9 January, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Taking a quick break from writing to share a few links about the sex industry. Those of you who read this blog know I have strong feelings about it and that the uncritical, neo-liberalistic embrace of prostitution and pornography by so many on the left-wing of the political spectrum (including “sex-positive” feminists, liberals and even so-called progressives and radicals) has left me feeling alienated from people with whom I tend to agree on other topics. I’m not only alienated, but extremely angry and disgusted.
A blogger with a communist/socialist POV has two excellent posts that debunk many left-wing arguments championing “sex work” as liberating, radical and feminist: The Limits of Sex Work Radicalism and On Privileged Engagements with the Sex Industry. These are a must-read for anyone interested in this topic.
I also want to recommend the Canadian feminist blog called The F Word (not to be confused with the British blog of the same name, which I do not recommend). This blog deals with a wide variety of feminist issues from a mostly radical perspective, including posts about the sex industry. Highly recommended.
Finally, below is a video that shows women being abused on a porn set. Trigger Warning for sexual abuse. I must stress this — do not watch this video if you are sensitive. I have done a lot of research into the sex industry, yet I just watched this myself and feel terribly shaken by it. If you know anyone who thinks porn is great, send them this video. Of course, any porn apologist will just say these are isolated events, but when you watch porn, do you know what happened behind the scenes? Nope, not unless you were there in person.
Anglofille said @ 5:03 pm | Uncategorized | 2 Comments
u kno, if u watch “Taken”, you’ll get to see liam neeson killing his way thru a bunch of human traffickers for over an hr. highly entertaining! if ur ever feeling angry about these things, that’s the movie to watch!
i’ve seen that movie! i forgot about it till now. go liam!