madwoman

cherry | 20 | radfem

[ourstaturestouchtheskies]

The Vision of Saint Helena - Paolo Veronese (detail) // Judith and Holofernes - Giulio Cesare Procaccini (detail) // Interior of a Church - Henri de Braekeleer (detail) // King - Florence + the Machine

[landrylovesmatcha]

what was i made for?

“ophelia” by john everett millais but it’s barbie and for the sake of this concept let’s pretend that there is in fact water in barbieland

[marbleguard]

When men see a woman they think is sexy, they become completely incapable of seeing her as human being. It’s like there’s some component in them that switches their perspective of her from “human” to “object I want to fuck” as soon as they get horny.

The baseline for men’s understanding of women’s humanity is admittedly low, but you can occasionally find one who understands that their mother, or their daughter, or their elderly female neighbor, etc, is a full human with an inner life. They can sometimes mange this for these types of women because they’re not attracted to them. However, you do not find this type of respect in men for their girlfriends or wives because men are unable to un-objectify someone they’re sexually involved with.

[marbleguard]

This is utterly bizarre to us as women because generally, when we meet someone we’re attracted to, their personality and humanity is a large part of that attraction. That’s why you see women almost never expressing interest in “hatefucking,” while for men the concept is hugely popular.

For example, when they meet a woman whose personality they don’t like, they know an easy way to neutralize their hate for her as a person is to simply cease seeing her as a person at all. The humiliation aspect is of course a turn on for them too, since for men, sex is an act of dominance/ conquering of an object.

[lichina-lycanthrope]

honestly i’ll be real with you, it’s not that they only objectify or dehumanize women that they’re attracted to. they do this to ‘plain’ and ‘ugly’ women, as well, it’s just that they tend to ignore those women. men believe that women that they do not find attractive are beneath their consideration. they are dust. this doesn’t mean that they treat women that they’re attracted to as human, either. they treat women that they’re attracted to like possessions. you’re a trophy, a toy, a game. that’s why “no” is taken as a criminal offense. imagine if your dustpan started talking, and it told you it didn’t want to help you clean. that’s how they view women they’re attracted to.

have you ever seen someone get hurt by an object they were using, who then used it more aggressively, as if out of spite? or as if they were trying to punish it, so that it “learned its place”? that’s where the “hatefuck” concept comes from. they don’t see you as human. they don’t see you as an individual, with your own feelings. you’re right about that. but they don’t see women that they aren’t attracted to as human, either. they see them as useless. they see them as less than trash. to men, women’s only purpose is to be of use to men. our aesthetics are for them, our actions are for them, and our bodies are for them--so an attractive woman is a functional tool, and an unattractive woman is a functionless tool.

no woman is seen as human under the male gaze.

[bannedwebsites-archive]

i hope OP sees this because how interesting it is that what she says in her original post (that its like theres a component in mens brains that switches to seeing a woman as an object) has been scientifically proved.

i cant post TikToks on other peoples posts for some reason but here are screenshots

(she replied with sources)

and from this presentation by Jessica Rey, on the same topic:

Princeton University had conducted a study of how male brains react to seeing people in different amounts of clothing, and brains scans had revealed when men were shown pictures of scantily-clad women, the region of the brain associated with tools, such as screwdrivers and hammers, lit up. Some men showed zero brain activity in the medial prefrontal cortex, which is the part of the brain that lights up when one ponders another’s thoughts, feelings, and intentions [...] researchers found this shocking because they almost never see this part of the brain shut down in this way, and a Princeton professor said “It’s as if they were reacting to these women as if they are not fully human; it’s consistent with the idea that they are responding to these photographs as if they were responding to objects, not people.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJVHRJbgLz8

[antiporn-activist]

Opinion | OnlyFans Is Not a Safe Platform for ‘Sex Work.’ It’s a Pimp.

The company’s decision to reverse course on a proposed ban of “sexually explicit” content shows the power of pornography.

This is in the New York Times, today. I almost don’t believe it.

