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I disagree, I think the article is very clearly making that point. The premise of the article is that the attempt to attack/suppress violent porn is wrongheade
by axiom 16y ago
I disagree, I think the article is very clearly making that point.
The premise of the article is that the attempt to attack/suppress violent porn is wrongheaded because it's based on the notion that violent porn warps men's sexuality. The author claims it's wrongheaded because men's sexuality is inherently violent.
It's a pretty nasty piece of work.
- nkurz 16y agoReading it again in that view, you do have a point. I don't think it's intended to that clear cut, though. There's a lot of cross-play going on: Source: The Atlantic - Respectable, liberal. Title: Hard Core - Low brow, sensationalist. Subtitle: The new world of porn is revealing eternal truths about men and women - Reactionary or defensive? Author: Doesn't seem afraid of sex-positive imagery - http://www.natashavc.com/ http://www.natashavc.com/ Image: Art porn by an expert - http://www.google.com/images?q=Sølve+Sundsbø http://www.google.com/images?q=Sølve+Sundsbø Text: As you say, but also mixed in places. I think one needs to consider the piece as a whole, and it's likely effect of making porn a more acceptable mainstream topic for discussion in the future. But I'm comfortable with interpretations that are contradicted by different levels of the text, and think that we should judge by final effect rather than intermediate argument. I think the apparent contradictions are more likely intentional (at some level) rather than oversight. Any chance you've seen Slavoj Zizek's argument that The Sound of Music is actually pro-Nazi: http://benatlas.com/2010/02/zizek-on-crossdressing-to-the-sound-of-music/ http://benatlas.com/2010/02/zizek-on-crossdressing-to-the-so...