Berlin Porn Festival
Seductive? Think again!
Berlin Porn Film Festival
One of the biggest events in the industry of adult movies takes place in Berlin. Surprisingly, that conservative country opens doors for one of the most promiscuous and conflictive events and shows hundreds of movies, which usually are restricted or banned because of their violent nature and negative effects they have on the society.
What is shocking is that porn industry has turned into art and creative work for some people, and women and men who participate there consider themselves real actors and real directors. Despite all the movies are not really different from each other, every production is considered important and it has special features, effects and stories.
Imagine that you are going to the Oscars and you have to put your best dress or suit, make your hair, go to the after party and talk to famous people. The porn festival has the same value and people think of it like for the most important event of the year.
However, I would say that this Festival, as it is called, is not really good example for anyone and shows negative aspect of behavior and can change social opinion about what is good and bad. This is because of all the effects porn has on the society, like dangerous behavior, changing women’s social image in a negative way, showing children sexual scenes, when they are still not prepared for that and leading to violent attitude towards family, friends and girlfriends. The word itself “festival” means celebrating some particular event and this is what is wrong about it. By celebrating the porn industry and its products, that means that our society officially accepts pornography by all means and spreads it among people of all ages. By making that event socially visible we show people that there is nothing wrong with pornography and what is more, we actually tell people to go and see it, we make them interested in that issue and strengthen these effects and change completely the social values.
“Erika Lust, a recent mom, announced that as a woman she loves cocksucking, which is why it’s so prevalent in her films. The audience seemed unconvinced, while the directors were pretty unapologetic about their enthusiasm for the blowjob” (eros-zine.com) .This is what people learn from going to these festivals. This is what people get interested in when they visit that place and this is what they talk about after that. This turns out to be new trend in movie industry showing what women should do and that women like what they do. And that wrong impression can lead to extremely bad influence. We have to ask ourselves is that normal? We have to ask ourselves is that what we want to believe in and is that what we want to be interested in? The degradation is a fact, and if not fully banned, it can be at least reduced and not so visible.
For some more information:
http://www.eros-zine.com/articles/2007-11-27/berlinpff112707/
Adult movies – women vs. men
Whether we like it or not, pornography has turned into an important part of our society and affects it in many way and often can lead to promiscuous behavior and violent attitude towards other people. That’s why I can say that it affects people in a negative way and concerns not only teenagers but adults as well, as turning them into consumers of physical pleasure and changing radically their opinion about women and their place in the society. Pornography reduces women’s role as an important part of the social life and shows them only as sexual objects created to please men.
The reason I think pornography is an important subject to discuss is because of its ambiguous nature and despite it should be restricted and many people think that it spread only violence, it is still a matter of personal choice of people whether to participate in it or not. That’s why here comes the philosophical term Freedom of Choice which claims that something cannot be considered harmful, if it doesn’t hurt other people. Actually, pornography and the actions shown there are rude and in places violent, we all know that. However, the people who participate in it are there voluntary and by their own will and they cannot be judged for that and because despite it is pornography, it is still a matter of freedom and speech and choice and people can choose whether to look at it or not.
accessible everywhere, easy to find. Can it be stopped or it already has its roots in our society?
