Pornography is bad. Male sexuality and how it expresses itself is bad. But let us think about this for a moment. The first sexual feelings I had were when I was 12 years old and I dare say I probably looked at my first copy of Playboy at that age. If we accept the ideological cant of feminism as true, I was a misogynist at 12 years old, regardless of my innocence, curiosity and instinctive feelings and desires.
Feminists claim they have, many times, likening it to hatred of women.
We already know that sexual arousal is extremely complex and that generating a sexual-emotional response is very specific to every individual. Absent from feminist discussions of male pornography is recognition of the fact that pornography generates a very real emotional response in men and that the consumption and use of pornography is not a cold, callous act. However, what I don't think is generally understood is that pornography does not play a large part in men's lives. The odd copy of Playboy tucked under the bed or erotic video in the lounge does not sound like an obsession to me. Moreover, consumption of pornography is a very passive-submissive act.