▁their ▁sexual ity ▁individually . ▁In ▁correlation ▁to ▁making ▁por n ography ▁legal , ▁prost itution ▁would ▁become ▁legal , ▁supporting ▁the ▁idea ▁that ▁women ▁could ▁individually ▁c ensor ▁and ▁control ▁their ▁actions ▁and ▁sexual ity . ▁Wend y ▁Mc El roy , ▁a ▁prominent ▁individual ist ▁femin ist , ▁shared ▁her ▁views ▁of ▁por n ography ▁by ▁saying ▁" Ind ividual ▁femin ism ▁ins ists ▁on ▁the ▁principle ▁of ▁self - own ership : ▁a ▁woman ' s ▁body , ▁a ▁woman ' s ▁right . ▁It ▁ins ists ▁that ▁women ▁be ▁free ▁to ▁choose , ▁regardless ▁of ▁the ▁content ▁of ▁their ▁choices ." ▁Mc El roy ' s ▁quote ▁emb od ies ▁the ▁ide als ▁behind ▁women ' s ▁por n ography ▁according ▁to ▁individual ist ▁femin ism ▁and ▁leads ▁to ▁the ▁thought ▁process ▁that ▁a ▁woman ▁can ▁explo it ▁her ▁sexual ity ▁using ▁her ▁own ▁dis cret ion , ▁through ▁les bian ism , ▁por n ography , ▁m ast urb ation , ▁or ▁any ▁cons ens ual ▁sexual ▁act . ▁ ▁Statistics ▁ ▁There ▁are ▁many ▁concerns ▁that ▁main stream , ▁male ▁orient ed ▁por n ography ▁causes ▁ra pe ▁and ▁sexual ▁ag gression ▁in ▁males , ▁calling ▁for ▁more ▁por n ▁created ▁by ▁women ▁for ▁women . ▁A ▁study ▁by ▁Berl ▁K utch in sky ▁showed ▁that ▁ra pe ▁cr imes ▁did ▁not ▁increase ▁with ▁increased ▁access ▁to ▁por n ography , ▁despite ▁popular ▁mis con ception s . ▁It ▁is ▁important ▁to ▁note , ▁however , ▁that