porn and women

[Rev. Rye]

Women's rights is pushing for better treatment of women. But porn is pushing pretty hard core objectification.

It's interesting both things seem to be trending in the same direction when they are at odds with each other.

It makes more sense when you consider that human society in general is trending more towards entropy than anything else.

You know, I once watched a short film for a film class that took clips from vintage pornos and scratched out the women, presumably as a commentary on how porn objectifies women and takes away their humanity. I pointed out in class that such a commentary was overly simplistic because, even though porn does objectify, men are not only also objectified, in porn, they're even less of an object. Except maybe in Gay porn, the men in porn are pretty much the penises that stimulate the women's bodies (a job that can be, and often is, frequently done by a machine or even an inanimate object) thus giving the viewer a reason to watch the film.

Seriously, look at some (heterosexual) porn and see how much focus is on the guys vs. the women. Women may be objectified, but at least they become more substantial as objects than even the men. Of course, maybe I just watch different porn than everyone else. People just look into the issue and force it into the narrative they want to see.

"We don't see things as they are; we see things as we are."
_____Anais Nin, "The Seduction of the Minotaur."