PeonForHer -> RE: The sexualization and fetishization of dommes (10/19/2008 6:35:57 AM)
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Complaining that porn is unrepresentative of real BDSM is like sitting in a traffic jam complaining that Formula 1 is unrepresentative of real driving. For me, the question is not, `Why does porn not reflect real life?' but, rather, `Why would anyone expect it to?' Why do so many guys seem to expect that BDSM will be like porn? (It seems to be mainly guys, though there seem to be a lot of women who say that they were initially put off BDSM by the porn image of it) Is it because they see BDSM porn before they see the reality so accept it as the norm? I guess it's not just that everyone on the internet is an asshat -- I guess a woman walking down the street in fetish-Domme gear would get more than a little unwelcome attention. Well put. I heard of a series of tests recently that concluded that adults playing violent video games weren't predisposed to violence (versus kids, who were), nor had a distorted view of real-life violence. Admittedly it's not a great comparison - but you'd have thought people would be able to work out that there's something of a difference between porn and real life, nonetheless. Mind you, there's porn and there's porn. I've seen some Eastern European stuff that doesn't look as though the makers knew what porn is "supposed to look like". That is, the actors look like real people who are actually enjoying what they're doing.
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