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Okay, okay. Let's clear this up:

-Guys like porn, yes. But either you play or you jack off to porn. You can't do both. This will only attract the wrong kind of people. I don't mean pervs, I mean people who won't acre about what's being discussed and instead will only go there for b00bs. Which brings me to...

-We pwn n00bs with b00bs?! Not only is that impossible (Seriously, without being a perv, someone explain to me how you can physically own someone in a game...with your boobs?) but that's sexist. It makes girls look like they can't play so therefore, they should rely on their one and only weapon: Boobs? It's as if guys said "I pwn your with my penis. Now I will hump the couch as a celebratory event!" Could be true but...come on, you're not helping your case here.

-Umm...released the same day as GoW3? I dunno...I still think GoW3 will get a bigger hype, mostly because A) Better porn can be found anywhere and B) It's freaking GoW! Midnight releases, tons of reservations, GoW parties, years of anticipation, and so on!


It seems to me they're trying to do a bunch of things but fail at all of them.
Promote girls as gamers? Yeah, way to misinterpret the meaning! And no to be a dick but I doubt she knows that much about games. I've met girls who could easily kick anyone's ass and they don't look like porn stars. My respect goes to them.
Topless gaming site? Okay, and? Cause you can see topless girls anywhere, from TV to magazines and so on. So what's the catch?
Nudity to attract people? Again, what's the catch? People watch porn because it's freakin' porn, not because they just wanna see topless girls. So it seems to me they should have added porn or something BUT PAY ATTENTION! Simply as an entrepreneur, I think this idea will fail because, again, it falls short in so many ways.
Walkthroughs? Sorry but in my case, when I look at a walkthrough, I want the answer NOW so I can get back into playing. I don't know if this will be like the Topless News, where you wait until the girl is naked and then she gets into the interesting parts of the walkthrough.

Sorry, I'm not that big of a perv. I just can't fathom this. Hell, even posting this, I felt bad because I saw each and every sentence as an innuendo instead of a serious comment, which it is. I just can't take this seriously. :/
 

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Here's what I don't understand - why people think this will say anything at all about female gamers. These ladies are being quite up front about the fact that they are porn stars. It's part of the marketing appeal of their service. Their day jobs, if you will, don't say anything about me as a sexual female, so why should their gaming venture say anything about me in that arena, either?

Porn is a fantasy, and sane, mature people realize that. This is offering a similar kind of fantasy. I don't see how anyone can or will legitimately come to any opinion about the gamer next door because of anything viewed on this particular site. Nobody but an absolute idiot is going to think that because he saw a porn star getting paid to "pwn noobs with her boobs" that non-porn star girls are going to do the same thing.
 

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Im not sure if anyone has already said this but, Fox news are probably going to hear about this and say that "Games are promoting sex and the degredation of women".
 

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So does anyone else here "We're making a gaming website but using tits rather than quality footage to get traffic".

Gamer girls aren't exactly an endangered species. They're more common now than ever and I can't even count the number I know personally. Why should I visit a website to see some hot girl play a game topless when I can get a real one (who can then help me get co-op achievments as well).

And well..it just seems silly. Unless you get really turned on by seeing Marcus Fenix in the background it's not going to be any better than standard porn - something the internet isn't short of.
 

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Susan Arendt said:
Nobody but an absolute idiot is going to think that because he saw a porn star getting paid to "pwn noobs with her boobs" that non-porn star girls are going to do the same thing.
That's why: Because most guy gamers are idiots. (No offense, seriously. Just bear with me)

I've worked at a game retail store for a while now and I've seen all sorts of things: Guys walking out of my store simply because there's only girls working that shift (I believe the guy's exact words were "Holy crap! There's only girls in here!" before he walked out), guys who are either afraid of girls who play videogames or think of them as dumb and insignificant (Another example that comes to mind is a guy walking to the store, a female employee approaching him and offering help only for him to say no, turn around and ask some other guy employee about Call of Duty. This actually happens every week, the least), guys buying games like X Blades and Bayonetta simply because of the cover only to come back a couple of days later demanding a refund, guys who claim to be macho wacho FPS/Madden experts and, in vulgar terms, when they talk to their friends, they're just measuring their male reproductive organs with each other, and so much more, i can't even list it all here.

