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user-inactivated  ·  3706 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: I'm the Duke University Freshman Porn Star and for the First Time I'm Telling the Story in my Words

    In my opinion, she lost ownership of her body the day she took money for it to be used.

    I would consider a woman taking ownership of her body if she chooses how to explore and enjoy her sexuality regardless of the norm.

Square those two statements for me, if you want.





HedonicTreadmiller  ·  3706 days ago  ·  link  ·  

For me, its the exchange of money that makes me lose respect for what she has chosen to do. By " she chooses how to explore and enjoy her sexuality regardless of the norm", i meant that I think a girl has taken ownership if she chooses to be a "slut"-sleeping around and doing what she wants for her own pleasure. I don't think we are fair in treating women who have had many sexual partners in comparison to guys who act the same way.

user-inactivated  ·  3706 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    For me, its the exchange of money that makes me lose respect for what she has chosen to do.

Very similar to insomniasexx's perspective.

I'm just not on the same page as everyone else on this. I think the exchange of money makes it empowering. She's using our society's shamefaced obsession with porn to pay for a college education. College educations are pretty empowering. So I'm running into trouble reconciling your point about respect with the practical results of her actions.