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I'm a woman and I love porn. Porn was invaluable to me coming out of a sexually repressive culture - it helped normalize it and gave me a way to access sexuality that wasn't available anywhere else. It also helps satisfy preferences u can't get irl! Love to use it to unwind.

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Meghan Murphy

@MeghanEMurphy

Jan 11

Honest question: Why keep porn? So many of society’s worst problems are connected to or amplified by porn use and the porn industry, from pedophilia to sexual assault, to plain bad sex. Why not just make it illegal, full stop? Join my Substack chat here: meghanmurphy.substack.com/chat/posts/526

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8:56 PM · Jan 12, 2023

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And I assume everyone knows, but if you didn't, I also have done porn; been a sex worker for ten years, including irl full service prostitution. Regret none of it, was a liberating job path for me, especially compared to my alternatives.

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Every argument against porn ends up being an argument for stronger workers rights or social/welfare protections, with few exceptions

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yeesh. in limerick form? 'since porn is a thing that i hate we gotta empower the state! thru cops telling you the things you can view, my lust for control i can sate!'

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Porn is woman and child hatred: commodified & weaponized. It is the enemy of intimacy.

Hackney Poundshop Yellow Blob Terf

@HackneyTerven

Jan 13

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@Aella_Girl

You’re looking at it from a very narrow perspective. Your own. Imo.

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The enjoyment you personally derive from watching porn isn't more important than the damage it does to countless others ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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The gov said that about booze is the 1920s.

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It’s a classic _the dose makes the poison_ issue. If you’re able to use it responsibly it’s probably not so bad. However, a lot of people cannot use it responsibly.