AVN Awards 2008

I was watching the AVN Awards on Showtime for a little while. I am not against pornography in any way, in fact I actually embrace it and encourage people who are against it to watch it and defy them not to get turned on. So as I am watching this, I see all these women there. Now these aren’t the horror stories that people try and portray of the adult industry. I am sure you know the horror stories I am referring to, the ones where they have to do it or are being forced. These are powerful women up there. Jenna Jameson, Tera Patrick, these are names that have shaped and continue to shape the pornography industry of the 21st century.

With such powerful women in charge of the industry, I fail to see how women can get offended by it. How can something be offensive to women if women are the ones creating the content to begin with? Back in the day it was a male run industry, but times have changed. The most powerful woman in porn, Jenna Jameson has risen from the ashes of her youth and has become very powerful, not just in the adult industry, but she has also crossed over into mainstream media.

Now I wouldn’t go as far as to say that these women should be looked up to as role models for what they do as an occupation, but they should be looked up to as role models for what they have overcome, and what they have been able to achieve. In the last ten years the tables have turned. Don’t you think it is time to embrace the change and reconsider what is deemed offensive in this country? Porn can not be offensive if the gender who is offended are also the ones producing it.