article_snippet: ‘Can Porn Empower Women?
article_snippet: Why should I?’ Other members of the panel, which included sex workers, defended pornography, claiming that not all porn is the same and that not all porn can empower both men and women.
article_snippet: Statistics published by pornographic website Pornhub suggest that pornographic influences are having on how people view sex and relationships.
article_snippet: Since the release of the Fifty Shades of Grey film, the site has seen a spike in searches for explicit videos about ‘domination’ of 55 percent among men and 40 percent among women.
article_snippet: , agreed that what was once seen as pornography is now mainstream.
article_snippet: Since the release of the Fifty Shades of Grey filmthe Fifty Shades of Grey film, Pornhub has seen a spike in searches for explicit videos about ‘domination’ of 55 percent among men and 40 percent among women .
article_snippet: Other panellists were keen to defend pornography.
article_snippet: Pandora Blake, 29, who describes herself as a feminist porn performer, said it is wrong to tar all explicit videos and images with the same brush.
article_snippet: Pandora Blake, 29, who describes herself as a feminist porn performer, said:
article_snippet: ‘Porn is not a genre.
article_snippet: Porn is a medium like film or television.
article_snippet: Saying Porn is degrading is like saying all of TV is degrading just because you have watched Top Gear.
article_snippet: There is a growing number of feminist porn directors making the porn they want to see.
article_snippet: We should not be judging porn on whether It empowers women as capitalism is degrading as you have to exchange your labour for money.
article_snippet: To those who said the internet was to full of pornography that they would rather not see, she replied:
article_snippet: However, this was not enough for sex shop founder Sam Roddick, 43, who said the modern pornography industry, and the morals this teaches are sex and relationships,
article_snippet: I believe the porn industry is unregulated.
article_snippet: As the porn industry stands I do
article_snippet: n’t believe the porn industry holds women in a safe place.