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In reply to the discussion: I'm The Duke University Freshman Porn Star And For The First Time I'm Telling The Story In My Words [View all]Sarah Ibarruri
(21,043 posts)I think the issue here is not, "they're shaming her for her willingness to humiliate herself," though as I mentioned, it's insane that some men view porn daily and thereby promote the thing. I think the issue here is she needs to stop humiliating herself, get herself to a shrink or something, and I'd say this to a guy or girl. Both genders are involved in porn. Porn is a form of degradation for both men and women, just as is prostitution. I'd be all for going after the porn industry itself, but it's the easy availability of workers that makes it difficult to shut down, and the clientele, which is 2 years ago made 13.3 billion dollars, so there are some guys out there clicking in daily for their fix.
Right now, my view of it is that both, porn and prostitution are SEX-FOR-PAY, and both, and if prostitution is illegal, there's absolutely no reason whatsoever why porn should be legal. There's no difference between the two.