Thursday, April 18, 2013

352 Extra: Communications Technology Affects Society - The Story Of Feminist Porn.

For as long as I can remember, pornography has been looked down upon for being degrading to women, and with good reason. Pornography was designed for the benefit of men, and the execution of sex on film cared much more for the titillation of the man. Point Of View photography and a cinematic focus on the penis led to an entire form being devoted to a single sex.

Of course, communications technology changed that.

With the advent of streaming video and low cost digital video cameras, women broke into porn. Some of the pioneers of feminist porn were cam-girls: girls with cheap webcams who ran their own live shows on streaming video sites. Unlike in traditional pornography, the girls got to set their own limits and payment. Suddenly a girl could be in total control of her body and still do porn.

On the rare occasion that a man was involved, it was not a stranger or an actor. The men in feminist porn were always a loving boyfriend or husband, and the focus was never on his enjoyment, it was on hers.

But camming has it's disadvantages, and so eventually, live shows have become less popular and a different form of feminist smut came forth: art porn.

Art porn is adult films with an artistic purpose behind it. The most popular of these is Camille Crimson's Art Of Blowjob. The ultimate goal is to bring sensuality back into pornography. Crimson does this with creative cinematography and music that accentuates the love between her and her boyfriend.

Without growth in communications technology, women would not have the opportunities in adult entertainment that they currently do. There wouldn't be porn for women. We have growth in communications to thank for a drift in adult entertainment towards women being equal.