It is refreshing to meet those few, unique and awesome gamers who are not biased and who are mature enough to differentiate between a game with boobs on the cover and a good game. And sadly, those mature people are rare to find; usually they're a minority, if you will, because they don't go around causing havoc because of stuff like this; they're mature, like you said. People who can play God of War or Dragon Age's sex scenes without giggling like a little girl or replaying the whole thing over and over again.

I honestly don't care what these girls do. They wanna be different, I guess, and in a way, they're the first ones to try that. Yeah, alright. But what I fear is that some people are gonna relate porn with girls and gaming, people who won't even bother to read the entire article. It would be simple to ignore them, but it still bothers me.
 

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Beautiful End said:
Susan Arendt said:
Nobody but an absolute idiot is going to think that because he saw a porn star getting paid to "pwn noobs with her boobs" that non-porn star girls are going to do the same thing.
That's why: Because most guy gamers are idiots. (No offense, seriously. Just bear with me)

I've worked at a game retail store for a while now and I've seen all sorts of things: Guys walking out of my store simply because there's only girls working that shift (I believe the guy's exact words were "Holy crap! There's only girls in here!" before he walked out), guys who are either afraid of girls who play videogames or think of them as dumb and insignificant (Another example that comes to mind is a guy walking to the store, a female employee approaching him and offering help only for him to say no, turn around and ask some other guy employee about Call of Duty. This actually happens every week, the least), guys buying games like X Blades and Bayonetta simply because of the cover only to come back a couple of days later demanding a refund, guys who claim to be macho wacho FPS/Madden experts and, in vulgar terms, when they talk to their friends, they're just measuring their male reproductive organs with each other, and so much more, i can't even list it all here.

It is refreshing to meet those few, unique and awesome gamers who are not biased and who are mature enough to differentiate between a game with boobs on the cover and a good game. And sadly, those mature people are rare to find; usually they're a minority, if you will, because they don't go around causing havoc because of stuff like this; they're mature, like you said. People who can play God of War or Dragon Age's sex scenes without giggling like a little girl or replaying the whole thing over and over again.

I honestly don't care what these girls do. They wanna be different, I guess, and in a way, they're the first ones to try that. Yeah, alright. But what I fear is that some people are gonna relate porn with girls and gaming, people who won't even bother to read the entire article. It would be simple to ignore them, but it still bothers me.
Oh, I know the kind of guys you're talking about, believe me, but I've found them to be the exception, not the rule. I think guys - all guys, really, but nerd guys in particular - don't get enough credit when it comes to stuff like this. They like boobs, sure, but they also recognize that there's a difference between the fantasy of girl and the reality of girl. I think nerd culture panders to men a lot more than general culture (though I may just be more aware of nerd culture), because there's this perception that nerd boys are so unfamiliar with Real Life Girls that if you flash some tits their way they'll respond in true Pavlovian fashion. And yes, that does happen with a certain segment (you know who you are) but for the most part I think guys see it for what it is.
 

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Susan Arendt said:
Beautiful End said:
Susan Arendt said:
Nobody but an absolute idiot is going to think that because he saw a porn star getting paid to "pwn noobs with her boobs" that non-porn star girls are going to do the same thing.
That's why: Because most guy gamers are idiots. (No offense, seriously. Just bear with me)

I've worked at a game retail store for a while now and I've seen all sorts of things: Guys walking out of my store simply because there's only girls working that shift (I believe the guy's exact words were "Holy crap! There's only girls in here!" before he walked out), guys who are either afraid of girls who play videogames or think of them as dumb and insignificant (Another example that comes to mind is a guy walking to the store, a female employee approaching him and offering help only for him to say no, turn around and ask some other guy employee about Call of Duty. This actually happens every week, the least), guys buying games like X Blades and Bayonetta simply because of the cover only to come back a couple of days later demanding a refund, guys who claim to be macho wacho FPS/Madden experts and, in vulgar terms, when they talk to their friends, they're just measuring their male reproductive organs with each other, and so much more, i can't even list it all here.

