Porn

I totally agree with the message of Price of Pleasure, because I am really against pornography. I hate the way women are portrayed being the submissive person and the men as being the powerful person. I truly believe that pornography contributes to way men see women and also to the way men see women sexually. I remember at one point in the movie this guy was talking about buying a sex doll instead of being with a real woman. He listed all these negative things like “nagging, buying too much stuff, wanting food”, but he never mentioned anything positive like “someone to talk to, someone who loves you, someone who supports you”.

I was really disturbed by the ideas of violence in pornography because I think it furthers the ideas of misogyny and sexism. I really do not understand the idea of having sex with a woman and then putting her head in the toilet. What the hell is that? I am outraged that someone would even think about this idea let alone direct this “movie”! I do not think that any woman would like to experience that. Furthermore, I do not think many women in the pornography business actually like what they are doing. Pornography probably presents women in very degrading manners because of male privilege and the fact that our society views men as superior to females. The documentary mentioned the fact that pornography gives men power while women have to be submissive.

Young men who view this type of pornography or any pornography will get really twisted ideas about females and female sexuality. There is no way that people who watch porn will not be influenced by it in one way, shape, or form. This documentary mentioned some examples of break downs in relationships due to pornography. For example, a couple will divorce because he watches too much pornography, a couple will break up because he wants to re-enact the scene he saw from pornography, but she does not want to, a couple will break up because he is forcing her to watch porn with him when she does not want to.