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<blockquote data-quote="Gradine" data-source="post: 7735784" data-attributes="member: 57112"><p>Basically, any position you could possibly take on porn within mainstream feminism (including taking no position at all) is complicated and controversial. There is, after all, such a thing as "feminist porn". And, indeed, a number of feminists who would argue that such a thing could never actually exist. </p><p></p><p>That said, to correct a misconception from upthread, porn is not prostitution, and people who engage in porn are not prostitutes. The generally accepted catch-all term is "sex worker", and again, opinions vary on whether any or all forms of sex work are inherently demeaning to women or if it is possible for sex work, in any or all its forms, to be empowering. A lot of this centers around how one feels re: "sex positivity".</p><p></p><p>Steering things a bit back on topic, but Satine seems to be a fairly self-assured both in herself and in her past (if nothing else, she's taken no pains to hide her background at all, given she's still using the same stage name), so there's really no cause for a reasonable person to take exception to her because of it. How <em>unreasonable</em> people are bound to react is increasingly becoming less of a concern... this is not the America of the moral panic of the 80's, nor even the immediate aftermath of Columbine in the late 90's. Some politician trotted out the whole "blame violent video games" thing as an excuse for the recent school shooting in Florida and basically nobody took it seriously. Yes, there is still the Bible Belt and similar pockets scattered throughout small-town America, and my heart goes out to any child feeling trapped in such a situation or unable to freely express who they are, whether that ranges from gender/sexual identity to simply enjoying something like D&D or Harry Potter (my partner spent time in Washington, that bastion of left-coast liberalism, being raised by people who forbid her from watching Buffy). I can see how a former porn star being an enthusiastic face of D&D might make it more difficult to create change for the better in situations like that; I can't see how it would make things any worse.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gradine, post: 7735784, member: 57112"] Basically, any position you could possibly take on porn within mainstream feminism (including taking no position at all) is complicated and controversial. There is, after all, such a thing as "feminist porn". And, indeed, a number of feminists who would argue that such a thing could never actually exist. That said, to correct a misconception from upthread, porn is not prostitution, and people who engage in porn are not prostitutes. The generally accepted catch-all term is "sex worker", and again, opinions vary on whether any or all forms of sex work are inherently demeaning to women or if it is possible for sex work, in any or all its forms, to be empowering. A lot of this centers around how one feels re: "sex positivity". Steering things a bit back on topic, but Satine seems to be a fairly self-assured both in herself and in her past (if nothing else, she's taken no pains to hide her background at all, given she's still using the same stage name), so there's really no cause for a reasonable person to take exception to her because of it. How [I]unreasonable[/I] people are bound to react is increasingly becoming less of a concern... this is not the America of the moral panic of the 80's, nor even the immediate aftermath of Columbine in the late 90's. Some politician trotted out the whole "blame violent video games" thing as an excuse for the recent school shooting in Florida and basically nobody took it seriously. Yes, there is still the Bible Belt and similar pockets scattered throughout small-town America, and my heart goes out to any child feeling trapped in such a situation or unable to freely express who they are, whether that ranges from gender/sexual identity to simply enjoying something like D&D or Harry Potter (my partner spent time in Washington, that bastion of left-coast liberalism, being raised by people who forbid her from watching Buffy). I can see how a former porn star being an enthusiastic face of D&D might make it more difficult to create change for the better in situations like that; I can't see how it would make things any worse. [/QUOTE]
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