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Porn, Porn Everywhere
A study has found, duh, that most young women in college find pornography acceptable and view it themselves. As if you couldn't tell that from the way they dress and comport themselves.
Don't get me wrong, porn's fine. In fact, it's a girl's best friend. Quite the little time saver.
Whenever the man-of-the-moment started giving me the horny eyeball when I had a good book to finish or laundry to do, POP went the VCR. Most porn is so silly, with those pneumatic, ridiculo-boobs, and toothache moaning, five or so minutes in, a sister was bored and wandering off for a snack. The hard part, you'll excuse the expression, was snaking out of that feverish clawing with a fako-bacon, husky "I'll be right back" in a 1-900 voice he interpreted to mean that I'd be donning something uncomfortable and sleazy but which really meant, "I think there's some Chunky Monkey left".
There' no helping it; a bug-eyed, sweaty man watching stupid porn, pounding the pillows blindly for you while unable to tear his eyes from the screen is truly the most deliciously pitiful sight in nature. It's fun to hide in the kitchen listening to them bleat "where are you?" whilst you search for the whipped cream. Here's a tip college girls: don't put the whipped cream on your ice cream. Or not all of it. Timing is everything with the porn-gambit-for-avoiding-protracted-sex. Take the whipped cream back with you and show it to him. Just show it. You won't have to actually use it because the stupid porn has done all your work for you. Well, all but the last five minutes. He won't even notice your rolling eyeballs. Leave the last of your ice cream nearby; it won't be melted when you're free to finish it off and you'll have some whipped cream to boot.
No, my problem with porn is the way it's saturated the culture and tells young girls that pole dancing and lap dances are feminist and empowering. That showing the world your thong and posting drunk photos of yourself on Facebook is hilarious. There is such a thing as lady like behavior and it is not incompatible with either feminism or individual freedom. That was my problem with the Janet Jackson boob incident; not that she bared her bizarre breast but that she did it during prime time at the SuperBowl. That is, or should be, a porn free zone. If you watch HBO, or even broadcast TV after 9, you go in knowing it's a free for all. Even before Jackson's strip tease, I'd been appalled by the back up dancers' X rated moves. Not, not appalled. Exhausted. Numb. Now, Beyonce is shilling for some cable company or the other with hip rolls and pelvic thrusts that should, but don't, make her mother blush. She's a truly beautiful young woman with an amazing voice but her hips, and ultra short skirts, seem to be the instrument she most relies on.
There should be times, and places, where life can reliably remain PG. We all need the rest and sex could use a little return to mystery.
Comments
In South Africa, where I live, what Americans would call raunchy dancing is part of the culture. When college students graduate, mothers and sisters bare their breasts and ululate in praise. Americans are obsessed with sex -- they sexualize everything.
I'm moving to South Africa, where do I get some of that? Didnt I hear that the leading Presidential candidate in South Africa raped a woman visiting his house because she wasnt wearing a dress that reached all the way to the floor? And he was aquitted, due to cultural norms.Maybe they could cultivate a little repression.
Posted by: Franklin on 12/16/07 at 3:58 PM Respond
Let's remember that Janet AND Justin didn't unilaterally decide to perform that quick strip tease. A heirarchy of highly paid execs thought it was a great idea -- until it bombed. And it "bombed" because an orchestrated campaign of manufactured outrage. I can't shake the belief that it would have been "less offensive" if it had been performed by a "blonde de jour."
Posted by: Egalitare on 12/17/07 at 6:55 AM Respond
I agree with you that most porn movies are laughably bad, and I agree with you about the sad state of feminism, but why did you have to drag male-bashing into it? We guys are are already made to look like idiots in sitcoms and commercials, and now a man's sexual desires are something to roll your eyes at while you just get it over with as fast as possible?
Posted by: beansworth on 12/17/07 at 11:21 AM Respond
Sounds to me like your men of the moment are real winners.
Maybe you should take a bit of a personal inventory before making such general comments.
By the way, most movies are shite, no reason to single out porn.
Posted by: Bush on 12/17/07 at 1:11 PM Respond
My porn-watching cheating husband was caught with this:
http://cheatmonitor.com/?saref=19sa16
Posted by: Download Cheat Monitor on 12/30/07 at 9:32 PM Respond
"my problem with porn is the way it's saturated the culture and tells young girls that pole dancing and lap dances are feminist and empowering."
Where or which porn movies carry that message? I have seen my fair share of porn and have never heard of ssuch a thing.
Posted by: capt on 12/31/07 at 6:16 AM Respond
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Posted by: John on 12/16/07 at 10:08 AM Respond