 billion dollars in 2006; the US market is worth about 13 billion US dollars. "(47) Therefore, with the diversified entertainment business and the promotion and profitability of pornography, it has It's part of our culture and will eventually predict our social norms and acceptable behavior. Finally, porn has influenced slow video games such as the popular Grand Theft Auto game. I also don't know Microsoft is involved. From pornography, accounting software, and various graphic designs like this After reading porn Land: A Sexually Struggling porn Written by Gail Dines, I learned from many companies that have contributed to the success of pornography.
    I was shocked to find in the best-selling book by Gland Dines Pornland; How does porn compete for our sex about the cruel and violent porn industry in today's society? I grew up in a Christian family and attended a Christian school. Therefore, we rarely talk about sex or porn topics. Gail Dines provides excellent details in her book to portray how the cruel porn industry is and how it impacts our daily lives. Gail Dines describes the media. Gonzo's pornography: "The scene in which a lot of women are penetrated reveals the way most of the gonzo porn can see how much you can push a woman's body (Xxv) An example of how to digest and disrespect gonzo porn is a woman's vagina or anus has two genitals that penetrate it and when a woman has to drink "money shot," I believe that Gail Dines works. A special that informs her readers about the horror of gonzo porn.
    Gail Dines states that the average age of a young man who watches porn for the first time in 11.5 years. I just played this game with my little cousin, and I was shocked to see that dancers and prostitutes were rewarded in the game. Later, after having sex with a prostitute, one of the characters shoots a prostitute, which eventually kills her. It is surprising that he is only 12 years old, and he is already exposed to horrors, dancers, and violent violence already. Unlike in the past, young men have unlimited access to pornography, which ultimately sets their views on sex during their lives.
I agree with Gail Dines that pornography can affect our relationships with the opposite sex. Dine talked to guys stating that pornography addiction affects their relationships. Some college-age men feel that it is not enough after a girl tells them that they do not want to have sex because, in pornography, women always say yes. After watching porn for many years, the boy was disappointed while having sex because it was not like the porn they might ejaculate. Early and do not follow the standards of pornography. In addition, they are women who have sex with, not porn stars, and they are not willing to perform porn sex. Gale interviewed a college-aged student who said, "I don't know. I started looking at porn before having sex. So, porn is quite learning about sex. It can be a problem to think about pornography as much as I do, especially with my girlfriend. It means that I'm not really with you. My head is somewhere else. "(90) While having sex with a young college boy, I had to imagine the pornography to have and the creature. I also learned that men sometimes compare women to their favorite porn stars.
    I like the way Gail Dines compares it is acceptable for women to be discriminated against and assaulted in Gonzo pornography. However, if Americans of African or Jewish descent are treated in a racist or anti-Semitic manner, For example, women treated with pornography. Gonzo will have many protests and ranting. Gail Dine said: "Shrouding violence in a robe Sex makes the porn invisible and so those of us who protest violence is defined as anti-sex, not anti-violence. I believe it is a hoax that violence against women is insignificant compared to violence against other racist and anti-Semitic media or violence. I can identify with this comparison because pornography is as dangerous as racism or anti-Semitic videos.
    I do not believe that pornography causes serious rape, but by watching gonzo porn, any person who feels violent towards violence against women. Often, men say that after watching porn, they begin to be sensitive and begin to masturbate with harder pornography, such as gonzo, which they previously bored. Moreover, some people become obscene and start watching pornography and illegal children in the United States. Gail interviewed a man named Jim, who was sent to jail to rape a woman. He said that at a young age, he started stealing his father's playboy. But after years of starting to watch violent Ponzō movies, Jim says that he can be motivated by seeing painful women, such as in porn. Gail Dines says, "Not all men use rape. But what pornography created is what feminists call "rape culture. "By normalizing it, making it legal and condemning violence against women" (96). So, after one person begins to feel disgusted by the rape of pornography, it is normal for them and, ultimately, our culture.

