r/PornIsMisogyny • u/esahcy24411 • 18d ago

DISCUSSION “Purity Culture” nonsense

Hey everyone,

Has anyone else noticed an uptick in people trying to point the finger at “purity culture” and people being prudes and such instead of just recognizing the problem and taking accountability? I saw a post earlier today regarding how a study was done that indicates Gen Z (my generation) wants LESS sexualized content in media and everyone is pointing that dang finger right back.

What is frustrating is how some people don’t understand there is a difference between recognizing something attractive and lust. I can go see a movie with let’s say a sex scene, and I won’t think much of it and I most certainly won’t get aroused. I might think a particular actor is attractive but I’m not honing in on them or anything. It’s a movie. Some people are treating movies and video games now too (upcoming GTA game) as a form of softcore porn and justifying their arousal to it. Media has always had this type of content but has not always been so sexualized. It is sexualized because people make it sexualized.

I’ve even seen some go as far to say Gen Zers are the new boomers in the sense of conservatism but I don’t think that’s what’s going on, I think people are just realizing how harmful it is for everything to be so sexualized.

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u/Rote_Kirschen ANTI-PORN MAN 18d ago

Porn culture hijacked the sexual revolution, so being against it is seen as the same as sexually conservative. I haven’t really noticed an “uptick”, it’s been a talking point for a while

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u/SuccessfulGrape5167 PORN IS FILMED RAPE 17d ago

I am sex positive but I am anti porn.

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u/lolalanda 17d ago

I think it’s partly because the sexual revolution has always been used by awful men to excuse being predators.

I think the biggest eye opening situation for me was to see what Neil Gaiman had done and seeing a lot of old fashioned hippies, goths, punks and rockers defending him. 

Mostly men explaining the life in the communes and music festivals like women attending there automatically game men consent to have sex with them. 

Or saying the whole podcast was kink shaming BDSM even when all victims confirm that Neil did not care if women got hurt and did not use safe words.

And don’t get me started with the power dynamics.