It is refreshing to meet those few, unique and awesome gamers who are not biased and who are mature enough to differentiate between a game with boobs on the cover and a good game. And sadly, those mature people are rare to find; usually they're a minority, if you will, because they don't go around causing havoc because of stuff like this; they're mature, like you said. People who can play God of War or Dragon Age's sex scenes without giggling like a little girl or replaying the whole thing over and over again.

I honestly don't care what these girls do. They wanna be different, I guess, and in a way, they're the first ones to try that. Yeah, alright. But what I fear is that some people are gonna relate porn with girls and gaming, people who won't even bother to read the entire article. It would be simple to ignore them, but it still bothers me.
Oh, I know the kind of guys you're talking about, believe me, but I've found them to be the exception, not the rule. I think guys - all guys, really, but nerd guys in particular - don't get enough credit when it comes to stuff like this. They like boobs, sure, but they also recognize that there's a difference between the fantasy of girl and the reality of girl. I think nerd culture panders to men a lot more than general culture (though I may just be more aware of nerd culture), because there's this perception that nerd boys are so unfamiliar with Real Life Girls that if you flash some tits their way they'll respond in true Pavlovian fashion. And yes, that does happen with a certain segment (you know who you are) but for the most part I think guys see it for what it is.
I guess I've just had a bad experience with guys like this. Most nerds I've met (Including some friends of mine) are so unsuccessful with girls that they just focus on fantasy girls to the point that when a real girl comes their way, they let it go. I actually had a friend whose sole goal in life was to find a girl in this world that resembled Rei from Neon Genesis Evangelion. I doubt he ever stopped to think if he was looking for a good girl, someone he could relate to, someone he had something in common, and so on. No, he wanted Rei, the girl with the spandex suit and voluptuous figure. He wanted her to be his and that's it.

But I digress. I understand what you're saying and I agree. But...the simple replies that this topic is getting kinda make me change my mind.

I suppose I cannot judge the quality of that site until I watch a walkthrough or something. But personally, when I see naked people, I think they're desperate for attention and they're trying to overcompensate for their lack of...something, in this case, game knowledge. I support people like Lisa Foiles who is a well known and reputable gamer girl, someone who you can take seriously when she talks about games. But it wouldn't be the same if she was topless; *I* would feel uncomfortable, kinda the same way you would feel if...I don't know, Pierce Brosnan was whispering into your ear but he had horribly bad breath. And I think that's the problem everyone's having (I'm not acknowledging the immature replies like "OMFG SKANKZ! and such): girls SHOULD be taken seriously when it comes to playing video games; it's not like we're aliens. And yes, while these girls don't represent all girls in general, I cannot help but think they still represent gamer girls; those of us who are not public figures.
Right idea, wrong execution. Which makes me think of...
 

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Cid SilverWing said:
I'm offended. Absolutely offended.

That they have to resort to boobs to attract male attention proves undeniably that the gaming industry has sunk as far as it can without re-enacting the crash of '83.
I'm simultaneously wondering how on Earth you survived high school, and who the hell taught you how to draw conclusions from things.

Who gives a shit? Formula 1 isn't considered immature and terrible and blah blah blah because of pit girls.

The entire music industry is not tarnished because Rihanna is smoking hot doing sexual things in her videos.

Men's fashion labels are not destroyed because they're featured and promoted on sites that also show topless models.

This is one bloody site. It doesn't matter.


