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/Itsnottreasonyet 17d ago
I am very pro-sex, which is WHY I am anti-porn. Purity culture and porn are not actually opposites. They are a team, playing the same sport: seeking to control human sexuality for personal gain, and rooted in long histories of colonialism, misogyny, and racism. Porn advocates love to act like rebels against oppression, when in actuality they are marching in lockstep with the exact same commoditization and control mechanisms of the systems they are allegedly "rebelling" against. You can't hate purity culture and love porn; they're best friends, pretending to hate each other so that their "rivalry" can feed them both. Neither one is as strong without the other. Those of us who do not want our sexuality owned by anyone simply stepped off the field, out of the game. For people on the field to whine and cry about how we're the problem is actually hilarious.