Apart from the glib comment, I think you're completely wrong. It isn't hypocrisy for society to marginalize the pornography industry which is exploitative of women in so many ways. By condoning it, particularly via somebody connected with being in charge of children, we are in danger of sliding another step deeper into a slimy and unsatisfactory World.
I don't know if it is always exploitative, Rog. I think it can be, but I also wonder why we've always had the sex industry in its many forms,(and no doubt always will) if there is not some kind of human need for it.
I keep meaning to read this book because she interviewed the people working within it.
"Had I not been raised by two open-minded parents and not worked in sex education and the sex industry, I might have shared the view of those who associate porn with social ills: paedophilia, rape, sex slavery, abuse, HIV, teen sex, the degradation of women. But I don't think we should accept a view just because it is held by a large number of people..."
It started off as a bookcrossing blog, in which I left my books on the Central Line, hoping someone would pick them up and comment on them here. It has morphed into, er, this. So if you showed up looking for something about bookcrossings and books... look here or here instead
I was sure it wouldn't stand up in court.
ReplyDeleteRog, COL (that's cackle out loud, instead of laugh.)
ReplyDeleteApart from the glib comment, I think you're completely wrong. It isn't hypocrisy for society to marginalize the pornography industry which is exploitative of women in so many ways. By condoning it, particularly via somebody connected with being in charge of children, we are in danger of sliding another step deeper into a slimy and unsatisfactory World.
ReplyDeleteI don't know if it is always exploitative, Rog. I think it can be, but I also wonder why we've always had the sex industry in its many forms,(and no doubt always will) if there is not some kind of human need for it.
ReplyDeleteI keep meaning to read this book because she interviewed the people working within it.
I think he defended himself quite well too.
"Had I not been raised by two open-minded parents and not worked in sex education and the sex industry, I might have shared the view of those who associate porn with social ills: paedophilia, rape, sex slavery, abuse, HIV, teen sex, the degradation of women. But I don't think we should accept a view just because it is held by a large number of people..."
So, Annie. Got any interesting sidelines you want to share with us, now the legal issues have been sorted?
ReplyDeleteApart from the crack dealing, you mean?
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