"token males" can be feminists just as much as anyone else can.
most of porn objectifies women and displays them horribly subordinate and submissive.
why not get feminists involved? imagine if feminists took over the porn industry --that might be a big leap -- but really, the more feminists get involved and embrace pornography the more they can change it.
"Can feminism and porn coexist?" asks Sarah Hepola at Salon's Broadsheet blog. Maybe I'm out of my element here, acting as I am as the token male commenting on a feminist issue, but my immediate reaction is, Why not? It's one of those overly broad, provocative questions designed mostly to spark discussion, but the answer seems simple enough and I'm having trouble thinking of a counterargument. Since Hepola's not asking "Can feminism and porn made by men coexist?" or "Can feminism and porn-as-we've-known-it-since-the-1960s coexist?," why couldn't feminism and porn coexist, so long as we admit certain things about most porn would have to be altered or excised?
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most of porn objectifies women and displays them horribly subordinate and submissive.
why not get feminists involved? imagine if feminists took over the porn industry --that might be a big leap -- but really, the more feminists get involved and embrace pornography the more they can change it.