Dustin M. Wax

writer, educator, anthropologist, and freelance thinker

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Pornographic Assumptions

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Arwan at Pandagon describes herself as pro-sex, anti-porn, opening up a discussion on the boundaries of pornography and how individuals interact with (or choose not to) those boundaries. I left a long comment responding to two of the commentors' posts, both of which concerned me for their projection of assumptions about the nature of porn onto those who produce and consume it. The comment is in the moderation queue, and I don't know how that works over there, so I figured I'd post it here (plus, I make some points I want to come back to someday, and this site is for storing ideas I want to come back to someday):

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