Is all porn 'immoral' and harmful?

[Seraph]

Hello,

Ive asked a few questions relating to porn on here before but ive been thinking about pornography as a medium as a whole and ive had a few concerns that I want to ask about. I dont know how well this fits here but I like asking sex related questions here as I you guys are really helpful!!

Ive found myself pulled towards radical feminist (NOT TERF BS) beliefs over time. Since a major part of rad fem politics is the dangers of porn I wanted to ask if there is any type of pornography that isn't inherently misogynistic? For example, even if a piece of pornography was made in a way that fairly treated its female actors would it still be harmful as it is still inherently objectifying. Ive know about that stance for a while now but more recently ive discussed with others how pornographic drawings of original and fictional characters are still dangerous because they objectify the idea of women.

The part that worries me the most is that ive heard that porn, even 'vanilla' stuff, contributes to violence against women no matter how its made.

Obviously Im not asking for any links to specific porn or anything (im pretty sure thats against the rules here anyways lol) but I want to ask if it is possible for there to be any form of moral pornography or if you have any resources I can read that relate to this issue.

[amber]

Hi Seraph!

We are happy to chat about this here, but I will say there isn't really a cut and dry answer. Ideas surrounding porn and misogyny are complex and contested - even among gender scholars. When you say you've gotten into rad fem politics what has that looked like? Reading about porn from the perspective of scholars may be of interest to you and a good place to look.

I do have a few articles from our site that may be helpful to you. I'll link them here,
Making Sense of Sexual Media

Looking, Lusting and Learning: A Straightforward Look at Pornography

What I will say is that women and people assigned female at birth have sexualities just like men. I would personally be careful about associating anything sexual as 'harmful' to women. That can easily fall back into sex negative ideas that we fight against here - such as sex as immoral, virginity, or even TERF 'ideas' around biological sex.

At the end of the day it is most important to ask how YOU feel about porn for yourself. How does all that sound to you?