Re:That Amanda Blum Article on Adria Richards is Not What It...
by AdrianRossouw on Sunday March 24, 2013 @07:15PM
(#5434283)
Well, ironically they are using 'all sexuality is oppression' as a tool of oppression. From another article on HN right now [1]
"Judging a book by its cover is the new tolerance. We throw people into the stocks based on feelings while ignoring intent and assuming victimhood. This is why I fundamentally disagree with equating offense with harassment: it provides unlimited ammo and shuts down discussion rather than giving people the benefit of doubt. It elevates the exception to the norm, by presuming the worst."
I understand why feminists would hate the porn industry—exploitation of women at a young age, pressure on people to conform to unrealistic expectations, etc. But the feminist argument against porn as a thing, the porn industry notwithstanding, is based on some assumptions—that sexuality is always a tool of exploitation, that male sexuality is abusive, and that sexual attraction without affective relationships is inherently exploitive.
Feminists are right to call out the use of sexuality as a tool for oppression, but to see all sexuality as oppression is absurd.