▁account ▁of ▁gender ▁differences ." ▁As ▁with ▁liberal ▁femin ism , ▁Ind ividual ist ▁femin ist ▁focus ▁on ▁the ▁ability ▁for ▁women ▁to ▁be ▁met ap hor ically ▁fre ed ▁from ▁the ▁tab o os ▁and ▁pre jud ices ▁of ▁sex ▁within ▁society , ▁while ▁also ▁allowing ▁women ▁to ▁become ▁a ▁sex ually ▁active ▁element . ▁Typ ically , ▁the ▁male ▁is ▁considered ▁the ▁sex ually ▁active ▁element ▁in ▁a ▁sexual ▁act , ▁while ▁the ▁female ▁is ▁pass ive . ▁Ind ividual ist ▁femin ism ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁sex - pos itive ▁femin ism ▁is ▁attempting ▁to ▁change ▁the ▁view ▁that ▁the ▁male ▁is ▁the ▁active ▁member ▁of ▁sex ▁by ▁creating ▁an ▁equality ▁between ▁the ▁two ▁so ▁that ▁male ▁and ▁female ▁are ▁both ▁pass ive ▁and ▁active . ▁ ▁An ▁individual ist ▁femin ist ▁view ▁upon ▁por n ography ▁is ▁that ▁both ▁male ▁and ▁female ▁derive ▁pleasure ▁from ▁cons uming ▁the ▁por n ography . ▁Women ▁state ▁that ▁they ▁" see ▁their ▁consumption ▁of ▁por n ography ▁as ▁both ▁a ▁source ▁of ▁sexual ▁pleasure ▁and ▁aff irm ation ▁of ▁their ▁sexual ▁ident ities , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁an ▁exercise ▁of ▁freedom ▁of ▁choice ." ▁Another ▁belief ▁that ▁is ▁shared ▁within ▁the ▁Ind ividual ist ▁femin ist ▁community ▁is ▁that ▁por n ography ▁should ▁be ▁legal ized . ▁This ▁thought ▁is ▁derived ▁from ▁reasoning ▁that ▁female ▁por n ographic ▁actors ▁would ▁no ▁longer ▁be ▁subject ▁to ▁the ▁st igma ▁placed ▁upon ▁them ▁by ▁society ▁while ▁allowing ▁women ▁to ▁control ▁and ▁c ensor ▁themselves ▁and