Anybody can't deny that porn was primarily made for men and their needs mostly. It causes negative attitude towards pornography by women. But there is a group of activists that made a lot to make porn friendly also for women because girls also want to have fun and have the right to feel sexual satisfaction. There are porn movies that don't make women only objects of male domination.
Remember that pornography isn't only bad, it's connected also with pleasure. And it's nice that people can watch different types of movies. All of us have sexual desires so it's great that there are various types of movies to watch. Not pornography itself is bad, bad thing is lack of sexual education and showing young people that they don't have the right to be sexual pleased. Neither porn nor sex is a crime but lack of education may cause a lot of problems. People are sexual beings so they need sex or masturbation to live in mental and body health. So because of women's needs a feminist porn was made. But this type of pornography isn't watched only by girls. More, each man should view any movie of this genre at least one time too.
Okay unfortunately most men see an annoying loud women when they think about feminists. Happily, real feminists just do everything to make female voice heard by others. And it's obvious that women like sex the same way as men. Because of this sex-positive feminists in porn industry there are more and more movies made for girls. It doesn't mean that feminist porn is always soft and boring - it means that is focused on female sexuality so it shows more plot and is focused on pleasing women. It also doesn't mean that in feminist porn men are forbidden - straight women want to feel pleasure too so in these movies you can see various types of sexual activities. They just have elements appreciate by female viewers like plot and focusing on female arousal and orgasm. It makes that women can watch movies made for their needs and feel more liberated. And girl who likes sex is always a better partner in bed and can both get and give pleasure. The real sexual game is based on pleasing both sides.
- 1. A short overview of feminist porn with basic details you should know about this genre
- 2. Feminist porn as a genre. Ethics and its role in making feminist movies
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A short overview of feminist porn with basic details you should know about this genre
What this type of pornography is? Let’s know this genre better with all its features. Contrary to appearances, feminist porn isn’t a new phenomenon made several years ago, it has been alive for about 50 years.
A definition of feminist porn as a base of our considerations
From its definition, according to Tristan Taormino who is a sex educator and feminist pornographer, feminist pornography is “dedicated to gender equality and social justice. Feminist pornography is porn that is generated in a fair manner, signifying that performers are paid a reasonable salary and most importantly treated with care and esteem; their approval, security, and well-being are vital, and what they bring to the production is appreciated. Feminist porn searches to expand the ideas about desire, beauty, gratification, and power through unconventional representations, aesthetics, and film making styles. The overall aim of feminist porn is to empower the performers who produce it and the people who view it". It means that it's a porn made to make equal pleasure for women and men and to make the whole industry fair for all creators (remember that in porn male actors earn less than female stars).
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In feminist porn much attention is paid to real needs and feelings. Sex is presented not as holes and penises, rather as something that people do to have pleasure and doesn't matter if it's a solo movie or a film with different configurations of partners.
An interpretation of feminist type of porn to make it easier to understand for everybody
Now you shouldn’t think that feminist porn is porn with feminists acted in movies. It’s something more and it does a lot of good things for the whole business and watchers. But as usual there are some things that are misunderstood by people. Now it’s the time to explain the most often mistakes connected with feminist pornography.
What feminist porn is like? Basic assumptions of this type of pornography
Feminist genre of porn isn’t just boring and too long movie with everything but without sex. These films usually have more complicated plot than “normal” porn movies but it isn’t any rule - there are also shorter productions just with good sex and without any longer history:
- movies may be softer or harder, there are also hardcore titles
- they may be high or low production
- they may have storyline or not
- they may be straight, trans, bi, threesome or orgy - any combination is allowed.
Feminist porn is made by/for and includes various people - of all genres, age, size and orientation. They may have different desires but all of them are equal and everybody should have the same fun having sex.
Feminist porn is sometimes very misunderstood
Feminist pornography isn’t made only by feminists for feminists:
- movies aren't only lesbian ones - diversity of sexuality is celebrated in these productions and it includes also straight types of movies
- everyone in feminist movies must feel the same level of pleasure, men too
- feminist movies don't include only hugging and kissing because they show real sex - and because of this penetration is allowed
- feminist porn may be watched not only by women and especially feminists or lesbians - these videos have fans of different genres and orientations
- not every feminist movie includes tattoos and hairy armpits - you can see people of all sizes, skin colors, with hair and shaved.
