History of Feminism

Apparently, it's very common for older gay guys to solicit young boys (the age of consent in Norway is 16) on the main digital meeting place for gays in Norway, Gaysir. They interviewed a now 30-year old man who had fallen for the temptation of easily earned money, and he said pretty much the same thing as Carol Smith. There's a group of johns that actively try to push your limits; when you start, you think you're ok with it, but later you realize you are destroying both body and soul; the industry chews you up and spits you out.

Every time we discuss porn or prostitution on DU, someone will triumphantly declare, but what about gay porn/prostitution! As if that proves that porn and prostitution aren't destructive of the women who enter those trades because a small percentage of men do it too - but the men experience exactly the same destructive consequences of those trades as women. The only exception to the experience I can see is that for men it must be even harder to speak up about their experiences, because their own gender is the one most involved in pushing the myth of harmless porn and prostitution. At least many women know how soul-destroying porn and prostitution are on those employed in it.