Philosophy Faculty Publications
Title
From Jekyll to Hyde: The Grooming of Male Pornography Consumers
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2010
Publication Source
Everyday Pornography
Abstract
Robert Jensen has observed that "the danger of pornography is heightened exactly because it is only one part of a sexist system and because the message it carries about sexuality is reinforced elsewhere" (2007a: 103).
In a culture that normalizes male sexual aggression against females in a variety of contexts, the typical consumer is pre-groomed to accept such aggression before he ever begins using pornography. In this article, I argue that many pornography consumers undergo further and more specific grooming as they acclimate to rougher and more openly sadistic materials. This grooming is a co-operative effort involving both the industry and the individual consumer. Both, after all, have something important at stake: for the industry, continued profits; and for the consumer, an important way in which he has come to experience sexual pleasure.
In this cooperative grooming process, I will contend, the male porn user becomes both abuser and abused, consumer and consumed.
Inclusive pages
114-133
ISBN/ISSN
9780415543798
Copyright
Copyright © 2010 from Everyday Pornography, by Karen Boyle. Reproduced by permission of Taylor and Francis Group, a division of Informa plc. This material is strictly for personal use. For any other use, the user must contact Taylor & Francis directly at permissions.mailbox@taylorandfrancis.com. Printing, photocopying and sharing via any means is a violation of copyright.
Publisher
Taylor and Francis
Place of Publication
Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom
eCommons Citation
Whisnant, Rebecca, "From Jekyll to Hyde: The Grooming of Male Pornography Consumers" (2010). Philosophy Faculty Publications. 93.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/phl_fac_pub/93
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