I have dedicated a big chunk of my life to challenging the foundations of our society that have served to keep women down. I wonder if this is the liberation I have helped provide for the generations that are coming behind me. My generation fought like hell to not be treated as objects. It should bring back some painful memories or at least help explain why I feel the way I do. From what I can tell, the generation coming up is seeking liberation through objectifying themselves and others.
Pornography is totally about objectification.
No one really wonders if the naked person laid out on the page or on the screen is kind, intelligent, funny or has any feelings. Pornography is a tool to jump-start and or aid the expression of sexual desire. Somehow the dehumanizing effect that such a perspective has on both the person who learns to dissect other human beings and on humanity in general has gotten lost. Further, rather than viewing sex work as exploitative for the worker, such jobs are seen as empowering. I get it that at the individual level, sex work may feel empowering because such jobs tend to pay better than your average fast food, secretarial or social service job, and money is power.