Deep thinky thots on porn and such

[valarltd]

I was reading some feminist blogs before lunch. They are universal of their condemnation of pornography as a male-dominated commodification of women.

Which leaves me wondering about my own second job.

I am a woman, writing erotica (porn with better lighting and production values) for other women, being published by a female-run small press.

Aside from the fictional characters and one male editor, I'm not sure how men or the patriarchy comes into this at all. It all feels very lesbianic, especially when I'm writing f/f. I'm writing women making love to women, in order to please and arouse other women who will pay me, through the agency of a female company.

Yet, I'm told lesbians have no sexual agency under patriarchy.

Now I'm all conflicted and confused. I think I'll go be an agent of either compliance or subversion and go write another pegging scene.

Comments

[dragon-lord.livejournal.com]

I realize this is quite a bit late, but...

I tend to think of porn and erotica as two different things (one being video, the other the written word) and I think erotica appeals to women more than men, while porn appeals to men more than women. (That's not to say that they appeal to only one sex on the other, only that in my experience, they tend to go for one rather than the other).

Is erotica commodifying women? I think it's all about the relationship into which it's placed.