I think the real question is one of consent and safety in the production of porn. If no one is being harmed or exploited in the production of it, I really don’t have any problem with the content. (In fact, I think if porn got too politically correct, it would be utterly boring.) As for content, the only real test is whether it succeeds in getting the viewers off, and that, of course, is pretty subjective. So in that regard, I don’t see any problem to “admit” to.

On the production end, of course, there’s all kinds of problems, such as the kind of stuff that’s come out over the last few years about exploitative producers like Max Hardcore, Girls Gone Wild, Bangbus, SuicideGirls, etc. That’s where I see the real problem with the porn industry and that’s what needs to be remedied.

Great post indeed. You are always so smart and right on.
I so agree with all you said. But after 33 years of defending porn AND criticizing porn myself (and making both shitty porn and some cool post-porn) I can see that we really have come a long way. The debate still rages, is porn good or bad. What the hell is it all about? No one can put their finger on it. So to speak. That’s the beauty of it. However, people really are begining to see it more realisitcially. And more well balanced. Like you describe. We’ve still got a long way to go.

Thanks for telling it like it is. Again.

Annie Sprinkle

“I think this doubleness of experience may explain the bitterness of the fight against pornography (to which I’ve contributed as much as anyone, I’m afraid) and the phenomenon of the sides being so very horrified by each other because they are perpetually talking past each other. When A attacks violence and B hears her attacking sexual freedom, B will defend sexual freedom — and A will hear her defending violence. You see how it goes, round and round and louder each time, though A doesn’t intend to attack sexual freedom per se, and B doesn’t mean to defend violence.”