thank you. your beautiful writing brings up so much for me. a flood of memories and women i have known. things i have learnt through the years. it feels like there is too much to write. what you say is simply true. always has been. always will be.
I'm wondering- have you written an article that fully explains the full scope of sex trafficking? Or could you right one?
In my head, I think of trafficking as it's depicted in the movie Taken (girls being kidnapped, drugged, sold, raped).
I think alot of other people think this way as well. But based on reading a few of your pieces, I can tell that there is a lot more nuance and subtlety to the topic. Maybe less people would be celebrating sex work if the had a more comprehensive understanding of what constitutes as trafficking.
Yeah this is a good thing to cover... People really don't understand what actually constitutes trafficking, and that it isn't always, as you say, literally kidnapping a girl/woman and selling her into sexual slavery abroad.
My girlfriend and I watched your podcast about banning porn and we had a good debate about it. A big reason you advocate for banning it is that it advocates harm (ie. sexual assault) inherently by normalizing such acts and also those who get off to that irl have an outlet to watch it.
We are curious to know how that would differ from something like a violent movie depicting violence against women, murder, etc, and would you advocate for something like that to be banned as well?
Also, what would banning porn actually look like in a practical sense? My girlfriend and I agree that it isn't really possible but are curious to hear your thoughts otherwise.
I mean, I'm not sure the primary argument for banning porn is that it leads directly to sexual assault, but I think we all know that propaganda and advertising are very effective and it makes sense to me that there has been a rise in for example the practice of choking women during sex, considering this is common in porn. I have a few ideas about curbing porn production, including apply the Nordic model of law to porn and enforcing labour standards (including health and safety standards and laws against sexual harassment and assault) on porn sets, which would effectively shut down production... If a few people want to voluntarily produce videos/images for free, fine, but profiting from other people's sexual imagery and paying for sex should be illegal imo.
thank you. your beautiful writing brings up so much for me. a flood of memories and women i have known. things i have learnt through the years. it feels like there is too much to write. what you say is simply true. always has been. always will be.
Excellent!
Thank you.
Just in time for Valentines Day too.
I'm wondering- have you written an article that fully explains the full scope of sex trafficking? Or could you right one?
In my head, I think of trafficking as it's depicted in the movie Taken (girls being kidnapped, drugged, sold, raped).
I think alot of other people think this way as well. But based on reading a few of your pieces, I can tell that there is a lot more nuance and subtlety to the topic. Maybe less people would be celebrating sex work if the had a more comprehensive understanding of what constitutes as trafficking.
Yeah this is a good thing to cover... People really don't understand what actually constitutes trafficking, and that it isn't always, as you say, literally kidnapping a girl/woman and selling her into sexual slavery abroad.
Hey Meghan,
My girlfriend and I watched your podcast about banning porn and we had a good debate about it. A big reason you advocate for banning it is that it advocates harm (ie. sexual assault) inherently by normalizing such acts and also those who get off to that irl have an outlet to watch it.
We are curious to know how that would differ from something like a violent movie depicting violence against women, murder, etc, and would you advocate for something like that to be banned as well?
Also, what would banning porn actually look like in a practical sense? My girlfriend and I agree that it isn't really possible but are curious to hear your thoughts otherwise.
Appreciate your time.
I mean, I'm not sure the primary argument for banning porn is that it leads directly to sexual assault, but I think we all know that propaganda and advertising are very effective and it makes sense to me that there has been a rise in for example the practice of choking women during sex, considering this is common in porn. I have a few ideas about curbing porn production, including apply the Nordic model of law to porn and enforcing labour standards (including health and safety standards and laws against sexual harassment and assault) on porn sets, which would effectively shut down production... If a few people want to voluntarily produce videos/images for free, fine, but profiting from other people's sexual imagery and paying for sex should be illegal imo.