"Feminism and porn go hand in hand" - Casey Calvert, adult actress.
Let's talk about sex, baby. More specifically, the debate of objectification of women in the pornography. Yes, the industry is seedy as fuck (no pun intended). And there are adult actors and actresses getting ripped off left, right and centre. But you could be subject to that no matter what your job or who you work for.
Social media has exposed young actresses - or female actors if you wanna get P.C,. bla bla - within the adult film industry who have been born in to the millenial generation. Why have one career when you can have 5? These gals are porn stars/fashion models/DJ's/jewellery designers and whatever the fuck pies they wanna get their fingers in to (sorry).
Artists like Japanese fetish photographer Nobuyoshi Araki have long since been lambasted by the general public for their perverse artistic vision and wholly recognisable S&M style. Yet it's been creeping in to the fashion industry for a number of years, perhaps without your every day consumer even noticing it. Alexander McQueen, Helmut Newton and Marc Jacobs have all taken inspiration from Nobuyoshi's erotic work, with the inevitable trickle down to the high street meaning you can't move in a bar for a girl in a skimpy caged bralet and choker.
Sexual gratification is a basic human need. OK, so it's only a physiological one, (although certainly required for the existence of the human race, but let's not open that door), but the urge for sexual activity springs, for most people, from impulse and desire. Why shouldn't girls exploit this to their own advantage?
Internet memes, hash tags and trends will come and go. But pornography in the digital world is here to stay. It's society's attitude towards it that needs to change. Let's stop burning our bras and start embracing it.
