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Melody wrote:
"I certainly don't think that the use of porn is always wrong or bad-- I've watched them myself from time to time. But porn certainly has the power to shape views of sex and sexuality, to contribute to a blurring of the lines between fantasy and reality, and to reinforce (and sexualize) the subordinate status of women."
Of course you make worthwhile points, but within a sexual context, in our species or almost (<-- qualifier alert, don't waste your time mining Wiki for tidbits on the reproductive habits of seahorses or whatever, people) any other, aren't females inherently subordinate? I mean, the term "subordinate" is laced with any number of negative connotations, but at a fundamental level, doesn't the nature and physics of the act of sex itself dictate this?