Susan Arendt said:
Oh, I know the kind of guys you're talking about, believe me, but I've found them to be the exception, not the rule. I think guys - all guys, really, but nerd guys in particular - don't get enough credit when it comes to stuff like this. They like boobs, sure, but they also recognize that there's a difference between the fantasy of girl and the reality of girl. I think nerd culture panders to men a lot more than general culture (though I may just be more aware of nerd culture), because there's this perception that nerd boys are so unfamiliar with Real Life Girls that if you flash some tits their way they'll respond in true Pavlovian fashion. And yes, that does happen with a certain segment (you know who you are) but for the most part I think guys see it for what it is.
I think I would disagree; its not that its "nerd culture" and nerds can't deal with real life girls (well, I don't think the majority can, but I mean that's not why this site is about to exist), its just that its male-dominated. As I said above, plenty of different male-dominated areas outside of nerd-zones do the same thing.

Talk shows and magazines aimed at women can be just as crazy in their portrayal of men, and aim at brewing up that "cut off their dicks!" attitude. Its just how things are. This site and those magazines and those talk shows and those other lad's mags sites all do it because it taps into several things that a particular gender dominates at once.

Obviously its there to generate views but I don't think its, "look how easy nerds are to rope in compared to normal guys," as it is, "guys love these two things most, let's put them together."

But yeah... I think I'm disagreeing with you. I don't really know now.
 

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Beautiful End said:
I guess I've just had a bad experience with guys like this. Most nerds I've met (Including some friends of mine) are so unsuccessful with girls that they just focus on fantasy girls to the point that when a real girl comes their way, they let it go. I actually had a friend whose sole goal in life was to find a girl in this world that resembled Rei from Neon Genesis Evangelion. I doubt he ever stopped to think if he was looking for a good girl, someone he could relate to, someone he had something in common, and so on. No, he wanted Rei, the girl with the spandex suit and voluptuous figure. He wanted her to be his and that's it.

But I digress. I understand what you're saying and I agree. But...the simple replies that this topic is getting kinda make me change my mind.

I suppose I cannot judge the quality of that site until I watch a walkthrough or something. But personally, when I see naked people, I think they're desperate for attention and they're trying to overcompensate for their lack of...something, in this case, game knowledge. I support people like Lisa Foiles who is a well known and reputable gamer girl, someone who you can take seriously when she talks about games. But it wouldn't be the same if she was topless; *I* would feel uncomfortable, kinda the same way you would feel if...I don't know, Pierce Brosnan was whispering into your ear but he had horribly bad breath. And I think that's the problem everyone's having (I'm not acknowledging the immature replies like "OMFG SKANKZ! and such): girls SHOULD be taken seriously when it comes to playing video games; it's not like we're aliens. And yes, while these girls don't represent all girls in general, I cannot help but think they still represent gamer girls; those of us who are not public figures.
Right idea, wrong execution. Which makes me think of...
Interestingly, I'd be more concerned about the potential implications if they didn't take their clothes off. The emphasis, to me, seems clear: these aren't gamers who're taking their tops off, they're girls who take their tops off playing games.

I had a friend similar to yours, by the way, but mine purchased a kitty suit for his ladyfriend...before he ever had a ladyfriend. He couldn't deal with the issues that prevented him from connecting with people, so he retreated to the safety of fantasy.

I imagine these ladies saw a potential market and decided to take advantage of it. I don't see the toplessness as a mark of desperation - after all, they're doing it to turn a buck, not to get you to like them or call them back. It's a business decision, a marketing ploy, plain and simple.
 

