I have never been forced into anything,,,, other than going to church as a child, being made to feel ashamed of my body, my sexual urges, guilt and all this before ever really hearing of or seeing any ‘porn’. (Also sexually molested, by a religious crank, but thats another story.)

When I have felt victimized, objectified, demeaned and of course the times I was harrassed, was almost always by someone who would identify as the right, religious right, fundies, or those that are concerned for my ‘moral well being’.

My mind is sound, my morality is great, my mental health is good, my life is fine and all would only be so much better if those that wish to control me (for my own good) would just leave me the fuck alone. You don’t speak for me, anti-porn/feminist/fundie/frigid people, nor do I need to be “protected” by you, but rather from you.

The anti-porn crowd usually somehow, makes their living off of being anti-porn and speaking out against the ills of porn.

You want to help/assist and protect me? Insurance, child care, equal pay, equal rights, breast cancer research (instead of E.D. drugs) and stop the churches and their leaders from raping children and women.

Great blog and thanks for doing it. :)

Also any woman who has been raped and has used porn before or since possibly as a recovery tool is going to find that article beyond horrid. I know of one victims whose therapist who RECOMMENDED porn (specific types of porn obviously) as a way for her to reengage in their sexuality in a non threatening and healthy way.

Grrrr I am going to go and hug my cat!

Think of it in terms of organic food. It is hella-cheaper to grow genetically modified crops, douse them with pesticides, and process them to last longer. But a few years ago, people starting becoming concerned about the consequences of such, and began to spend more money to buy from farmer’s markets and organic food stores. Now, it seems like half of my local Albertson’s is nothing but organic. What we buy can have an affect on the suppliers.

Also? Taking a moralistic high-ground by refusing to watch porn till ALL women are no longer exploited in the industry is an argument based formed from an anti-sex viewpoint to start with. Do you refuse to wear shoes until all Nikes are no longer made with slave labor in third-world countries? No? Do you refuse to use plastics or drive a motor vehicle until you can be certain none of the petroleum products came from areas like Nigeria, where oil barons routinely kill and pollute as they see fit? No? Then why are you singling out porn? Is it because you get a smug moral satisfaction from making an, “I abstain” statement?