A history of this type of pornography - from 1970s to present times
Of course everybody knows that pornography is opposite to feminism. Anti-porn activists claim that porn is harmful to women and it helps to maintain the patriarchal oppression of women by encouraging men to objectify and hate and also rapes, human trafficking and dehumanization. Now we know that this attitude is extreme because even pornography may be beautiful and focused on real emotions. Not porn is bad but lack of education and too few speaking about sexuality in people's life.
Everything started in 1970s but a phase "feminist porn" returned to regular use in 2003. This movement is focused on diversity and at present it shares ideas of pleasure for all sides of sex that isn't only being opposite to pornography. Through years feminist porn has changed - now with an influence of psychology people know how important sexualogy is. About 50 years ago it wasn't that obvious.
Now we know that sexual equality is important for all sexualities, races, genders and age. The feminist philosophy supports it and have everybody the right to have sex and watch sex they like. It's a positive movement and being open-minded that promotes safe sex and education for everybody. Happily at present feminist porn activists not only claim that men are bad, now they can see how important sex is for everybody and how much we can do, educating people especially those who are young and who enter their sexual life.
Playgirl was the very first magazine entirely devoted to female sexuality. In the last century, there were made erotic materials made only for men that caused an opinion that women didn't react on any erotic content and can't be stimulated. Combining it with traditional ways of raising children according their further roles in society, nobody cared about a fact that women are also able to feel pleasure during sex.
First feminist movies made by ex-adult actress Candida Royalle were very popular but in production they faced a lot of problems. She insisted on catering female needs in sex and she shown it in her movies. It gave her huge audience and success. For the very first time anybody had cared about women and their desires. There were 1980s and still a lot of things had to change.
But that revolution began and nothing could stop it. More and more people were starting to care about women's needs in sexuality. During 80s and 90s new ways of showing sex were exposed. Some creators started caring about quality and sensibility - it caused opening new magazines and production companies that made content only for female audience.
Expansion of feminist type of pornography and its way and role in mainstream
The Internet for sure has helped feminist porn and its expansion. Even anonymous creators may share their work online and stop caring about any pressure of the adult industry. The very first paysite for women was launched in 1999 and since that time more and more adult websites have been knowing that men aren't only consumers of porn material. There are also girls that want to watch something hot.
And because of this in the web there are thousands of videos that may be described as feminist porn and most of these productions are watched also by men who don’t know that these great films were made for women.
Feminist porn as a genre. Ethics and its role in making feminist movies
Ethics and authenticity are 2 main parts of feminist porn. But it's hard to describe as a genre. Now you know what it may have and what it hasn't for sure. Feminist actresses deny that they are like objects in porn movies. And it stands in opposition to some of feminists. You must know that some feminist activists do bad job for feminism itself. It causes that most people aren't for feminism in any type. And this is harmful for people who stand for real equality of women and men. In this situation real feminist movies that show equality in sex and equality in working on films do a lot of good things for the whole adult industry - especially if they support researches and sexual education.
Real feminists stand for needs of women that are real. They support female desires and needs of other groups that should be noticed in life and society.
Feminist porn as a genre is a type of pornography that shows equality and good will of all sides of sex. Feminist movies make films more human. We can see talk, causes and motivations of sex and a very important aspect of agreement between partners. Feminist porn is also good for all porn fans who like watching wider scenes with more details, not only genitals. Also for men it may work more stimulating. What's more it shows that sex is something more than only physical act of copulation.
Challenges present times and a probable future of feminist porn
Feminist porn is becoming more and more popular, also among men who appreciate good quality and who are educated to be aware that sex is a combination of physical act and feelings (even if it isn't love partners can feel a lot of things and these feelings should be positive during the whole act).
At present a problem is a name a little. Feminist porn still identifies as genre made only by pro feminism activists and creators and some alternative filmmakers feel excluded because of this fact (despite they do similar movies). And then we can describe feminist porn industry as hypocritical business because they claim that they support equality of everybody. And because of this it's important to integrate all people who do the same type of pornography so far described as "feminist porn".
During some last years we can see that pornography is almost everywhere around us and there is also something like moral panics. In this situation we should remember that sex can't be censored too hard because all of us need sexual pleasure. In this situation the more necessary is to have something that shows what sex looks like in normal life. Sex is normal and important and it will be good to share its real nature. We should educate more, not just forbid pornography. And then feminist productions are better to explain more to viewers, especially young ones who just enter their sexual experiences.
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