Men Vs Porn Industry
“One obvious problem for many porn users is the conflict between their stated belief in equality and respect for women, and the material they’re watching in private.”
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A 22-year-old man has just set up an internet site to publicly discuss pornography from a feminist perspective – positive about sex itself… but concerned about its industrialisation. “One obvious problem for many porn users is the conflict between their stated belief in equality and respect for women, and the material they’re watching in private. McCormack Evans says he used to exist in a ‘kind of double consciousness. For that half hour when I was watching porn I thought, “This is separate from my life, it won’t affect how I view the world.” But then I realised it did.'”
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