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Susan Arendt said:
Oh, I know the kind of guys you're talking about, believe me, but I've found them to be the exception, not the rule. I think guys - all guys, really, but nerd guys in particular - don't get enough credit when it comes to stuff like this. They like boobs, sure, but they also recognize that there's a difference between the fantasy of girl and the reality of girl. I think nerd culture panders to men a lot more than general culture (though I may just be more aware of nerd culture), because there's this perception that nerd boys are so unfamiliar with Real Life Girls that if you flash some tits their way they'll respond in true Pavlovian fashion. And yes, that does happen with a certain segment (you know who you are) but for the most part I think guys see it for what it is.
I think I would disagree; its not that its "nerd culture" and nerds can't deal with real life girls (well, I don't think the majority can, but I mean that's not why this site is about to exist), its just that its male-dominated. As I said above, plenty of different male-dominated areas outside of nerd-zones do the same thing.

Talk shows and magazines aimed at women can be just as crazy in their portrayal of men, and aim at brewing up that "cut off their dicks!" attitude. Its just how things are. This site and those magazines and those talk shows and those other lad's mags sites all do it because it taps into several things that a particular gender dominates at once.

Obviously its there to generate views but I don't think its, "look how easy nerds are to rope in compared to normal guys," as it is, "guys love these two things most, let's put them together."

But yeah... I think I'm disagreeing with you. I don't really know now.
You're quite right, really, on all points. I guess I'm just more sensitive to it within the realms of nerd culture, perhaps because I relate to nerds so much better than "normal" guys. And don't even get me started about how much I hate how men are depicted. According to TV, you lot can't cook, take care of children, or do laundry. The mere act of making toast or sending the kids off to school is likely to result in the house catching fire, and of course, even when a woman is the one that's wrong, you still have to apologize. Because...erm...something.

Drives me insane.
 

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Look, it's time to put this to an end. You are not listening to me, we are arguing in circles, and it's not interesting. Just a couple of final points:

awsome117 said:
Aardvaarkman said:
How does a few interviews prove that the majority of women in porn enjoy it, and are perfectly happy doing it?
Because the majority aren't forced prostitutes who were kidnapped at a young age to only make porn. Why does the thought of using sex for not only pleasure, but a career get under your skin so much?
Firstly, the fact that they are not kidnapped or forced to do it, doesn't prove they are enjoying it. That's just poor logic. Secondly, the thought of using sex for pleasure and career does not get under my skin. What annoys me is that you seem to be highly overestimating the pleasure aspect, and playing down the negatives.

awsome117 said:
Aardvaarkman said:
Forced prostitution in the production of porn. And, by the way, porn is a form of prostitution.
No actually it's not. It would be prostitution if it wasn't filmed.
Porn is what we call prostitution when it is filmed. Prostitution is having sex for money. Porn is just a sub-genre of prostitution. Much like being an executive at a large games studio.


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Aardvaarkman said:
This has got to be the biggest straw man you've been pushing in this thread. That if somehow one has problems with the porn industry, one must be sexually repressed. Nobody is making the argument that one can't enjoy sex.
No, I'm making an argument that people can enjoy sex and make a career out of it.
That's why it's a straw man. Nobody here argued that you couldn't enjoy sex and make a career out of it. I certainly didn't. So, who are you arguing with?

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Aardvaarkman said:
As a matter of fact, I have had relationships with women who have been strippers, ex-prostitutes and, yes, been in porn. I'm no stranger to kinky sexual practices. But I'm also no stranger to the emotional damage those things can cause. And yes, some of them have said that some aspects are empowering or enjoyable. But overwhelmingly, the overall experience is negative.
Same with anything, you'll find people who hate their job/didn't go into for the right reasons, and of course it'll be a negative experience. Again, like you keep telling me, how do these girls represent the majority. Unless you dated at least half from each strip club around the US/Europe, then you have no case really.
Which is exactly what my contention was with you in the first place! You posted anecdotal evidence and claimed it proved that most participants enjoy being in porn. I said that your evidence didn't prove anything, unless you had done a peer-reviewed survey of porn actors.

Now, when I provide my anecdotal evidence, without claiming it proves anything you say it doesn't prove anything unless I survey a majority of porn actors? I agree! It doesn't, just as your anecdotal evidence doesn't prove anything.

