Comments on: Thinking Critically About Porn

By: Science

Science — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:25:08 +0000

Great blog man

By: Podblack

Podblack — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 13:50:17 +0000

Jenna, are you going to be at D*C? I’m hoping you may be able to join the panel on sex, sexuality and skepticism?

By: Sean the Blogonaut

Sean the Blogonaut — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 04:21:25 +0000

Sorry snarfed the html there :(

By: Sean the Blogonaut

Sean the Blogonaut — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 04:20:48 +0000

You might note that Violet Blue, the web hostess of Our Porn, Our Selves ( appeared on Oprah recently) has had the Facebook discussion group that she started closed down.

You can read my http://seantheblogonaut.com/2010/07/facebook-silencing-valued-discussion-around-pornography-for-women/ of her letter here or you can go to hersite, which does feature imagery that some might find confronting.ie NSFW

By: Sylvie Galloway

Sylvie Galloway — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:22:09 +0000

I liked the article. But then I really like things that are thought provoking without being antagonistic or outright biased.

By: Erin McMichael

Erin McMichael — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:22:28 +0000

@Kitty — I don’t know if you intended the pun “being blackballed by the industry,” or not, but either way, I love it.

@JennaMarie — I’d be curious to see how certain women may think porn empowers them, because I have my own thoughts on that side of the issue and can relate in several different ways. I’ll be sure to check out your references when I can. Thanks for the post! I love me some good controversial topics!

By: JennaMarie

JennaMarie — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:38:16 +0000

Thanks for the great feedback, everyone. I’d like to continue this topic in a series of blog posts. Porn and other forms of sex work brings up really interesting questions that I enjoy exploring.

By: Deb Hodgkin

Deb Hodgkin — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:58:56 +0000

Sean I’ve lived in Aboriginal communities, I’d say that’s definitely the case. There are so many things left from the Native Welfare days. There are also cases where communities have requested restrictions, especially with alcohol, but I haven’t heard of it with porn. From my experience there is definitely a problem, not so much with adults but that young children have very easy access to porn, in fact in some ways they can’t escape it. However where I currently am the library has a problem with men masturbating over Woman’s Day, so it’s definitely not a simple topic.

Personally I would class myself as a consumer of erotica rather than porn, and among other people I have contact with there seems to be a universal distinction between the two, even if people put the line in slightly different places! That would certainly be an interesting study – is there a significant difference, or is it about snobbishness?

By: Sean the Blogonaut

Sean the Blogonaut — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:58:53 +0000

I am trying to search for a lecture series by Catherine Lumby that included a history of Porn especially in regard to class structure. It seems that the lower classes we seen not to have the appropriate breeding or education to be able to “handle” porn without turning into beasts. I wonder if there are echoes of ths attitude in Australia’s prohibition in aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory (x rated pornography is legal in the ACT and NT unless you happen to live on an aboriginal community.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 02:19:43 +0000

This is an issue that I’m still processing in my mind. I used think that all porn was bad because…well yuck. This is, of course, not a valid argument which I call the yuck factor. As of right now, I’m of the opinion that porn can be part of a healthy sexual relationship with your partner as long it is shared by both as part of intimacy. I don’t like the idea of my husband sneaking off and doing his thing while looking at other women. I prefer to be somewhere in his thoughts at the time. I have never watched porn alone, and until about 1 year ago had never watched it with my husband. I was a little uncomfortable at first, but found that with him it was fun and fulfilling. I think this experience changed my thinking about porn…a little. Also, I do have a problem with porn that promotes violence against women or any other group for the obvious reason.

Many of my views about this, skepticism, atheism are still in their infancy and need a great deal more development, but that’s what blogs like this are for. A place where I can feel comfortable expressing my newbie views without being judged and snarked at.