Quick Blog #5: Feminism & Anti-pornography

I watched the video on the dead porn stars memorial. I thought it was very sad that most of these individuals died from suicide, drug overdose, alcoholism, or even murder. Most of these individuals were also very young and still had their whole life ahead of them. I thought the song choice was very interesting as well, with lines such as, "Nobody wants to die." That is very powerful and I thought it was a good choice to go along with the video. At the end of the video they stated that this video was to help those living with a porn addiction and those who have friends or family that are porn stars. It was a very powerful message sent. Help those that are experiencing porn addictions before they become a part of this memorial. I think it's good that this foundation was created to help those struggling. I do personally believe that pornography in a way is contributing to the way men see women sexually. I know not all men see women as a piece of meat, but a large amount of them do. It's sad that some women are judged on their hot appearance before who they really are. Along with some men though, there have been women who consider men as a piece of meat as well, and that is not right either. Even in the video they showed some male porn stars that had died. I'm not sure if pornography furthers the problems of sexism and misogyny but it definitely doesn't help. It just gives more reason for men and women to become sexist. Pornography presents women in a degrading manner because it usually involves them naked being shown to the world. There is no discretion involved in a porn video. Men who view a lot of pornography will always picture women in the manner that he saw them in the video and not all women are like that. It doesn't send a good message to younger men. It impacts them greatly because it helps them establish the idea that it's okay to picture women as a sexual figure. I believe I agree with a feminist critique of pornography. However, in the video that I watched did have some male porn stars in the end.