RE: Porn
March 3, 2015 at 2:28 pm
(This post was last modified: March 3, 2015 at 2:30 pm by Dystopia.)
I think the sex industry will always be inherently exploitative, specially for women, unless it's strictly regulated.
Abuses in porn film sessions and reports of former porn stars about pressure, violence and coercion are not rare.
Most women film one or two scenes/shots and bail out of the industry. Why does that happen? It's not out of the blue, it's because the experience isn't pleasant and usually it is extremely humiliating.
Don't get me wrong, I'm all for sex work and sex workers having labour rights (and duties by consequence) but without abuse, manipulation and coercion. The average age for entering prostitution in places where it's not regulated is 14 and the average prostitute has a pimp and is raped by him frequently, b sides client abuse. It's something we ought to stop.
Am I wrong? I'm trying to be reasonable between complete liberalization and full prohibition, because wise regulation is the only way we'll prevent the sex industry from becoming corrupt and abusive. Just regulation is not enough, regulation in Holland didn't stop sex trafficking, we need heavy regulations.
I'm in favour of the government running the sex industry fully. Call me a socialist or a statist if you want, but I think it's the only option. Either this or the government closely monitors and inspects every activity from the sex industry. We also need to be careful with price stability to prevent a huge rise in pricing because that would mean less clients and more prostitutes on the street providing services cheaper + Illegal "not so legal" activities
The only reason we are not acting to regulate these industries is because of the religious conception of sexual "morality" and body puritanism. Society sees prostitution and pornography as deeply immoral because sex is monogamous, in marriage and between a man and a woman. We need to get rid of these outdated ideas.
Oh, and I think we should take into account that most sex workers are not there by "choice", I find it curious that if we analyse socio-economic background of sex workers all over the world we end up finding that most of them come from low class and had little opportunities in life. Curiously, people who work in the sex industry are the ones who had less choices, so I wouldn't classify sex working as mostly a choice, despite the fact it sometimes is. Providing opportunities for those who work in the sex industry out of necessity and lack of job opportunities is important.
Aractus, I don't see the problem with rape fantasies and rape porn, as long as it's legal and consented. Obviously I will be against real rape being filmed.
Abuses in porn film sessions and reports of former porn stars about pressure, violence and coercion are not rare.
Most women film one or two scenes/shots and bail out of the industry. Why does that happen? It's not out of the blue, it's because the experience isn't pleasant and usually it is extremely humiliating.
Don't get me wrong, I'm all for sex work and sex workers having labour rights (and duties by consequence) but without abuse, manipulation and coercion. The average age for entering prostitution in places where it's not regulated is 14 and the average prostitute has a pimp and is raped by him frequently, b sides client abuse. It's something we ought to stop.
Am I wrong? I'm trying to be reasonable between complete liberalization and full prohibition, because wise regulation is the only way we'll prevent the sex industry from becoming corrupt and abusive. Just regulation is not enough, regulation in Holland didn't stop sex trafficking, we need heavy regulations.
I'm in favour of the government running the sex industry fully. Call me a socialist or a statist if you want, but I think it's the only option. Either this or the government closely monitors and inspects every activity from the sex industry. We also need to be careful with price stability to prevent a huge rise in pricing because that would mean less clients and more prostitutes on the street providing services cheaper + Illegal "not so legal" activities
The only reason we are not acting to regulate these industries is because of the religious conception of sexual "morality" and body puritanism. Society sees prostitution and pornography as deeply immoral because sex is monogamous, in marriage and between a man and a woman. We need to get rid of these outdated ideas.
Oh, and I think we should take into account that most sex workers are not there by "choice", I find it curious that if we analyse socio-economic background of sex workers all over the world we end up finding that most of them come from low class and had little opportunities in life. Curiously, people who work in the sex industry are the ones who had less choices, so I wouldn't classify sex working as mostly a choice, despite the fact it sometimes is. Providing opportunities for those who work in the sex industry out of necessity and lack of job opportunities is important.
Aractus, I don't see the problem with rape fantasies and rape porn, as long as it's legal and consented. Obviously I will be against real rape being filmed.
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