Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!wuarchive!uunet!ora!ambar From: mjm@ahimsa.intel.com (Marjorie Panditji) Newsgroups: soc.feminism Subject: comments on violent porn, and violence in general Message-ID: Date: 25 Apr 91 17:38:51 GMT Sender: ambar@ora.com (Jean Marie Diaz) Organization: O'Reilly and Associates Inc., Cambridge MA Lines: 35 Approved: ambar@ora.com Russell Turpin writes: > While everyone has a right to their own tastes, it stikes me that this > prejudice against violent porn is just that: a prejudgment of it and > those who enjoy it with very little knowledge. I would like to substitute "violence" (a more general term) for "violent porn" (a specific type of violence). While everyone has a right to their own tastes, it stikes me that this prejudice against violence is just that: a prejudgment of it and those who enjoy it with very little knowledge. Yes, I agree with Russell. I have a definite predjudice against violence. > [Russell suggests reading alt.sex.bondage] > At least then, you would be > more familiar with the thing you detest and the people you mistrust. It does not strike me as a very compelling argument to say "Try it, you'll like it." I do not care to gain any more first hand knowledge of violence. Yes, I know that S&M is consensual, but it still acts out violence. The bottom line is that I don't have to look at or act out different types of violence, whether real or imaginary, to know that I personally do not enjoy sexual violence. For that matter, I dislike all types of violence (for example, violent movies). To suggest that I just haven't tried it is similar to telling a gay/lesbian that they just haven't met the right woman/man. -- Marjorie Panditji mjm@ahimsa.intel.com -or- uunet!intelhf!ahimsa!mjm