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Gay men forgotten in the anti-porn debate : Comments
By Matthew Holloway, published 9/1/2012Subjugation of women may be the staple of 'straight' porn, but in gay porn it is men who are the victims.
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Posted by cardigan, Friday, 13 January 2012 11:50:00 AM
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Under patriarchy male same-sex desire upsets the rules about who is chased (women) and who does the chasing (men). (What other power strategies come into play doesn't much matter at the level of ideology.) Under patriarchy male same-sex desire confronts men with the scenario of being put in a non-male position (chased, not chasing).
It is likely that this drama is going to be played out in "gay" porn no matter who is making it -- gay, straight, online industrial capitalist -- but with different inflections. So far Matthew's analysis appears blind to these questions.