We could have avoided this whole argument in the first place if you had've agreed with that. I didn't come here to prove anything, I just came here to say that things are more complicated than you were making them out to be. Nobody has a complete picture of this, and there certainly isn't a clear-cut answer. Yet you repeatedly claimed your position to be absolute fact.

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Aardvaarkman said:
All I said is that your claim that the porn industry is mostly all fun and games, it's all just about liberated sex, is rather questionable. In my experience it's a lot more complicated than that.
No, you claimed it's all forced prostitution with young girls who have been kidnapped.
No, I did not. Can you please point out where I actually said that? All I said is that abuse of women is a serious issue and it happens in the porn industry. I never said that all porn was forced prostitution. I think you might not even be bothering to actually read what I write.

awsome117 said:
Yes there are. Just not the majority of it. Again what about men! Men are in porn to you know. But as you pointed out, it is a fantasy world, porn. Where all men have giant dicks, and women have giant racks and the like. It is a place where you can see your fantasies. Using your body to express your sexuality is not "objectifying".
No, using your body to express your sexuality is not objectifying. But that's not what I was talking about. I was talking about the depiction of women in porn. Much of it casts the woman as a simple sex object with no agency, who simply has acts performed on her body. Who is often subject to violence and humiliation. That is objectifying.

Although it exists, very little mainstream porn presents women as empowered equals. Whether the actor is personally liberated or not, they are playing a role that is not.

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You talk a lot about liberation and empowerment, but that's not how women are portrayed in most porn.
That's how most women view it. Sure you'll find lots of women against that, but you'll also find many who approve and love it.
Most women view the way women are portrayed in porn as liberating? Throwing around another unsubstantiated claim? You have some kind of telepathic access to the hive mind of women?
 

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Beautiful End said:
I guess I've just had a bad experience with guys like this. Most nerds I've met (Including some friends of mine) are so unsuccessful with girls that they just focus on fantasy girls to the point that when a real girl comes their way, they let it go. I actually had a friend whose sole goal in life was to find a girl in this world that resembled Rei from Neon Genesis Evangelion. I doubt he ever stopped to think if he was looking for a good girl, someone he could relate to, someone he had something in common, and so on. No, he wanted Rei, the girl with the spandex suit and voluptuous figure. He wanted her to be his and that's it.

But I digress. I understand what you're saying and I agree. But...the simple replies that this topic is getting kinda make me change my mind.

I suppose I cannot judge the quality of that site until I watch a walkthrough or something. But personally, when I see naked people, I think they're desperate for attention and they're trying to overcompensate for their lack of...something, in this case, game knowledge. I support people like Lisa Foiles who is a well known and reputable gamer girl, someone who you can take seriously when she talks about games. But it wouldn't be the same if she was topless; *I* would feel uncomfortable, kinda the same way you would feel if...I don't know, Pierce Brosnan was whispering into your ear but he had horribly bad breath. And I think that's the problem everyone's having (I'm not acknowledging the immature replies like "OMFG SKANKZ! and such): girls SHOULD be taken seriously when it comes to playing video games; it's not like we're aliens. And yes, while these girls don't represent all girls in general, I cannot help but think they still represent gamer girls; those of us who are not public figures.
Right idea, wrong execution. Which makes me think of...
Interestingly, I'd be more concerned about the potential implications if they didn't take their clothes off. The emphasis, to me, seems clear: these aren't gamers who're taking their tops off, they're girls who take their tops off playing games.

I had a friend similar to yours, by the way, but mine purchased a kitty suit for his ladyfriend...before he ever had a ladyfriend. He couldn't deal with the issues that prevented him from connecting with people, so he retreated to the safety of fantasy.