[nomenculture]

It was written by Catherine Mackinnon. One of the most prolific and important academic feminists of our time, our parent's time, and if you're young, your grandparent's time.

[libracorpvs]

archived here for those who can't get past the paywall

[antiporn-activist]

“One of the studies frequently cited by pornographers is a Dutch study done by Kutchinsky alleging that the number of reported sex crimes dropped after legalization of pornography. His theory was that the availability of pornography siphons off dangerous sex impulses. But when the data for his “safety valve” theory were further evaluated, it was found that he lumped together voyeurism and homosexuality (which police stopped reporting after legalization) with rapes (which actually increased in number). Deborah Baker, a legal assistant and executive director of an anti- obscenity group, says that proving a connection between pornography and crime is very difficult. She says, “The argument that there are no established studies showing a connection between pornography and violent crime is merely a smoke screen. Those who promote this stance well know that such research will never be done. It would require a sampling of much more than a thousand males, exposed to pornography through puberty and adolescence, while the other group is totally isolated from its influence in all its forms and varying degrees. Each group would then have to be monitored–through the commission of violent crimes or not. In spite of the lack of formal research, though, the FBI’s own statistics show that pornography is found at 80 percent of the scenes of violent sex crimes, or in the homes of the perpetrators.””

—

http://www.leaderu.com/orgs/probe/docs/porno.html

I have had the “Dutch study that proves porn is good” deployed against me many a time. Glad I finally found this.

[schreeuwekster]

I’ve never heard of the study before that, but as a dutch person I can tell you our rape statistics are fiddled with and are higher than reported

[antiporn-activist]

Oh can someone very organized bookmark this for me?

[stumblngrumbl]

@antiporn-activist I have a side blog that I reblog things to specifically as a form of bookmark (actually two - one for information that could be useful later, another for books, articles, movies to check out later). I don’t put anything else on those blogs so there’s just specific things there, easy enough to scroll through.

[ryebreadgf]

[capacity]

I really do not care why men are lonely and hate women to cope. I’m lonely and u know what I do ? finger myself like a normal person . They have no excuse

[capacity]

And like mens mental health is not declining bc girls are mean to them online. Everyone’s mental health is declining bc this world as a whole is built around profit and sucks the life out of all our communities. We’re all in this shit hole together but men think if they can seize control over womens lives then everything will be okay. So to say women complaining about it online causes this is just honestly a sadistic joke and there’s something broken in your brain.

[shiverandqueeef]

something something the juxtoposition of the "barbie outfits" in the margot robbie vogue photoshoot vs the costumes in the actual barbie movie; Harley Quinn's outfits in the og suicide squad vs birds of prey; margot robbie's dual celebrity persona as sex symbol for men vs icon of empowerment to women, her body at the centre of discussions on gendered fantasies. also something something projection of male sexual desire onto/creation out of symbols of girlhood (barbie as posable doll harley as daddy's little monster) the absolute rejection of self-objectification in both these (woman directed) films and in this essay i will not but others have and will and i can't wait to read every single one

[mrgaretcarter]

HER BRAIN

[tazmiilly]

me: does it always have to be that serious

the part of my brain that controls the imagery, symbolism, and themes department: yes

[bitchvirgo]

[mcdyke-deactivated20171112]

Resources on the Affects of Porn

Why consuming porn is an escalating behavior 

How porn affects sexual taste

How porn changes the brain

Porn is changing for the worst - and fast.

