This week’s readings gave me much to think about I was most taken back at the reading out of “The Macho Paradox”, where they focused on the role porn plays in boys/men lives. I begin to question myself for feeling like well women watch porn too why are we only focused on the men?. However, when I continued reading and saw some of the examples they used I was wide eyed and wondering why I had not felt this way prior none of it alarmed me prior to reading this. This made me Question if what the author Is saying is really true. We all have our guilty pleasures but given the context of the examples I agree something needs to change. Then there is the aspect of the world progressing and this kind of material still being made it becomes a POOR choice in a sense for women to subject themselves to the disrespect. I don’t believe the same narratives from 50 years ago are being pushed onto women and if they are the women are and can rebel against it so at what point do we recognize this is a choice being made and focus more on lack of self-love aside from then blaming porn for how they portray women. Why are the women still doing and allowing it in a progressive world!! I want to be clear I am not speaking of the way it encourages rape or any of that I more-so want to understand why women are still ok with participating in degrading porn in 2022.!!
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Miranda, I was also taken back by how men are the only ones portrayed to watch porn when women do it as well. Evidence has shown that men are the main viewers of porn, and when they need more than the so-called “intimacy” they have with their partners, they seek more to satisfy their fantasies. I agree with you about why women still do porn. It’s degrading, and it allows for men to keep thinking they can look at women a certain way and make them feel uncomfortable.
Hey Jessica, I agree ….but Ashanti did make a valid point about the reasons they could be choosing to do it today I guess to each is own no matter what I think it may be because of.
Hey Miranda, I agree that men aren’t the only ones that watch porn. While porn has many disadvantages, that influences how men perceive women. I don’t think it’s our place to question why women choose to work in such an environment. Some do it because it gives them a sense of empowerment, while the majority do it for money. Women are constantly exploited for their bodies. I see nothing wrong with porn stars using what they have to their advantage. I think it’s time for women to reclaim their bodies and decide what they want to do with them.
Hey Ashanti, I can agree with that maybe I could’ve phrased it differently and said I believe there are likely different reasons women choose to do it now, you’re right !!