That’s what happens when you don’t believe in middle grounds. They don’t believe people can watch pornography without being addicted and trying to emulate what they see there IRL. They don’t believe someone (or better, women) in their right mind can possibly consent to do porn or sex work for money.

I have a friend like that. She spouses many of the same views of the group mentioned above. Anti-pornography, anti-prostitution. Goes as far as calling prostitution “consented rape”. And you know what’s funny? Despite being an outspoken radical feminist who is against all those things, I heard she’s making good money on OnlyFans. Not only that, she’s doing actual sex work. And her parents supported her financially, so it’s not like she needed that to not starve. But it’s good money that can allow a very expensive lifestyle for her age.

I understand their premise. I truly do. The professional porn industry is plagued with problem, there’s amateur porn being uploaded without the consent of one or both parts, there are people addicted to porn, there are women in third world countries with no option other than prostitution to make a living. But putting us at the mercy of corporations to remedy that or even leaving room for dodgy/dictatorial governments to use our data against us? That’s insane. As well assuming that a middle class woman in college from a first world country who does porn to earn money and afford an expensive lifestyle or an exhibitionist couple who decides to monetize their sex is the same as an underage girl being sexually exploited in a third world country or a mother who resorts to prostitution because that’s the only way to support her family. Or that someone who is single and watches porn once or twice a week is the same as someone who prefers pornography to sex with their partner.