Luke
Pornography, like our fantasies, removes the consequences of deviant behavior. If we begin to hold pornography as responsible for perpetuating deviant behavior are mainstream movies exempt because they typically show the consequences? Is consequence the line between acceptable and unacceptable fantasy?
Candace
Is gender fantasy?
Dixon
How and why is pornography fundamentally different from various other types of fantasy? While other realms and subdivisions of fantasy can be easily separated from reality, why is this line so much less concrete when it comes to porn and the male psyche?
Casey
Do viewers enjoy pornography for the reality of it [that the sexual acts are occuring to real people in real life] or the fantasy that 'it could be them' doing it?
Charnelle
Does the "belief that this a society in which women and men are basically equals" prevent people from believing that acts of decriminalization are still possible? Why is it easier to believe that we are all "inalienably equal"?
Kelly
MacKinnon asserts that pornography is not male fantasy but rather the real life sexual harassment and abuse of women. Is it possible to acknowledge that what may be fantasy for one party (male viewers) is a malicious reality experienced by another set of individuals (women involved in the filming and women directly affected by male re-creations)? What are the dangers of calling pornography fantasy?
Yen Joe
Does the relationship between fantasy and reality create a snowball effect since fantasy seems to reflect (and exaggerate) reality while reality stems from fantasy?
Amanda
Throughout her article, Mackinnon states how she believes that porn is a “sexual reality” and it is the “permission and direction for sexual violence.” If one is to believe Mackinnon, then people have no free choice and no right to create their own value systems after being exposed to porn. What role should free will play when considering the effect that porn has on people? Are we really influenced entirely by our sexual desires?
Tom
What are the ties between legal and moral with fantasy? If something is illegal and/or immoral does that make the fantasy inappropriate? What makes a fantasy in contemporary America society clean? What makes it taboo?
Emily
Does pornography diminish one's ability to distinguish sex from violence?
Margaret
Is the construction of gender norms fantasy? When thinking about pornography,fantasy plays a huge role and has very real consequences. Can an argument be m