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I personally find all pronography pointless and a waste of time as well as icky but I forced myself to watch a few pornos on television to see exactly what's wrong with them. Aside from the horrible writing and acting I really don't see anything too bad or degrading about mainstream porn. However, I've come across some pretty heinous things on the internet where women are truely degraded. There's also Japanese porn which is really screwed up. My conclusion? Don't go into porn and avoid it all costs.

I have mixed feelings on porn.

The majority of it is made for men by men
and the women are always degraded, objectified,
or treated roughly in it. I think it could really ******** peoples' ideas about what women like and what
women want.

Then again, there is some porn made by women for women.
I am gay and enjoy lesbian porn, if any.
And I've seen a FEW pretty good movies.

I think, like most, I've got mixed feelings on porn. See, I don't think anything's wrong the idea of pornography. It's just acting (as bad as it maybe) and people can do with their bodies as they wish. I also think that it can be degrading to both men and women, of any sexual orientation. And this leads to my real problem with porn. My real issue is the masses of people who might end up believing that porn is equals real life. That just because those women in the porn are loving the beat down, that all women love a beat down. If people would separate fantasy from reality, then all would be fine.

Now personally I watch porn but mostly I read erotica. I find it enjoyable. Well written erotica is sexy and entertaining. What's not to love?

Unfortunately most porn. Porn geared towards men is usually unappealing and/or hilarious. Even gay porn makes me twitch and I like gay porn. When we were younger, my sister and I would sit around with the porn channel on mute laughing at the scenes. But porn/erotic by women can be very sexy. So yeah, porn, like most things can be fun if handled correctly.

Man, I hope I make sense. It’s really late right now. ^^;;;

As an adendum on to what I previously said, the main argument for porn is freedom of speech, right? But if people are harmed in any way during the process, then it would no longer be protected.

Example: Women (or men) being forced to have sex for the camera, or forced to have sex with an animal, or forced to do anything, really, is simply not freedom of speech. I am rather lost when it comes to the porn underworld. I don't know if porn is a higher form of prostitution, if pimps force their subjects to participate in it, or anything else, but a woman hanging from a tree by needles in her back is not freedom of speech.