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In reply to the discussion: Your opinion on pornography. [View all]Aerows
(39,961 posts)But the thing about pornography is the pesky "I'll know it when I see" aspect to it. It has to be protected speech because what I think is pornography (MUST be consenting adults) someone else might think is not pornography. Heck, I remember last year a story about a woman that tried to throw a sheet over a painting where a woman's breasts were exposed calling it pornography.
That said, my concern is that there are some folks involved in that business that aren't exactly consenting or even capable of consent because of desperation, exploitation, human trafficking, drugs, etc.
I'm not going to even get into the violent porn or how porn can cause out of kilter images of what consent actually means, body images, or other psychological effects, because I think that varies on a case by case basis. It's sort of like the "I'll know it when I see it" deal where no two people are affected or view it in the same way.