The LW sucks, the respondents suck, Cary sucks.

LW: They can't force you to watch anything. You're not tied to a chair with a Clockwork Orange rig on your eyes. Find a way to deal with what they like and what you need without being a self-righteous idiot or a doormat. Most Salon women post like self-righteous jerks and act like doormats. Don't go to either extreme.

Respondents: Shut up. You're just reinforcing the LW's stick-up-the-ass attitude. She has a right not to be subjected to crap, but she doesn't have the right to tell everyone else what to do all the time. There's such a thing as reasonable mutual accommodation. Learn what it means and stop being human garbage.

...pompous gasbags like John Anderson can learn the difference between "enjoying" scenes of violence, and putting them into perspective as part of a dramatic presentation.

But then neither they nor the LW could be self-righteous asshats.

If the LW were female, the harpies and the white knights here would be telling her to follow her heart and leave, Since the LW is male, they're demanding that he stay. Cary's not much better, but at least he urged the guy to think about it.

To the respondents who threw shame and blame at the LW: You're human garbage.

Oh, right! It's Ben Dunne.

But look on the bright side: You can give up the cash-and-dash scam and focus on your writing.

Oh, wait, that's an even darker side. Alas.

Shut the fuck up. You don't know a thing about the prostitution business.

A large percentage of prostitutes do not have pimps.

Those who do, do not keep 1/3 of their earnings, or 1/4, or 1/10. They keep NOTHING. If they could accumulate savings, they could leave. Pimps can't have that.

It is both better and worse than you say, but the bottom line is, you're a bloviating, ignorant idiot. SHUT UP.