How porn fuels sex trafficking

How porn warps ideas about sex

Porn leads to violence

The “industry” is fucked

True accounts via ex-”performers” of the brutality

Isolation post-porn 

Why women get into porn and how it’s not a free choice

Popular male performers are known to rape/abuse on screen

[exgynocraticgrrl-archive-deacti]

The Anti-Porn and Porn Critical Research Pack

[ladyseconal-blog-blog-blog]

Adult (>18 years old) exposure to pornographic media is connected with: Believing a rape victim enjoyed rape Believing women suffer less from rape Believing women in general enjoy rape Believing a rape victim experienced pleasure and “got what she wanted” Believing women make false accusations of rape Believing rapist deserve less jail time More acceptance of the rape myth More acceptance of violence against women More likely to go to a prostitute and to go more frequently Increasing their estimates of how often people engage in sex with violence More self-reported likelihood of forcing a women sexually More self-reported likelihood of rape Creating more sexually violent fantasies to get aroused Engaging in more sexual harassment behaviors More likelihood of forcing a woman sexually More likelihood of future rape Using physical coercion to have sex Using verbal coercion to have sex Using drugs and alcohol to sexually coerce women Having engaged in rape Having engaged in date rape Having engaged in marital rape Being an adult sex offender Being a child molester Being an incest offender Engaging in sexual abuse of a battered spouse More willingness to have sex with 13-14 year olds More sexual attraction to children Having sexually abused children Studies Supporting These Points: Believing a rape victim enjoyed rape: Check, J. & Malamuth, N. (1985). An empirical assessment of some feminist hypotheses about rape. International Journal of Women’s Studies, 8, 414-423. Ohbuchi, K. Ikeda, T. & Takeuchi, G. (1994). Effects of violent pornography upon viewers rape myth beliefs: A study of Japanese males. Psychology, Crime & Law, 1, 71-81. Believing women suffer less from rape: Check, J. & Malamuth, N. (1985). An empirical assessment of some feminist hypotheses about rape. International Journal of Women’s Studies, 8, 414-423. Believing women in general enjoy rape: Check, J. & Malamuth, N. (1985). An empirical assessment of some feminist hypotheses about rape. International Journal of Women’s Studies, 8, 414-423. Ohbuchi, K. Ikeda, T. & Takeuchi, G. (1994). Effects of violent pornography upon viewers rape myth beliefs: A study of Japanese males. Psychology, Crime & Law, 1, 71-81. Believing a rape victim experienced pleasure and “got what she wanted”: Millburn, M., Mather, R. & Conrad, S. (2000). The effects of viewing R-rated movie scenes that objectify women on perceptions of date rape. Sex Roles, 43, Nov 2000, 645-664. Believing women make false accusations of rape: Ohbuchi, K. Ikeda, T. & Takeuchi, G. (1994). Effects of violent pornography upon viewers rape myth beliefs: A study of Japanese males. Psychology, Crime & Law, 1, 71-81. Believing rapist deserve less jail time: Zillmann, D & J. Bryant. (1984). Effects of massive exposure to pornography. In Malamuth, N and Donnerstein, E. (Eds), Pornography and sexual aggression. San Diego, Academic Press. More acceptance of the rape myth: Check. J. V. P., & Guloien, T. H. (1989). The effects of repeated exposure to sexually violent pornography, nonviolent dehumanizing pornography, and erotica. In D. Zillmann & J. Bryan (Eds.), Pornography: Recent research, interpretations, and policy considerations (pp. 159-184). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum. Weisz, M.G., & Earls, C. M. (1995). The effects of exposure to filmed sexual violence on attitudes toward rape. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 10, 71-84. More acceptance of violence against women: Allen, M., Emmers, T. M., Gebhardt, L., & Giery, M. (1995). Pornography and rape myth acceptance. Journal of Communication, 45, 5-26. Weisz, M.G., & Earls, C. M. (1995). The effects of exposure to filmed sexual violence on attitudes toward rape. