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The Biggest Industry
Wednesday, February 16, 2005
What is the biggest industry? Porn. Yes, you read that right, PORN.
So maybe i have my stats off, by i know it’s up there when it comes to money-making industries. By the way, if you’re faint of heart, i suggest you stop reading here. But back to the rant at hand…
So i was at my friends apartment and picked up an issue of Stuff, a definite guy-demographic magazine. I ran across an article about this woman who was making observations about being an extra on a porn set. Out of morbid curiousity (and granted, this was very unwise), i read through that article. While there was nothing particularly offensive (just generally so), something about it triggered a realization that i HATE the porn industry.
I don’t just mean dislike. I mean HATE.
(And here’s where i really go off...)
How can they build one of the biggest money-making industries based on the subjugation and objectification of women!?! How can they ignore the immense WRONGNESS about perpetuating the idea that women are only good for the purpose of sex? And of course, this is where someone chimes in, “But the women who are in the movies *want* to be filmed and treated that way. It’s all consensual, so it’s ok.” Fine fine fine. Yes, THEY may not have a problem with or may even like being treated that way, but I DON’T. Those women can’t deny the fact that their participation in that media affects other women in ways that they DO NO WANT. What does it say to men? It says, “It’s ok to treat women as objects. In fact, they like it! All women are like this.” When men say crass comments to women about the way they look or what they want to do to them, they’re responding to what porn has taught them--it’s ok because she’s just a piece of meat. Oh and she probably secretly wants it.
By the way, this isn’t just porn. In fact, it seems that most media today portray this message. Advertising exploits it. I’m getting really sick of it.
If i could, i would single-handedly bring down the porn empire. I would apologize for this subject, but i’m just too pissed to be apologetic right now.