Watching the video, “Dead Porn Stars Memorial” really got me to look at the impact of porn. I never really thought of the consequences porn stars had to come to terms with in their real life. It was sobering to see how many porn stars died in pretty violent ways. Numerous people took their lives while many others died from possible accidental drug overdoses and car accidents. Also, many died from complications of AIDS. I have mixed feelings about the message of the video. It seems like the video implies that everyone who passed away because of porn only. While this may be true in a good amount of the cases I’m sure there were other factors. That being said, I think the porn industry is partially to blame.
In some ways I think porn shapes how men see women sexually but I don’t think that is the case for every male. However, porn does further sexist and misogynistic views of women because they are objectified. Most porn is for males and it seems as though it works to reinforce the male’s dominance over the female. It harms young men watching it because it will allow them to think it is acceptable to treat women as if they were objects. I have mixed feelings about how feminists look at pornography. I think men and women are objectified yet the focus is more of women because they draw the men in. I see there is a dark side to it but I think it is a case by case scenario. The video shows a number of men who died as well so porn can have an affect on all people not just women.
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