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In reply to the discussion: Over 2.1 mil. People Sign Petition to Close Down a Popular Porn Site! [View all]brooklynite
(93,834 posts)38. I hear myself very clearly
I've also heard interviews with many women in the sex work industry who say that they're doing what they want to do. rather than falling back on lazy stereotyping that they're all too weak-willed (apparently) to make decisions for themselves.
Perhaps when your principles align with those of fundamentalist evangelicals, you should think things over.
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Over 2.1 mil. People Sign Petition to Close Down a Popular Porn Site! [View all]
Oneironaut
Oct 2020
OP
You are absolutely right, but often on DU a contingent comes out of the woodwork that
Squinch
Oct 2020
#1
Missed this because it showed up while I was typing-- yes, I am one of those in the woodwork...
TreasonousBastard
Oct 2020
#7
Well, I don't have any recent numbers off hand, but over the years I have run into some, and...
TreasonousBastard
Oct 2020
#18
You said it, oneironaut. Adult and with consent, otherwise shut them down and prosecute.
MLAA
Oct 2020
#2
I agree that porn leads to despicable acts, and they should be punished. Where I get in...
TreasonousBastard
Oct 2020
#5
In the real world, lots and lots and lots of people get hurt in the worlds of porn and
Squinch
Oct 2020
#9
So, let's stop them from being hurt. Walking away from it, or trying to shut it down...
TreasonousBastard
Oct 2020
#14
Sure. Because in the history of the world that has ever worked. Just stop them from being hurt.
Squinch
Oct 2020
#16
Your answer then is to try to shut it down driving it underground where there are no protections?
TreasonousBastard
Oct 2020
#19
Sure. Objecting to systematized rape, abuse and trafficking makes me just like a
Squinch
Oct 2020
#40
The maker's and sellers of porn should have to be licensed, insured and regulated
Marrah_Goodman
Oct 2020
#39
That might work, but then we run into the law-- do magazines or Disney movies have to be licensed?
TreasonousBastard
Oct 2020
#41
I'm not sure how much profit motive has to do with it, not for the people uploading the videos
Silent3
Oct 2020
#13
I was thinking in terms of power imbalance regardless of sex, which I didn't clarify.
crickets
Oct 2020
#35