I belong in the sect of rad feminism that believes all sex work is exploitation. Porn falls underneath that banner.See, I'd be open to the anti-porn side if they can provide a valid argument for their case, and a valid solution to the problem. However, all they ever seem to spout is moral bullshit for their arguments and prohibition for their solution.
The problem with the average anti-porn argument is that prohibition simply does not work. We saw it with alcohol in the 1920's and our society is just now realizing how badly prohibition of drugs has backfired for the past fifty years. Even with the unique addictive properties and lethality of certain hard drugs like meth, cocaine, or heroin, prohibition has done nothing to stop the problem and in many cases, it has made society worse.
Prohibition of porn would be even more detrimental to society, just like prohibition of alcohol was in the 1920's. The genie is out of the bottle and there's no putting it back in.
As for being a fundamentalist, there isn't any concrete information that proves porn is specifically more harmful than other vices when responsibly consumed by adults and even if there were, the only solutions that are consistently being proposed are ineffective at best and exponentially counterproductive at worst.
Honestly, I'd be more open to the anti-porn side's arguments if they could successfully pull off these three things.
1. Provide concrete proof of porn being uniquely detrimental compared to other vices or forms of media, with at least two or three credible sources. Again, keep in mind that I'm talking about adults viewing porn. I do agree that minors should not have easy access to porn.
2. Provide a reasonable solution the problem that could actually be effective. Simply banning it and revoking any First Amendment protections it has is not a viable solution.
3. Not invoke morality arguments like "muh degeneracy", "muh traditionalism", or "muh World Jewry"
there has been documented instances in which porn hub has let porn of underage teen girls on its platform. While I personally feel like banning porn in it entierity would accomplish nothing productive, I feel platforms such as pornhub should be held legally accountable for letting under age porn on its site. Just as much as the personal user. Banning something outright accomplishes shit, but by making publishers legally accountable them adhere to the same laws as an individual user might be held can effect actual change as there whole profit can go bye bye.
porn isn't detremential to the consumer as much as alcohol and cigarettes are. That is the consumers choice to make alone. However the system in of itself exploitable to those working. Who really grows up and says they want to be a porn star? Many times producers can overlook contracts, also didn't one porn star off herself because she refused to fuck a guy who did gay for pay porn? Often times we're sold the illusion of choice when in actuality refusing to do a certain thing can fuck some ones livelihood up. The problem doesn't lie in the consumption of porn it lies in the system behind it. the only way is to regulate it legally so there's no abuse of power. not banning it when then in that cause porn will still be produced and opens the door to further exploitation.
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