Intro
The empathy i had has made me question why things are the way that they are in the world and after being introduced to Socialist theory and building an understanding of Capitalism and it’s effects on the peoples of the planet and the planet itself. I understood the importance of literature, books, art, basically any form of media. Previously i though nothing off what i read, watched or listened to, but once i understood that every thing you see on TV, hear on the radio is being presented in an specific way to send a specific message (The male gaze is a perfect example of this), a message of conformity under capitalism, music which promotes violence, misogynistic attitudes, promoting hustle culture and more. Essentially all forms of media is used to make you accept Capitalist Patriarchy, there is a saying “If the art doesn't attack/disrupt the status quo/system, it is an advertisement for it", if your videos, music, films does not depict how capitalism is harming us all, what does it even do? We're slaves under the system which is killing the world and we make music, movies, films to make us feel good? Is it because we are unaware of what Capitalism is, is it the lack of faith in the dismantlement of the system, is the lack of communities of people working together for a common goal, maybe it is all of the above.
Ethical pornography and capitalism
On the topic of art, there is no ethical pornography. I made a video on my tiktok (@ikkemaven) about the harms of pornography as it depicts the subordination of women and how men attack women as a consequence of consuming pornography, in tandem with the already dehumanizing way patriarchal society view women as objects for men's sexual desire. The unethical part of pornography at the root is capitalist exploitation on the human body, the counter arguments will point to pornography made by women who include consent in their videos, which they claim does not depict the subordination of women. I disagree as the issues around pornography a several. Would you be having sex in front of a camera for money if you didn't have to?
Regardless of what form of pornography you consume the effects on the brain will be the same, in the same way consuming drugs will make you used to the feeling and there for crave a larger amount of drugs to reach the same state of "high" you previously were able to achieve with less, consuming pornography will change your brain to always want more as we see examples of people starting of with amateur or mainstream pornography, who later on will move on to more hard core forms of pornography. I talked about how the continues consumption of pornography has the affect of desensitizing you to the violence that women are being subjugated to, choking, slapping, beating, pissing and other forms of abuse. The links between the consumption of pornography, abuse, harassment and sexual assault on women is undeniable, as well as how consuming pornography desensitize you to the abuse that women go through. There is link between pornography and male use of prostitution, prostitution is sex slavery. Men will consume pornography, want to act out what they see on the screen, fly from their native land, pay a woman to be able to use her body which is the only way (for the mast part) these women can make a living, capitalism has created an industry around the rape of women.
This is in addition to how the pornographic industry is ruled and controlled by men, because pornography is male access to women's bodies, the act you see is the subjugation of the women ( On her knees begging and pleading to be used by a faceless man, put in positions where she presents herself as a hole for male pleasure, allow herself to be hit, chocked, spit on, pissed on, ejaculated on while "enjoying" it), showing that women get pleasure from being used by men and that the "sex" also end when the man is done. "Ethical" pornography is a road to mainstream pornography, as the constant dopamine hit leaves you wanting more, you're still getting yourself off by watching other peoples, you're using other people as an object for your sexual pleasure.
We know that pornography use has an adverse impact on the frontal lobes of the brain—the area of the brain responsible for executive function. This region of the brain has been called the brain’s “braking system.”
A major finding of a review of 21 studies of brain function among individuals with problematic pornography use was that several studies revealed impaired inhibitory control. In other words, studies are showing impairments to the prefrontal cortexes of pornography users.
The area of the brain that would normally say “no” to material like slapping, choking, torture, child sexual abuse material, etc. begins to no longer function properly.
Concerning pornography use there are two important neurobiological factors at play: tolerance and impaired inhibitory control. These two “ingredients” constitute a perfect recipe for escalation from any kind of pornography—including so-called ethical pornography—to pornography with all kinds of harmful themes like incest, violence, torture, and potentially to use of child sex abuse materials. [1]
There is no ethical consumption under capitalism, there is no authentic consent in pornography as a consequence of capitalism, pornography is the commodification our sexuality and bodies, which we are are forced to sell as a way of living, there is nothing ethical about it