Wednesday 19 February 2020

Sex at the holy site: Myanmar Hunt for Italian couples that shoots porn videos

Some places shouldn't be done, and one of them is to enter another country and shoot pornographic videos at sacred sites. But now the porn video clearly shows that it has attracted the attention of the Myanmar authorities who want to arrest prominent couples and anyone involved in the incident.
The sacred place is Bagan, located on the central plains of Myanmar. It is an ancient city and a world heritage site. From the 9th century to the 13th century, it was the capital of Bagan, and there are more than 3,800 temples and pagodas that survive to this day. It is an important place for Buddhists everywhere. But mostly in Myanmar
The Burmese authorities are trying to identify themselves first and then handle justice with two foreign couples who describe themselves (in the video) being a 23-year-old Italian couple taking pictures of their sexual encounters in a pagoda in Bagan. And soon uploaded to a pornographic website, causing a lot of anger in most Buddhist countries
U Aung Aung Kyaw, director of Bagan Archeology at the Ministry of Religious and Cultural Affairs, said his office had filed a complaint with the police to search for offenders. He said they were punished for two years and added that they might have left Burma.
Another official from the Ministry of Hotel and Tourism in Bagan said, "It's hard to find them. We don't know when it happened. We sent their photos to every hotel to find them."
Golden Lotus Tours CEO U Kyaw Swa Min wants the perpetrators to be trial and error after being identified. "This is a deliberate act," he said. "We can't sit back and sit back. We must prevent this from happening. Again "
U Thura Aung, the Secretary of Archeology Research in Burma, has called for a team to be set up to prevent this. He said, "We must build a heritage police team in every heritage area. Every tourist must comply with the country's laws and culture. "
Daw Aye Nyein Thu, a tour guide, complained to social media that the video pointed to strict management and weak security on the website.
In recent years, Myanmar has been less stringent in punishing religious offenders. Spanish tourists deported in 2016 on tattoos of Buddha images observed by monks. In February, two Chinese tourists were charged fines for drinking beer after driving to the Bagan Heritage Hill.
In 2017, another pair posted photos on social media, one of them posted a picture of a pagoda on the back. No one knows if they face any consequences from the picture.

Toxic Porn, Toxic Sex: A Real Look at Pornography

  The first time I heard about pornography, I was in seventh grade and on the bus. Many boys are talking about this, and the boy I like talking about women in the video. He said that she is the type of woman he wants. Reminder, I have never heard of pornography. But at that time, I wanted to be like the woman that I like. When I returned home, I went to my parents' room and made sure they weren't there. I searched for the website they were talking about, and after two minutes, I was sure I didn't want to be like you, and I don't like him anymore. I was shocked and made a good income. The video was shocking. But when I grow up, it's the norm to hear boys talk about pornography, especially in high school. Although it is a "norm," I know that it is not normal. While it is understood why some boys watch to entertain or release stress
  Some people truly support pornography. They are considered pornography. They enjoy pornography and find it useful for people. When people decide to watch porn, it may be because of curiosity, boredom, or because they want to see what they want. porn has become a way for people to find what they want and feel like they're not alone because they like Nadine Strossen. "Clear sexual material can be a source of sexual or pleasure information for many people who ... No need to have sex with other people - shy or blocked people, disabled people, people with emotional problems, gay people. There is confusion among people who are young or old, geographically isolated, or unattractive. "(164) It is like a haven for these people who can find a place that will feel acceptable or normal.
  They also say that watching porn may cause liberation. You take off your clothes because you don't want to because you have to. As I said before, women who work on pornography or any sexual work say that it makes them happy. Some even say that it does not cause them to discriminate and or strengthen their power. Just have to believe that the popular franchise that shows women flashing for cameras instead of learning is liberating. But that is what happens when a woman is freed, meaning taking off clothes is not intelligence. It seems too hard to believe because, in the end, they see you as a free person. It is a sexual object
The last benefit that people think of pornography is helping to reduce sex crimes. Most books that protect against pornography say that countries with strict laws against pornography have more violent sex crimes against women than countries where legal pornography is correct; You can be saved from sex crimes if more people watch porn. Kutchinsky tests this theory. He wants to see what will happen during the year. Providing pornography is available in four countries, the United States, Denmark, Sweden, and West Germany. They want to prove that pornography is not associated with sexual violence and can reduce sexual violence (McNair 86). But here there are drawbacks. 1964 to 1984 was a time of empowerment for women. Important events such as the Civil Rights Act, Equal Payments, and EMILY (qt. Infoplease). "Many things are changing for women during this time, so it's hard to believe that pornography has helped in this regard. If anything, it seems that women no longer want to be considered inferior to men and become stronger.
  Now that you are aware of the beliefs of porn advocates and they think it is the best thing to do in a cruel world, here are some reasons why you should not start subscribing to a website. While it may seem like there is something good that comes from watching porn and a few effects such as watery eyes or hand cramps, even if it's a big deal But there are disadvantages Some sociologists may argue that "pornography can influence the attitude and behavior of the audience" (Russell D qt. In. Gorman, Monk-Turner, Fish). Meaning, your brain is changing by pornography. All this while trying to understand Most people don't want to believe But you can be addicted to porn. What are you addicted to if you do too much? "There are four steps to addiction to pornography. desensitization Meaning when you see other people as objects or for sex and expression, it means you will actually try what you see in the video "(Bush 19)." Like addictions, you still want difficult things. Up and give you more excitement until you reach the point of pornography only until now. "(Ted Bundy qt comes compared to score 26) Please remember that the episodes of friends that Joey and Chandler met men Providing cable Inadvertently ... and they just see if the full episode They don't do anything they don't get

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Porn : A Negative Impact On Society

      pornography is a collection of images, writings, videos, or other content that is sexually explicit and sometimes involves sex with p...