Invitation of a Feminist Critique of the Process Forum

[Ilovebe]

Originally Posted by tea

It's definitely porn, I think you're being pedantic.

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While I'd argue that a lot of furry art is not porn, I'd say the majority of the stuff that gets posted here falls under the banner of "porn" (albeit, porn in the nontraditional sense).

[vid]

I will say as far as gender-stratification that this site and others does seem to mainly cater to the male perspective. However, I have seen, from both men and women, an aversion to men being included in the specific genres that would normally "star" women, but not so when it's the opposite - macrophiles are ok with SM but loathe Giants, microphiles like Giants but refuse SM - and will voice their distaste whenever the subject crops up. There has been discussion lately on multiple fetish sites (I haven't seen it here but I may have just missed it) of understanding what women would enjoy. One perspective on GtsCity was that we could use more emotional content rather than just strict sexual stimulation and an added emphasis on the thoughts and appearance of men in the situation, especially with SM.

As for ethics and real life interactions with women, I'm pretty sure a good number of us have our priorities straight - we don't feature content with minors and related pages like AR/AP is monitored, while producers like Missa and Veronica are treated with respect. Personally, I would never look at content if I knew an actress wasn't comfortable with one of her roles.

Even though we're not perfect, I think our capacity for self-reflection and adaptation is improving and fetish work is becoming more open-minded, and isn't that the point of places like this?