Saturday, May 9, 2009

Response to Sasha Grey

I completely agree with Jail Bird's opinion of Sasha Grey on Tyra. This young girl is just comfortable with her body and her sexuality, and she wants to share it with others because it is something she is proud of. I don't blame her for wanting to make money and do the thing she loves, as that's what I hope to do one day if I'm lucky enough to get into the field of publishing. Although the majority of our society may condemn pornography and open sexuality, there is nothing inherently wrong with it, and I do not find it to be immoral. In fact, I find our society to be very contradictory. We live in an extremely individualistic society in which people are told be follow their hearts and dreams and to be the unique person that they are. We pride ourselves on our notion that anything is possible. But when we encounter an individual that does not fit within our modes of interest, we attack them as a group and determine that they are not a good person to be a part of our American society. We determine them delinquent and, in the cases of criminals, we lock them up behind bars. I'm not equating a criminal with a pornographer, but the two are almost as equally opposed by a good number of our society. I believe we need to stop focusing on the bad and criticizing, and realize the good that pornography has done for this girl. We can see that she is comfortable with her line of work, and that the last thing she would want is for someone to tell her what she is doing is wrong because it makes her happy. 

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