Poll: Can pornography exist in a sexism free society?

[mecegirl]

That's... an interesting idea. The big problem with more feminine porn are the questions: who's going to view it, and what is it going to consist of? There are way more men who view porn that women, so making more porn that appeals to women isn't going to be a very quick fix. The other idea is to make porn aimed at men more feminine, although what kind of porn would that be? Porn where the guy is more submissive?

I really like your idea though; it'd be especially neat if men actually started viewing more "feminine" porn.

And there will continue to be more men who view porn than women so long as mainstream porn caters primarily to men. Even mainstream lesbian porn caters to men(like why are the "lesbians" pretending to fellate objects?). The transition doesn't need to happen quickly, its only freak accidents that a form a media rapidly gains a new demographic(like Bronies).

I don't know if male performers would need to be more submissive, though I'm sure some women would be into that. Porn is mostly visual. A lot of people stop there and feel that since stereotypically men are more visual that it can never appeal to women. Stereotypically men watch/ read porn vids and magazines, and women read steamy romance novels. So the thought is that women need some in depth narrative framework. But that doesn't explain teenage girl's obsession with pretty male pop singers. Or why TV shows like Arrow and True Blood exist.

Human's are visual creatures, but not all visuals appeal to everyone. With straight mainstream porn it is very common for the camera to focus primarily on the female performer, because part of the appeal of the video is how hot the female performer is. Depending on the style of porn, like POV porn, you don't really see the male performer at all(except for his equipment of course). The girl might even get a few minutes at the beginning of the video to just strut around in lingerie. Tube sites have menus filled with different categories to help folks find what they want to watch. Some of those categories are just about the type of woman in the video. So if you like blondes you can watch video after video featuring blonde women. Or women with larger breasts, or women of a certain race. I can't think of a category centered around the type of man in straight porn videos except the big dick and possibly the Interracial category. And its just as well. A lot of male porn performers aren't much to look at anyway, but when you're getting hired for your equipment I guess that's not surprising. Mainstream porn objectifies women and there's a limit to how much a straight woman is gonna gravitate towards something of that nature for sexual gratification because she's physically attracted to men. So basically one way to make porn for women is to flip the dynamic. To have the male performers be the focus of the video. Or to make more videos that splits the focus between both performers.

 

[WarpZone]

That's only one viewpoint of how media should change to make it less harmful to those who view it; I've seen plenty of people who suggest changing media is the way to go. I'm not saying they're the majority, just that they do exist. The point of this thread is more to respond to them versus respond to people with viewpoints like yours.

And I realize that we'll never be able to completely remove sexism in society, but if society is really striving to purge as much of it as it humanly can, would pornography have to be removed? That's more what I'm referring to.

Can't, therefore won't. Because markets.

I would also argue shouldn't, but I admit that part's debatable.