in porn, the women& #39;s lack of human qualities often results in men& #39;s inability to see just how violent the sex act is. No matter how cruel the sex, the one question I can always count on hearing from a man after my presentation is, "Women enjoy what they are doing, so why is

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porn such a problem?" Of course, these men have no empirical evidence to support this, just their observations of the porn that they masturbate to. When I ask them if they would like to see their wives, girlfriends, or sisters in this position

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— in an attempt to humanize the performers — they are quick to respond that their loved ones are different from the ones in porn; their women would never "choose" such a job. The image men seem to have of the women in porn is of a woman accidentally stumbling onto a porn set
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one day and realizing that this is what she& #39;s been looking for all her life. That these women are acting, and may have come to porn not such much through choice but due to a lack of alternatives is rarely considered because this premise threatens to puncture the fantasy world
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created by both pornographer and the user.
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-Pornaland, Gail Dines