Porn!

[featherynscale]

After reading some pretty intense stuff on the flist about people's pornography addictions and the other associated evils of porn today, I am left with a single stupid question that is completely out of place in the original thread:

Why doesn't anybody ever complain that porn objectifies/degrades/devalues men? (I mean, provided that there are men in the porn. Obviously, lesbian porn doesn't objectify men, but, you know.)

(Also, can you tell it's a slow day? I can.)

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[greektoomey.livejournal.com]

if you were the sort of person who was concerned that porn devalued people

There's the real answer right there, I think. Most men I've ever met don't care about being objectified.

Parenthetically, the existence of someone for whom Ron Jeremy represents a physical ideal is irrelevant, unless that person happens to be in a position to cast Mr. Jeremy in a role. Most casting in straight porn is done by straight men, I believe.

Another possible reason is the same reason why there's a Black History Month but there's no White History Month.