I think all people that work in the sex industry are facing stigma, we're all facing various backlashes. The argument about anti-pornography sits on what most people would know as the whore Madonna dichotomy. It's a pedestal. And when a woman falls off that for being sexually promiscuous you get hostile sexism. We don't need to choose. I'm a porn director but I stood for Parliament or I'm doing a PhD. You've got sex workers who are good mothers, good friends. People in porn stars, I know, are very faithful to their partners, but they work every day doing porn. It's about breaking that up and saying that women
It’s an issue that only gets more contentious with time - is porn good for us? To debate this issue in 2013, host Viv Groskop was joined by Germaine Greer, Dr Robert Lefever, Anna Arrowsmith, and Dr Clarissa Smith. But how has our cultural outlook swayed and shifted over the past decade? Have conversations about sexual liberation or concerns over children’s access and early exposure to pornographic content moved us beyond the panellists arguments in 2013? Or are we still just as confused as a society. Listen now to find out.
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