As you pointed out yourself, it goes both ways, there are male subs as well.
Can it be sexism if it goes both ways??
I do realize that if you know nothing about it, bdsm porn (I do so dislike the term 'violent' porn because it smells of non-consensuality) can be upsetting - or very upsetting. You have to understand the background, and you have to understand the difference between fantasy and reality, as is said several times. And there is a lot more women sub porn that male sub porn.
I myself often find vanilla porn more upsetting, because the attitudes you see there are often not at all for fun! Same with violence in films.
However, you do not hear anyone complaining about that, which is the puritanical (is that a word?) aspect of it. At its basis it is about not liking sex. For the radicals, I mean.
But although I do find many of these porns and films upsetting, I would not go for censorship, but I would like to see some much better quality films and porn. And I would definitly also like to see a lot more male porn - Let's have some equality here :-)
It is not my experience that Doms normally see women as inferior, either outside or inside the scene. My scene have been DK and UK, that is all I know about.Is it in any of your experience that Doms also see women outside of the scene as inferior?
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LOL Let them try!
I do not think it works that way. If the contempt is there, it is there. I do not think bdsm porn creates it. If it fuels it, so would a lot of films.