It's really interesting to see the two responses to this, one "trad" and one socialist! I'll give my two cents as well. I'm persuaded by the arguments of secon

It's really interesting to see the two responses to this, one "trad" and one socialist! I'll give my two cents as well. I'm persuaded by the arguments of second-wave, sort-of "sex-negative" feminists like Catherine McKinnon and Andrea Dworkin. Modern feminism seems mostly to have moved towards supporting the idea that sex work can be empowering and freely chosen. And it's true that with the internet this can be much more of a reality. Still, most of what I've read, and documentaries such as Hot Girls Wanted, imply that the vast majority of women working in porn and sex work have concomitant drug and alcohol problems and/or mental illness, and the job takes a huge psychological toll. It's not conducive with happiness and a positive image of oneself and others. I think it's probably good (not to mention unavoidable) that pornography exists in society, but it should be less abundant and more stigmatised.