Pornography: Men Possessing Women, by: Andrea ... - Feminish

or over-ripe. She ceases to be an object of desire. ” 5 The mother isnot the whore only when men have stopped desiring her.G uyon, in whose name societies for sexual freedom exist today,held that women were defined exclusively by their sexuality, whichwas essentially, and intrinsically the sexuality of the prostitute.“Women’s sexual parasitism, ” writes Guyon, “is innate. She has acongenital tendency to rely on man for support, availing herself ofher sexual arts, offering in return for maintenance (and more, if shecan get it) the partial or complete possession of her person. ”6 Thispropensity for exchanging her body for material goods is hersexuality, her purpose, her passion, and consequently “[s]ale orcontract, monogamy or harem—these words mean little to her incomparison with the goal. ” 7 For this reason, Guyon contends thateven the so-called white slave trade—the organized abduction oflone or young or destitute women for the purposes of prostitution—cannot be construed as forcible prostitution:How hypocritical it is to speak of the White [sic] Slave Tradeonly as a means for recruiting the ranks of prostitution. T heW hite [sic] Slave Trade is universal, being carried on with theconsent of the “slaves, ” since every woman has a specific sexualvalue. She must sell herself to the highest bidder, even thoughshe cheat as to the quality of the goods. 8Like most male advocates of sexual freedom (the unrestrainedexpression of male sexuality), G uyon theoretically and repeatedlydeplores the use of force; he simply never recognizes its existence inthe sexual use of women.Typically, every charge by women that force is used to violatewomen— in rape, battery, or prostitution— is dismissed by positinga female nature that is essentially fulfilled by the act of violation,which in turn transforms violation into merely using a thing forwhat it is and blames the thing if it is not womanly enough to enjoywhat is done to it.Sometimes “consent” is construed to exist. More often, thewoman is perceived to have an active desire to be used by the maleon his terms. G reat Britain’s Wolfenden Report, renowned for its