Interesting essay on why porn works across political and gender lines. The author argues the appeal lies less in violence than in the thrill of the forbidden, turning private desires into public display. Such portrayals of power and submission resonate across audiences because they capture the tension between outward denial and inward wanting.
Condemning them outright risks missing these psychological complexities. Fishman suggests our unease with porn reflects deeper anxieties about desire, morality, and exposure. She talks about the fascination with the top categories where the average consumer of this content remains stuck. Maybe there is some safety in numbers at play to see what they would self-censor and consider deviant be listed as the most popular genre.
There is the larger question about who is the audience and the depiction of women. What does it mean when you are supposed to have a rejective reaction but don't. Does that make the viewer part of the problem that in real life they claim wanting to solve.
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