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 10, 71-84. Hald, G., Malamuth, N. & Yuen, C. (2010). Pornography and attitudes supporting violence against women: revisiting the relationship in non experimental studies. Aggressive Behavior, 36, 14-20. More likely to go to a prostitute and to go more frequently: Monto, M. (1999). Focusing on the clients of street prostitutes: a creative approach to reducing violence against women. Final report for the National Institute of Justice. Available at www.ncjrs.org. Stack, S., Wasserman, I. & Kern, R. (2004). Adult Social Bonds and Use of Internet Pornography. Social Science Quarterly, 85, 75-88. Increasing their estimates of how often people engage in sex with violence: Zillmann, D & J. Bryant. (1984). Effects of massive exposure to pornography. In Malamuth, N and Donnerstein, E. (Eds), Pornography and sexual aggression. San Diego, Academic Press. More self-reported likelihood of rape: Check. J. V. P., & Guloien, T. H. (1989). The effects of repeated exposure to sexually violent pornography, nonviolent dehumanizing pornography, and erotica. In D. Zillmann & J. Bryan (Eds.), Pornography: Recent research, interpretations, and policy considerations (pp. 159-184). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum. More self-reported likelihood of forced sex acts: Check. J. V. P., & Guloien, T. H. (1989). The effects of repeated exposure to sexually violent pornography, nonviolent dehumanizing pornography, and erotica. In D. Zillmann & J. Bryan (Eds.), Pornography: Recent research, interpretations, and policy considerations (pp. 159-184). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum. Creating more sexually violent fantasies to get aroused: Malamuth, N. (1981). Rape fantasies as a function of exposure to violent sexual stimuli. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 10, 33-47. Engaging in more sexual harassment behaviors: Barak, A., Fisher, W.A., Belfry, S., & Lashambe, D. R. (1999). Sex, guys, and cyberspace: Effects of internet pornography and individual differences on men’s attitudes toward women. Journal of Psychological and Human Sexuality, 11, 63-92. Bonino, S., Ciairano, S. Rabaglietti, E. & Cattelino, E. (2006). Use of pornography and self-reported engagement in sexual violence among adolescents. European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 3, 3, 265-288. Brown, J. & L’Engle, K. (2009). X-Rated: Sexual attitudes and behaviors associated with U.S. early adolescents’ exposure to sexually explicit media. Communication Research, 36, 129-151. Vega, V. & Malamuth, N. (2007). Predicting sexual aggression: The role of pornography in the context of general and specific risk factors. Aggressive Behavior, 33, 104–117. More likelihood of forcing a woman sexually: Boeringer, S.B. (1994). Pornography and sexual aggression: Associations of violent and nonviolent depictions with rape and rape proclivity. Deviant Behavior, 15, 289-304. More likelihood of future rape: Check. J. V. P., & Guloien, T. H. (1989). The effects of repeated exposure to sexually violent pornography, nonviolent dehumanizing pornography, and erotica. In D. Zillmann & J. Bryan (Eds.), Pornography: Recent research, interpretations, and policy considerations (pp. 159-184). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum. Using physical coercion to have sex: Carr, J. & VanDeusen, K. (2004). Risk factors for male sexual aggression on college campuses. Journal of Family Violence, 19, 279-289. Crossman, L. (1995). Date rape and sexual aggression by college males: Incidence and the involvement of impulsivity, anger, hostility, psychopathology, peer influence and pornography use. Dissertation Abstracts International: Section B: The Sciences and Engineering, 55, 4640 Using verbal coercion to have sex: Boeringer, S.B. (1994). Pornography and sexual aggression: Associations of violent and nonviolent depictions with rape and rape proclivity. Deviant Behavior, 15, 289-304. Using drugs and alcohol to sexually coerce women: Boeringer, S.B. (1994). Pornography and sexual aggression: Associations of violent and nonviolent depictions with rape and rape proclivity. Deviant Behavior, 15, 289-304. Having engaged in rape: Alexy, E., Burgess, A. & Prentky, R. (2009). Pornography use as a risk marker for an aggressive pattern of behavior among sexually reactive children and adolescents. Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, 14, 442-453. Baron, L. & Straus, M. (1984). Sexual stratification, pornography, and rape in the United States. In N. Malamuth and E. Donnerstein (Eds) Pornography and Sexual Aggression. New York: Academic Press. Boeringer, S.B. (1994). Pornography and sexual aggression: Associations of violent and nonviolent depictions with rape and rape proclivity. Deviant Behavior, 15, 289-304. Bonino, S., Ciairano, S. Rabaglietti, E. & Cattelino, E. (2006). Use of pornography and self-reported engagement in sexual violence among adolescents. European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 3, 3, 265-288. Carr, J. & VanDeusen, K. (2004). Risk factors for male sexual aggression