165. Pornography (extended)

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit overthinkpod.substack.com Content warning: this episode involves discussion of sexual violence and sexual assault. Can pornography be liberating or does it just promote the hatred of women? In episode 165 of Overthink Ellie and David discuss pornography. They talk about the feminist ‘sex wars’ and the pro-porn and anti-porn views that emerged from it. They talk about how the figure of the porn star has changed in the era of OnlyFans, and how porn blends sex with visuality. How might porn endanger women as a class? Can sex in pornography be considered art? And are AI and deepfakes enhancing the harms of pornography? In the Substack bonus segment, your hosts chat about Heated Rivalry and discuss the relationship between art and porn. Go to Quince.com/overthink for free shipping on your orders and 365-day returns. Now available in Canada, too. Visit Progressive.com to see if you could save on car insurance. AirDoctor comes with a 30-day money back guarantee, plus a 3-year warranty—an $84 value, free! Works Discussed: Laura Bates, The New Age of Sexism: How AI and Emerging Technologies Are Reinventing Misogyny Andrea Dworkin, Pornography: Men Possessing Women Catharine MacKinnon, Sexual Harassment of Working Women: A Case of Sex Discrimination Oriana Small, Girlvert: A Porno Memoir Amia Srinivasan, The Right to Sex Highlight: Catharine MacKinnon * Mackinnon was an anti-pornography American lawyer, feminist activist, and legal scholar who famously wrote Sexual Harassment of Working Women: A Case of Sex Discrimination * She also was friends and worked with Andrea Dworkin * She criticized pornography through the lens of anti-discrimination law * Mackinnon argues that pornography violates the rights of women as a protected class * Based off Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, she contends that sexual harassment is to sex what separate but equal was to race * Sexual harassment in the workplace is a violation because it infringes upon women’s rights * She makes the same argument about pornography * By eroticizing the abuse, humiliation, and domination of women, pornography harms women as a class and locks them into a position of social inequality

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