Comments on: Women in gaming http://escapingbabylon.com/?p=626 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:53:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: renee http://escapingbabylon.com/?p=626#comment-210 renee Sat, 01 Dec 2007 22:03:49 +0000 http://escapingbabylon.com/?p=626#comment-210 The problem is that the dichotomy is unstable. On one hand, people claim that it is female freedom to pose for Maxim if they so choose or be prostitutes. At the same time it is freedom for us not to be treated as sexual goods. The two opposite "freedoms" can't co-exist. I don't think we can have both, because men or women who buy pornography can't tell the difference between reality and fantasy. And that fantasy includes women, primarily, being at their disposal in exchange for a few bucks. Women are devalued and human beings are devalued. It doesn't surprise me that when that fantasy as to the true worth of humans really take set that some people whose brains are downstairs can superimpose their fantasies on this real woman. Get rid of all the porn. It's as much an adult choice as slavery, and as many real people get hurt. The problem is that the dichotomy is unstable. On one hand, people claim that it is female freedom to pose for Maxim if they so choose or be prostitutes. At the same time it is freedom for us not to be treated as sexual goods.

The two opposite “freedoms” can’t co-exist.

I don’t think we can have both, because men or women who buy pornography can’t tell the difference between reality and fantasy. And that fantasy includes women, primarily, being at their disposal in exchange for a few bucks. Women are devalued and human beings are devalued. It doesn’t surprise me that when that fantasy as to the true worth of humans really take set that some people whose brains are downstairs can superimpose their fantasies on this real woman.

Get rid of all the porn. It’s as much an adult choice as slavery, and as many real people get hurt.

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