Why hasn't cancel culture targeted pornography?

[Valin]

Washington Examiner

Haley McNamara

April 18, 2021

The concept of “cancel culture” has been a hot-button issue for a while now. People, such as the editor of Teen Vogue, have been fired for decade-old tweets, while others, such as a recent Bachelor contestant, have been called out for racially insensitive photos, and more. Some people think cancel culture goes too far at times; others think it’s just desserts. Either way, it’s clear we are in a cultural moment that levies strict public consequences for actions that are perceived as harmful.

Yet, one industry has avoided “cancellation” despite its overt misogyny and racism: the pornography industry.

For instance, a new study analyzed the titles shown to first-time users on the first pages of the top three pornography websites in the world — Pornhub, xHamster, and XVideos. The researchers analyzed 131,738 pornography titles, the largest research sample of online pornography titles ever collected.

And the results are horrific.

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Too many people are turning a blind eye to these problems because the pornography industry revolves around sex. Some don’t want to be criticized as “prudish,” while others don’t want to be challenged to think critically about their own pornography use.

But you can’t cancel someone over an insensitive joke from 10 years ago, then visit a website promoting white supremacist rape pornography and pat yourself on the back for being a good person. You can’t share a cute graphic about girl power on International Women’s Day, then ignore the plight of female survivors whose abuse is being profited from by the pornography industry and call yourself a feminist.

If we’re trying to build a society free from racism and sexual violence, we can no longer ignore this. It’s time that cancel culture came for the pornography industry.

[Valin]

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