I imagine these ladies saw a potential market and decided to take advantage of it. I don't see the toplessness as a mark of desperation - after all, they're doing it to turn a buck, not to get you to like them or call them back. It's a business decision, a marketing ploy, plain and simple.
I suppose in that sense you're right. It's really smart out of them to take their clothes off in front of gamers. I assume the vast majority will be guys because, let's face it, a girl might watch the show out of curiosity but a guy will watch the show even if they hate games. So I applaud the ladies for gaining such big audience already, and the channel hasn't even been released!

I also applaud them in the sense that they can go around topless; I would never be able to do that.

*Ahem* But yes, this is a very confusing topic for me now. One one hand, I respect what they're doing now. On the other hand and despite all this, I cannot help but feel like some immature guys out there are gonna pin that "dumb gamer girls" title on us. You know, the same way a guy that cooks or stays at home is considered a weirdo by some immature people. It's a dumb thing to say and it is absolutely wrong, yet we still have a vast majority of guys who think of these...responsible men (That's what they are!) as sissies or girly men or something. That's what I fear: Guys doing the same thing with us.
So yes, I think i will actually watch this channel now, just so I can give an accurate point of view on it because right now, I'm speculating and I might be wrong.

Funny how that turned around: I came in here not interested in the show and now I wanna watch it for some other reasons as the ones everyone is thinking of.
 

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Micalas said:
The fact that you can't differentiate between human sex trafficking and legitimate companies shows that you really have no leg to stand on.
I certainly can differentiate between the two. But not all porn is produced by legitimate companies.

Micalas said:
The term "porn industry" as being used in this argument is refering to the people who follow US Code 2257 [http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/18/usc_sec_18_00002257----000-.html] (and similar laws abroad). You're being obtuse and talking about blatently illegal things that related to human trafficking. The fact that the unfortunately trafficked people are being used to make pornograph does not make them part of the "porn industry."
Why would you restrict the definition to only law-abiding businesses? That makes no sense. Consumers of porn aren't asking themselves whether the website they get their porn from abides by all legal statutes. The internet allows porn from all over the world, legal and illegal to be consumed easily. So, issues of pornography in our culture extend way beyond the "respectable" companies.

Micalas said:
As a person who works for the Department of Defense in conjunction with the Department of Homeland Security concerning human trafficking, I'm insulted that you can't see the difference between a person getting raped on camera for free and a person being consensually doing this while getting paid hand over fist . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pornographic_actor#Pay_rates.
I can see the difference. But how does the existence of a legal porn industry make the issue go away? We don't get to pretend that these issues don't exist in porn. You know it happens. You know people consume it.
 

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Susan Arendt said:
Nobody but an absolute idiot is going to think that because he saw a porn star getting paid to "pwn noobs with her boobs" that non-porn star girls are going to do the same thing.
I'm pretty sure that absolute idiots are the target demographic for this venture. They are not in short supply in this world.

Susan Arendt said:
I imagine these ladies saw a potential market and decided to take advantage of it. I don't see the toplessness as a mark of desperation - after all, they're doing it to turn a buck, not to get you to like them or call them back. It's a business decision, a marketing ploy, plain and simple.
And that's why it's so tacky. Why should we respect marketing gimmicks?

There seems to be an increasingly common sentiment that if one does something to make money, then it must be OK. By that metric, spammers selling discount viagra are just smart businesspeople, not annoying parasites. Personally, I prefer people (and businesses) to have some substance to what they do. Resorting to predictable marketing ploys is just the easy way out. Make a great product. Do something creative instead.

Sure, flash your tits and appeal to teenage hormones if you like, but I don't think it deserves any attention or respect. And it's certainly not liberating, except in a very shallow sense of "Ha, I got somebody to give me money/attention, because I have tits!"
 

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Aardvaarkman said:
Susan Arendt said:
Nobody but an absolute idiot is going to think that because he saw a porn star getting paid to "pwn noobs with her boobs" that non-porn star girls are going to do the same thing.
I'm pretty sure that absolute idiots are the target demographic for this venture. They are not in short supply in this world.
*chuckle...well, you may have a point there. :)