Vinz Free (2020) Vinz Free Porn Performer [Photograph]. Available Online: https://xconfessions.com/collaborators/artist-gallery/vinz-free [Accessed 16/04/2020]. To cope with the pressure to maintain ‘sex appeal’, vulnerable, self-hating (Pitts-Taylor, 2007:79), women often seek cosmetic surgery for happiness, fulfilment and confidence. The cosmetic industry is normalised; most celebrities and social media stars have some form of enhancement. Pornography is no longer the primary source of manipulation, convincing young people their natural body is not good enough. An industry once aimed at women older than 40 is now most common amongst women of their “20s and early 30s” (Sawyer, 2020). Some even describe the effect of this as extreme as “hidden adolescent cutting” (Pitts-Taylor, 2007:76) as now more than ever, cosmetic surgery represents sex appeal but also career success. However, in recent years, porn has been accused of becoming increasingly violent. A veteran porn star said in a recent documentary about porn that, in the 1990s, it constituted “making love on a bed,” and having “lovey dovey sex”. But in 2010, researchers analysed more than 300 porn scenes and found that 88% contained physical aggression. Most of the perpetrators were male, and their targets female, and the latter’s most common response to aggression was to show pleasure or respond neutrally.

Cues for signaling erotic pictures also increased based on the amount of pornography a person used per week and masturbation frequency. See also the feature film Dandy Dust, bringing together sexual club performance spaces and cyborg fantasy. This is an experimental film which involves the character Dandy Dust who is a ‘split-personality cyborg of fluid gender’ (BFI Mediateque 2011). O’riordan, K. (2007). Queer theories and cybersubjects: Intersecting figures. In K. O’riordan & D. J. Phillips (Eds.), Queer online: Media technology & sexuality (Vol. 40, pp. 13–30). New York: Peter Lang. One of the running themes throughout this dissertation is feminism and the suppression of women through their sexuality and roles in the patriarchal society. Anti-pornography feminism focuses their attention on misogyny in Pornography. Throughout all industry fields in society, women’s opinions, bodies, sexuality and roles are ignored. Men consider women as a health risk, “contaminating or corrupting both to man’s body and to his morality” (Gilmore, 2001:139). Feminism is a reaction to this, with “the awareness of the special oppression and exploitation that all women face” and “the willingness to organise and fight against women’s subjection in society” (Emerson, 1975:6). Capitalism and Industrialisation meant women were “super-exploited as workers” (Emerson, 1975: 8) enslaved in the home and factories. However, this created an environment for “new forms of protest – a women’s liberation movement” (Emerson, 1975: 8). A person must judge whether porn is good or bad based on their values, the scientific research on porn-related issues that matter most to them, and the effect pornography has on their life.

Does your research have implications for the larger society, particularly given the pervasiveness of Internet pornography?

My research question is ‘What is the role of Feminist Pornography in Society?’ I decided to structure the research questions based on three areas of focus (shown below); that way, I could include the discussion of my findings within the three chapters, rather than separate them. The topic of Feminist Pornography has many avenues that are still in need of being explored, furthering the research; I would like to do a combination of participatory research in the form of observations and in person qualitative interviews. I want to interview a range of people on the set of a Feminist Porn scene, that way I can gain a perspective from all parties involved and gain an insight into the experiences and environment of those working. This project would carry over for an extended period, observing the entire filming of one Porn short film. It seems to me that her frame of reference includes the rest of us in a ... culture that lives by prostituting everything, including art In 1995, a meta-analysis of 24 studies, involving more than 4,000 participants, measured the average correlation between porn use and the beliefs people hold around rape and sexual assault. The studies all used the “rape myth” scale, which measures a person’s beliefs by asking them to rate how much they agree with statements including: “A woman who goes to the home or apartment of a man on their first date implies that she is willing to have sex”. Generally speaking, research on porn and health outcomes is either poorly designed or produces inconclusive results.

Pornography has become the leading sex education resource and therefore, has developed misleading perceptions of what defines sex and female sexuality. Feminist Pornography has formed a solution to this issue as the films that are made are directed and produced by women with priorities of ethical production, inclusivity and female orgasm. In this research, I will explore the role it has in society. Little, M. B. (1991) THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN THE CHURCH AND SOCIETY. Caribbean Quarterly: The Social Teaching of the Church in the Caribbean, 37(1), 68-82. Available Online: https://www.jstor.org/stable/23050552 [Accessed 05-04-2020].Darling, J. (2013). Performance GIFs 7: Jennifer Chan. [online] n. p. http://rhizome.org/editorial/2013/jun/11/performance-gifs-7-jennifer-chan/. Accessed 2 December 2016. BFI Mediateque. (n.d.). Dandy Dust (1998). http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/518244. Accessed 10 January 2011. Price, J. et al. (2016). How much more XXX is Generation X consuming? Evidence of changing attitudes and behaviors related to pornography since 1973.

Everything about the sex scene is discussed in advance and agreed-upon with the performers in the pre-production process. They tell us their boundaries, the type of sex that they like to have, what they would like to try, what they don’t like to do during sex, who they want to work with, who they don’t want to work with… Everything in the sex scene comes from the performers” (Kear, 2020: Interview with Erika Lust). Genz, S. & Brabon, B. A. (2009) Do-Me Feminism and Raunch Culture. Postfeminism, 91-105. Available Online: https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3366/j.ctt1g09z88.8 [Accessed 04/04/2020]. Randall, R. S. (1989) Freedom and taboo: pornography and the politics of a self-divided. London: University of California Press. There is a difference in opinion when it comes to what defines Feminist Pornography. In my opinion, it is a term that is empowering because pro-sex feminists have reclaimed a once derogatory word associated with negativity and objectification and have transformed it into something empowering and informative. However, to my surprise, Lust disagreed.A 2016 review highlights data on porn-related sexual dysfunction. However, some experts have criticized these findings, and one of the authors is a proponent of the idea that porn addiction is common. Changes in relationships Initially, I found multiple compelling issues regarding the response I received from the male professional. The first was the idea that Pornography or more accurately, Feminist Pornography was described as a ‘Taboo’ subject. Taboo signifies forbidden and prohibited. As an academic, it is interesting that Pornography is viewed as taboo and not to be spoken about but a topic like incest, rape and paedophilia are so widely discussed in many research projects and lectures. These topics you would assume would be taboo or more sensitive than Pornography because of the harm that it causes people. In my opinion, rape, paedophilia and incest is an unthinkable, unique human experience and can be talked about objectively. Mosey, A. (2015). The digital artist who’s dating a teddy bear. http://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/24362/1/the-digital-artist-who-s-dating-a-teddy-bear. Neil Malamuth at the University of California, Los Angeles has carried out numerous studies examining porn and sexual violence, including one involving 300 men, and concluded that men who are already sexually aggressive and consume a lot of sexually aggressive pornography are more likely to commit a sexually aggressive act. But he argues that porn isn’t the cause of sexual violence. In 2013, he told BBC Radio 4 that porn consumption can be compared to alcohol, suggesting that it isn’t inherently dangerous, but can be for those who have other risk factors.