on college campuses. Journal of Family Violence, 19, 279-289. Cramer, E. & McFarlane, J. (1994). Pornography and abuse of women. Public Health Nursing, 11, 4, 268-272. Crossman, L. (1995). Date rape and sexual aggression by college males: Incidence and the involvement of impulsivity, anger, hostility, psychopathology, peer influence and pornography use. Dissertation Abstracts International: Section B: The Sciences and Engineering, 55, 4640 Malamuth, N., Addison, T. & Koss, M. (2000). Pornography and sexual aggression: Are there reliable effects and can we understand them? Annual Review of Sex Research, 11, 26-68. Marshall, W. L. (1988). The use of sexually explicit stimuli by rapists, child molesters and non-offenders. Journal of Sex Research, 25, 2, 267-288. Senn, C. (1993). The research on women and pornography: The many faces of harm. In D. E. H. Russell (Ed.), Making violence sexy. New York: Teachers College Press. Vega, V. & Malamuth, N. (2007). Predicting sexual aggression: The role of pornography in the context of general and specific risk factors. Aggressive Behavior, 33, 104–117. Having engaged in date rape: Warshaw, R. (1988). I never called it rape. New York, Harper and Row. Having engaged in marital rape: Simmons, C. A, Lehmann, P & Collier-Tenison, S. (2008). Linking male use of the sex industry to controlling behaviors in violent relationships. Violence against Women, 14, 406-417. Being an adult sex offender: Marshall, W. L. (1988). The use of sexually explicit stimuli by rapists, child molesters and non-offenders. Journal of Sex Research, 25, 2, 267-288. Being a child molester: Marshall, W. L. (1988). The use of sexually explicit stimuli by rapists, child molesters and non-offenders. Journal of Sex Research, 25, 2, 267-288. Being an incest offender: Marshall, W. L. (1988). The use of sexually explicit stimuli by rapists, child molesters and non-offenders. Journal of Sex Research, 25, 2, 267-288. Engaging in sexual abuse of a battered spouse: Shope, J. (2004). When words are not enough: The search for the effect of pornography on abused women. Violence Against Women, 10, 1, 56-72. Simmons, C. A., Lehmann, P. & Collier-Tennison, S. (2008). Linking male use of the sex industry to controlling behaviors in violent relationships: An exploratory analysis. Violence Against Women, 14, 406-417. Sommers, E. K. & Check, J. V. P. (1987). An empirical investigation of the role of pornography in the verbal and physical abuse of women. Violence and Victims, 2, 1, 189-209. More willingness to [rape] 13-14 year olds: Hegna, H., Mossige, S. & Wichstrom, L. (2004). Older adolescents’ positive attitudes toward younger adolescents as sexual partners. Adolescence, 39, 156, 627-651. More sexual attraction to children: Briere, J. & Runtz, M. (1989). University males sexual interest in children: Predicting potential indices of “pedophilia” in a nonforensic sample. Child Abuse and Neglect, 13, 65-75. Smiljanich, K. & Briere, J. (1996). Self-reported sexual interest in children: Sex differences and psychosocial correlates in a university sample. Violence and Victims. 11, 1, 39-50. Having sexually abused children: Bourke, M. & Hernandez, A. (2009). The Butner study redux: A report of the incidence of hands-on child victimization by child pornography offenders. Journal of Family Violence, 24, 183-191. Carter, D. L., Prentky. R. A., Knight, R. A. & Vanderveer, P. L. (1987). Use of pornography in the criminal and developmental histories of sex offenders. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2, 2, 196-211. Kingston, D. A., Fedoroff, P., Firestone, P., Curry, S., Bradford, J. M. (2008) Pornography use and sexual aggression: The impact of frequency and type of pornography use on recidivism among sexual offenders. Aggressive Behavior, 34, 4, 341-351. Proulx, J., Perreault, C. & Ouimet, M. (1999). Pathways in the offending process of extrafamilial sexual child molesters. Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, 11, 2, 117-129. Seto, M. & Eke, A. (2005). The criminal histories and later offending of child pornography offenders. Sexual Abuse: Journal of Research and Treatment, 17, 2, 201-210. Wheeler, D. L. (1997). The relationship between pornography usage and child molesting. Dissertation Abstracts International Section A: Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol 57(8-A), pp. 3691. Compiled by Mary Anne Layden, PhD Director, Sexual Trauma and Psychopathology Program Center for Cognitive Therapy, University of Pennsylvania (http://pornharmsresearch.com/2013/12/talking-points-pornography-and-criminal-behavior-and-attitudes-research/)

