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I gather that the majority of XPTers are moral relativists, "all questions of ethical behavior are subjective, morality is meaningless, etc" when it comes to their own porn consumption, but are moral absolutists when it comes to the women and girls who choose to do porn: they are whores with no souls.

Isn't that just slightly hypocritical?



Speaking as a porn consumer, and someone who despises moral relativism, I reject the comparison completely. I see nothing immoral about either consuming porn or appearing in it. I think being in porn is a harmful thing for all but the most emotionally numb/hardened people to do to themselves, but just because I buy the product does not mean I bear any responsibility for that. Yes, if no-one bought porn, there would be no money to temp these girls in, but likewise, if none of them were willing to do porn, there would be no product for me to buy. Which came first, the chicken or the egg? I see it as morally neutral.

The sex industry has always been supply-led. Demand is constantly high. It's the ever-increasing supply of girls willing to sell themselves on the cheap that has fueled the booming industry of recent decades. The time when desperation and poverty drove supply is long past, people who consider themselves "poor" in a western country don't know what poor is. Nowadays they're doing it for a nicer lifestyle than they could afford at Wal-Mart. Should we lament the fact that women got their independence, and this is what some of them chose to do with it?

I might also add that this is really puzzling coming from you. You've always played the contented former hooker, not the victim. If you're happy enough with your past sex-work decisions, how does this work? Is it that when a girl sells herself and feels fine about it, that was the decision of a strong, independent woman, but if she's miserable, then the customers are to blame? Who's the hypocrite here?
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