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> One of the specific things I’m noticing now is the mainstreaming of really ugly, regressive treatment in politics and mainstream culture—not just of women but
by Noumenon72 1y ago
> One of the specific things I’m noticing now is the mainstreaming of really ugly, regressive treatment in politics and mainstream culture—not just of women but of immigrants, gay people, trans people... And my theory for why it’s happening is that certain kinds of porn have inured so many people to cruelty.
Besides being a complete stretch, has anyone even showed that men generally watch porn with cruelty? It's never on the front page, and it's kind of aberrant when hyper-enthusiastic "partners" are on offer.
- ta12653421 1y agono link/source here, but IIRC the most selected content by female users of PornHub is "FemDom", if i remember this correctly does this somehow relate to your idea?
- pseudalopex 1y agoLesbian was the Pornhub category most viewed by women in 2024. Female domination was none of the top 15.[1] [1] https://www.pornhub.com/insights/2024-year-in-review#gender-demographics https://www.pornhub.com/insights/2024-year-in-review#gender-...
- mvdtnz 1y agoI'm not sure I trust this analysis, at least the gender breakdown. They don't say how they determine if a viewer is male or female, but they make the claim that 38% of viewers are female, and well over half in some markets - this just doesn't seem credible to me.
- hdjjhhvvhga 1y agoI believe it's the core of the argument of the author: she wants to link porn to cruelty at several places without offering any argument in favor of it. Paradoxically, I could offer a starkly different argument - it is women who prefer BSDM if you look at the sales numbers of certain books.