• ashinadash [she/her]
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    1 year ago

    Why has the discourse regressed to 1. sex-negative anti-porn 70s "feminism" and 2. cumbrained bigoted horny guys :(

    • WithoutFurtherBelay
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      1 year ago

      No, the feminism is a minority! The majority of anti-porn people just hate it because women bad. Remember, if something seems bad in hellworld, it’s always worse!

      • ashinadash [she/her]
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        1 year ago

        Oh, okay! Honestly that's kind of reassuring compared to a revival of awful 1970s "feminism" shit lol

        • WithoutFurtherBelay
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          1 year ago

          Well… That perspective on porn seems to be the dominant one here and on other lefty areas. I unironically think the Volcel meme severely affected the political takes people have

          • ashinadash [she/her]
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            1 year ago

            It should not have; the Volcel meme should function exclusively to keep ridiculous horniness out of a community that is supposed to be comfy and chill. Idk why people look at the Volcel meme and suddenlu become catholics

            • WithoutFurtherBelay
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              1 year ago

              I think, if there is any credibility to my own conspiracy theory, it’s that it allows people who unironically have sex-negative perspectives to use it as a mask and face no criticism of it, because anyone who criticizes a dumb meme is just ruining good clean fun (not true but that’s the perspective)

              • sharedburdens [she/her, comrade/them]
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                1 year ago

                For what it's worth as an ace person I do actually appreciate spaces where it's not low-key horny at all times. I originally felt comfortable in places like /r/cth because I knew if someone made a horny comment it would probably get chased off rather than explode into a thread of dozens of people all making me uncomfortable.

                • WithoutFurtherBelay
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                  1 year ago

                  yeah which is another aspect of it which is genuinely good. idk what i would even do because getting rid of the volcel meme would cause more harm than the meme itself

                  • sharedburdens [she/her, comrade/them]
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                    1 year ago

                    Yeah, I don't know either. I feel bad because I have definitely seen it make some people uncomfortable because of the sex-negative angle, but I'm not convinced it would be helpful to remove it outright either.