[sonia-marmeladova]

knock knock

porn is bad, and your indulgence in pornography indirectly supports sex trafficking, sexual abuse, and sex addiction, and conditions your own brain to dehumanize people and become aroused by abuse

[atheism-populism-egalitarianism]

No it isn’t and none of that is true. Sorry radfems, porn is good. I know you think sex is icky and women should be ashamed of their sexuality and stuff, but get over it. ;)

[sonia-marmeladova]

Silly me. I forgot that celebrating your sexuality included supporting rape, human trafficking, and sex abuse.

In 1986, a review of several epidemiological studies found a positive correlation between the quantity of porn consumption by men and the degree to which they endorsed sexual assault.

A study in 2010 suggests a link between porn consumption and rape-supportive attitudes in men.

A study in 2015 found that pornography consumption was associated with sexual aggression, both verbally and physically.

Researchers at Middlesex University concluded that pornography is linked to unrealistic attitudes about sex, beliefs that women are sex objects, more frequent thoughts about sex, and found that children and young people who view pornography tend to hold less progressive gender role attitudes.

Pornography is addictive. Just like other addictions, users will eventually develop a tolerance and seek more extreme, thrilling, or perverse forms of it to achieve the same “high.”

Pornography is used to train sex slaves.

An interview of 854 women in 9 countries revealed pornography is integral to prostitution. 49% reported that pornography was made of them while in prostitution. 47% reported being upset by a customer’s insistence to perform an act previously seen in pornography. A similar study found 52% of prostitutes reported that pornography played a significant role in teaching what was expected of them as prostitutes.

The demand for pornography fuels the demand for sex trafficking.

About half of sex-trafficking survivors report that porn was made of them while they were in bondage.

The July 2007 issue of Taboo, a publication owned by Hustler, featured a multi-page feature of a young woman being held prisoner and severely sexually abused by her captors. They took photos and videos of her and sold them as porn.

A Miami jury convicted two men of luring women to Florida to audition for modeling jobs, drugging them, filming them being raped, and selling the footage as porn online and to stores across the U.S. This went on for five years.

[brother-asleep-deactivated20181]

Egalitarians really be like that huh

[cocksmasher69]

@antifeminism-proegalitarian just give up…. you’re embarrassing yourself…

[atheism-populism-egalitarianism]

Anyways the porn industry is mainly not engaging in illicit activities and conflating legal porn and captives/child porn to be the same thing is intellectually dishonest

[holyvvolf]

Lmao just admit you didn’t read the sources and can’t think critically and go!!!!

[anti-porn-unicorn]

@antifeminism-proegalitarian looks like all that pornography is killing your few brain cells left!

[zxidold]

A poll testing this website (or this post) reach, how many USAmericans there is there

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Voting ended onApr 22, 2023

A curiosity test to explain some cultural context, bias, why some things go more viral than others, or simply curiosity.

(reblog if possible for more data).

[mrspankhurstsraspberryjam]

It's funny how equality always requires women to let someone else speak first, speak loudest, speak longest.

[sophelstien]

got read to filth last night