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(19,841 posts)reading articles since I'm no expert on the subject...
This article addresses the question of degradation porn being now considered "normal,"
--because of the film-makers having to increase the level of aggression. So I guess for most people who consume porn there is now no difference between regular old porn and brutality/degradation. Is that a fair statement?
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"The research found that physical aggression was present in 88 per cent of scenes. Of these, there was an average of 12 aggressive acts per scene. In addition, name-calling occurred in about half of all scenes.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the perpetrators of violent acts were most commonly men, while the targets of their violence were nearly always women. In almost every case, women were shown reacting to aggressive acts with pleasure or neutrality, enforcing the idea that women enjoy being dominated or degraded during sex.
Sexual acts that women would typically find painful or degrading were common in the videos analysed. Boston sociology professor Gail Dines has previously reflected on this particular sequence and noted that it often comes with a joke about the woman being made to eat shit. Professor Dines further points out that the brutality of the industry has become such that most porn actresses have a shelf life of three months because their bodies are so physically damaged by the job.
Even defenders of the industry would have a hard time arguing against the unequivocal finding in this research that there has been a sharp increase in the levels of aggression shown in films over the past two decades. They commonly contest, however, that the degree and frequency of violence towards women doesnt matter because porn is just fantasy.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/why-the-new-porn-norm-is-hurting-women-20110302-1be54.html#ixzz2uNDFT7Np
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Another related article:
http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/life/naomi-wolf-on-the-porn-myth-20100503-u3af.html