Thanks for your post Thomas. I am fairly new to feminist theory so I had only read about Dworkin in terms of the division on the feminist movement in the 80's, but the sections of her work you quoted seem (posted to Boundaries)
Thanks for all the comments! I usually follow the various pornography debates on the feministing community and they often have a tendancy to end up with people insulting each other and neglecting meaningful dialogue. This conversation, by contrast, has been (posted to Pornography Vs Reality)
I agree that porn is often only reflecting misogyny that already exists - but it doesn't have to. We take other aspects of society to task for reflecting horribly sexist/racist perspectives - I think we should be applying the same (posted to Pornography Vs Reality)
Hi, this is the OP (for some reason I have a different name when I comment). When I say anti-porn, I should really always say "anti the large amount of mainstream porn that depicts women as hyper-sexualised objects for the (posted to Pornography Vs Reality)
I know how you feel! I find it confusing because I think that my attraction to women might stem partly from the fact that most women are socialised to compare their own attractiveness to other women, which means that women (posted to Am I *really* a lesbian?)
Look at Georgian England, one in five women was engaged in prostitution, it was considered an acceptable and encouraged practice for men to visit prostitutes. This trend continued until recent days. Among those born before WWII, 70% have visited a (posted to Pornography Vs Reality)
Hi - I'm encapsulating a few replies into this post. Nolan - thank you so much for the explanation of attention span. I do understand what you mean, and I tend to agree with you. TD - I am guessing (posted to Pornography Vs Reality)
And one more quick thing - I really hope I'm not offending anyone with anything I've said. I can totally promise that if anyone is offended by anything, it was completely unintentional and I apologize profusely. (posted to Pornography Vs Reality)
i'm glad to see that these comments are, for the most part, so supportive of you finding our own identity and not people trying to find that label for you. it seems your family is doing the opposite. sometimes the (posted to Am I *really* a lesbian?)
I went through the same thing my second year of college. Although I came out as bisexual, not lesbian, I spent most of that year (and the next) wondering if the fact that I didn't have a strong attraction to (posted to Am I *really* a lesbian?)
