I have to hand it to Rabbit Write. Her Lady Porn Day idea has hit the big time with numerous articles in the mainstream media. The latest is this one on ABC News.
What’s interesting in this piece is that Gail Dines has taken a step back from her “all porn is evil” stance. She actually concedes that there is some feminist and female-friendly porn available.
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“This is a distraction to take our eyes off what’s really going on, which is the increasingly brutal nature of the porn that men are using.”…
“There are some women making pornography, but they’re not really bleeps on the industry map. What I’m more concerned with is the type of porn that most men watch when they’re alone,” she says.
Admittedly it’s not much of a concession but if we consider that last month she was saying that any porn for women was made by men, it’s a step forward.
Now if we can just get her to acknowledge that her concern is primarily with extreme gonzo – and if she backs off from calling for censorship – and if she stops making generalisations about “most men” and uses better data – then maybe we can have a real discussion.
Although it doesn’t help that she says watching mainstream porn is “anti-feminist”. But then, maybe that’s just the usual no-true-scotsman argument about what feminism means.
Great to see comments in there by Clarissa Smith. Please consider taking part in her pornography research project.