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Feminists

shaayecanaan

(6,068 posts)

5. good post

Reply to zipplewrath (Reply #3)

Thu Jul 17, 2014, 10:57 PM

Jul 2014

you could make the same argument about objectification. In a capitalist society everyone is objectified, the guy serving you your fries at McDonalds could be a piece of furniture for all you care. Porn is simply reflecting a society in which sex has become an increasingly arms' length transaction (pardon the pun).

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Everything We Thought about Porn is Wrong [View all] libodem Jul 2014 OP

Good one Old Codger Jul 2014 #1

As educated and evolved libodem Jul 2014 #2

Could replace porn with many words zipplewrath Jul 2014 #3

good post shaayecanaan Jul 2014 #5

Quite a few of these issues have been brought up for years Half-Century Man Jul 2014 #4