I appear to have started a "Porn and Me" meme

[fierceawakening]

Gail Dines and her anti porn slide show infuriate me.

It's not the Christian right, same shit different day bullshit

....It's the fact that in her world, at least her utopia I don’t exist, and you know what, I like me. In her lectures she talks about men who use porn, never women, about how porn shows “body punishing sex” with the assumption that

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[sushis]

I really relate to what cheshire_bitten is saying.

Just focusing on one part of what she said : The idea that both porn and non-vanilla sex are *always* things men try to force upon women, rather than *ever* being things that *women* might want to experience independent of a man's suggestion, is a harmful one. Sometimes, some women want "more," and "dirtier" than their partners are up for. So, are these reluctant men who aren't fulfilling our needs actually liberating us from the patriarchy by refusing our requests? I don't really think so.

[fierceawakening]

Sometimes, some women want "more," and "dirtier" than their partners are up for.

Yes.

Honestly, some of the most weird, objectifying, creepy sex I've ever had? I was receiving oral. No power play, no accoutrements. But I felt like this person's ice cream cone or something. Not a person. A snack.

It was creepy, and it had nothing to do with the act. It had to do with the attitude of this person.

[miz_evolution]

it's a great meme! Mine's short.

"Bad Gonzo Porn Sex=What I like Personally...the end."

[fierceawakening]

:D

[amberlr]

You've started a meme indeed, and I plan to hop on this bandwagon as soon as I get a moment.

[fierceawakening]

amber,

please do let me know when you've posted. i'd love to read what you have to say.