Duke's Pornography

The past two weeks of class we have focused on the topic of pornography and how it has been opened to the popular culture we live in. Pornography has been viewed in many ways, as good and evil in our society. In class on April 6th, we were introduced to a lady who attends Duke University, a highly thought of university in the United States, who uses her acting in the porn industry to pay for her tuition. We viewed three different news broadcast that talked about her situation and gave their opinions and also a clip from The View, that interviewed the lady and gave their input on a round table discussion. 

The three most common things brought up throughout all four clips were how she would graduate debt free/cost of tuition, the reaction from her peers, and the feeling of empowerment. Shooting these films have helped the Duke attendee pay off her tuition, but she has had to do 25-30 films to do so. The upside of this is that she will have no debt. What she doesn't like is the hate people have given her for performing in these films, from bloggers making rude comments about her sexual life and degrading her for starring in the porn industry. In her defense and in the defense of the many people who participate in these films, they feel empowered and feel they have the choice of their actions and they are happy with the actions and decisions they are making. 

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