Porn versus Porn Stars

I heard Chris Rock on television yesterday say, "They don't grade fathers, but if your daughter's a stripper - you f****d up."

There seems to be some kind of acceptance of the porn industry along feminist lines today. If you look at it superficially, I suppose, feminism and porn seem to be two diametrically opposite ideas. Feminism was about breaking out of the mould and rejecting the objectification of women. Porn, on the other hand, is an industry built on the objectification of women. Your goods, so to speak, are out on display and you're getting paid for it now.

The feminist reaction to this introduces the porn industry as a healthy sexual exploration and that it is empowering. That more and more women don't need to hide behind the demure skirts or loose t-shirt to hide their sensuality but can now disrobe and allow themselves to feel free in their bodies. It seems more like the feminism's newfound camaraderie is not with porn as much as it is with consumerism. As long as women are getting PAID to put their bodies out on display, it is no longer a degradation but celebration of the human body. It's economics.

This idea that porn liberates the modern woman could hold ground if it started and exploded in the severely patriarchal Afghanistan or Saudi Arabia (where a woman still cannot leave the house without a burkha and male escort). Unfortunately, in liberal America the argument falls short. It isn't about control anymore in America because women seized that power a long time ago and the sexual revolution was not about taking your shirt off on tv or at the slightest hint of alcohol. The sexual revolution in America was about the loss of control over a woman's virginty- that no one and no society has the right to stop or inhibit a woman's sexual apetite. Which is healthy. Because finally, western women could fuck anyone, anywhere and anyway they wanted without being branded a 'whore'

Strippers and porn stars are the next step. In today's society they are the 'whores' or at the very least, judged as women with severe emotional issues. That these women have emotional issues is not an unfair judgement. But then again, most people (gender non-specific) seem to be plagued with emotional issues.

Most strippers and porn stars do what they do for the money. Some, an elite few, love what they are doing.

So my question is to that same society that by light of night secretly surfs smut; towards those consumer who like porn and consider it a healthy expression but with the same hand (pun intended) condemns the boys and girls who *make* it as "depraved".