Cindy Gallop: Make Love, Not Porn

Sunday, April 25, 2010 Jonette 4 Comments

Caveat: This video contains explicit language, and is wholeheartedly endorsed to mature viewers of all ages.

Cindy Gallop presented a 4-minute speech on how hardcore pornography today has distorted the view people have today of sex. She has successfully launched MakeLoveNotPorn.com as an effort to correct those myths being propagated.

Thanks to Fleeb for sharing this video to me.

Alright, oversharing allowed: what are your thoughts on this? Do you watch porn? What are the things you like and don't like about it? No judging here; just a lot of intelligent people's thoughts on the issue.

4 comments:

  1. thanks for dropping by at my blog. are you in the Philippines? Is it different packaging now for the palabok and the peach mango pie? just curious.

    my computer is not working well now so I can't watch the video so no comment for now. interesting blog you got here.

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  2. Hello, and thanks for dropping by too! Yes, I'm a Filipina, and am writing this right now from my home in Cainta. The packaging is waaaay different now. They've combined the packaging for Peach-mango pie and whatever other new variants they release into something called 'Zert pies (eergh.)

    They pineapple-buko pie they offered didn't last long, but darn, that was really good pie.

    I hope you do have the chance to watch the video sometime soon. Thank you for the compliments! :)

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  3. Oh, that woman is my hero because instead of trying to eradicate pornography, she's concerned about re-educating. I too am a fan of hardcore porn, but I've gotten picky over the years because as an "experienced" woman, I can't suspend disbelief enough to enjoy most of it nowadays. It's too air brushed, too staged, and there's far too much eye contact with the viewer (my pet peeve). Kinda takes the fun out of being a voyeur when the actress pretends she's staring straight into your soul, begging for approval. :| Hence, I go for real amateur stuff (home videos) which may not be he best, but it shows REAL sex between REAL people. More stimulating, even if they look at the camera a bit too much too (only to check and see if it's still running I guess).

    People really do believe what they see in porn is what women want...and I've come across a few men who knowing they can't get it like THAT from their wives run out and post ads looking for a woman who'll let them "screw them like a porn star". I think that's why I found the texts Tiger sent so amusing because they're SO familiar. Tons of guys out there who just want a "slut" that they can choke and slap and who will love every moment of it and send them messages the next day purring about how sore they are...lmao. I don't know. Sex culture is so funny. But I totally agree with what the website...I just wish more people in the comments would freakin' understand that her POV isn't a total blanket statement. NO, she's not trying to diss the people who enjoy kinky sex (coming from someone who's as far from vanilla as can be, I was NOT offended so I don't get these people who are), but those who think that porn sex is REALLY how it happens.

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  4. Wow! Well said! I agree with you; Porn as it is today feels like it's really putting on a show for the viewer. It's stating the obvious waaay too much, and in my opinion, it's close to insulting the intelligence of the viewer.

    Why yes, you still do need some intelligence with watching porn; you don't expect it to spoon-feed everything to you, did you? that would be just too lazy.

    I think pornography is really more of fantasy play. It's bringing certain fantasies in viewable form. It's like watching Lord of the Rings to Tolkien fans: they don't watch it because they love the Fantasy genre in general, but because they love Tolkien's work. You watch porn not necessarily because you're a fan of sex in general, but because you're a fan of one particular sex fantasy.

    Who here isn't a fan of sex, after all?

    Just like what you and Ms. Gallop said, the problem here is that a lot of people take porn as sex education and not fantasy play. Sometimes, women try to learn from these flicks and try them out on their husbands as an effort to please them, and believe me, it's not fun. It feels put-on and fake. and that's not the kind of sex you want.

    To add what you said about the kinky sex: I guess if that's what the person really wants with sex, if that makes them feel good, then bravo! Go for it! Thing is, it's not right to put these expectations onto everyone else.

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