Re: Is giving away full length video a new trend to make surfers happy?
First off, I didn’t read anything in Rawtop’s post that implied that he supports simulated CP. He spoke to BDSM fantasy, which often includes fantasies involving control and lack of consent and so forth.
My inference from what he said was that he’s speaking to the bigger issue, which is the right of people to freely express themselves, and he actually clarified that position in a later post.
I’m a little surprised that people who work in the adult industry are taking such strong positions. I’m pretty vehemently opposed to rape and to CP, and as far as my personal tastes, content that portrays rape or CP, even in a fantasy setting, isn’t conveying positive, healthy things, and I wish there wasn’t demand, and that people didn’t fulfill that demand.
As far as CP, I do believe that laws banning simulated CP are a good thing, and I can see a pretty clear argument as to why limiting speech as it relates to simulated CP is justifiable, because it’s dealing with potential harm to children (i.e., the imagery created might have an effect on perpetrators.)
However, it becomes a very slippery slope when we talk about limiting speech for other objectionable things, and while I’m just as opposed to rape as I am to CP, I can, for myself, see a slightly different place there. And then, where do you draw the line? There are a ton of “straight guys going gay” sites that have fantasies (or perhaps, in some cases, real situations) where a straight guy is coaxed, encouraged, or even coerced into doing things that he isn’t comfortable doing, and I don’t think that sends a positive message to viewers either (not to mention, to the extent the performers really are straight, possibly causing them psychological confusion). And then there’s the “guy drugged and taken advantage of” or “guy molested while he’s asleep” sites as well, yet you rarely hear anybody bitching about any of those sites.
I could argue that the fantasy of convincing a straight boy, as well as the fantasy of drugging or otherwise going after someone who isn’t conscious isn’t necessarily a positive and healthy message either.
It’s very complicated for me… I’m not in favor of banning straight-boy-goes-gay content, and while I’m not comfortable with rape content, and even some BDSM content, I’m not comfortable saying it should be banned either. And I feel the same way about bareback.
But even though I don’t particularly think that such content should be produced, I defend the right of people to do so.