Why we need the Porn Protest

So today, people have gathered outside of Parliament to sit on one another's faces as a protest against new laws restricting pornography in Britain.

On December 1st, new legislation banned a number of acts from being filmed in British porn, such as caning, spanking, face sitting and, brace yourselves, female ejaculation.

Yep, you heard me. Female ejaculation.

I'm sure you guys don't need me to talk about how damaging this is in our supposedly sexually liberated, gender-equal, 21st Century. But just for fun I'm gonna do it anyway.

Banning acts that put women in a position of power in porn, such as face sitting, as well as making the documentation of female ejaculation illegal while keeping male ejaculation 100% legal, promotes the idea that a woman is only involved in sex to help the man achieve pleasure. 

In short, it creates the idea that a man should use a woman as means to an end.

These new laws instill further into our society the idea that a woman should not have sex for her own enjoyment, implies that any woman who does enjoy sex is vulgar, and insinuates that any behaviour of this kind should not be seen. 

If they don't show females enjoying sex in porn, how is it going to be acceptable for women to enjoy sex in real life?

The ironic thing is that this has been introduced as a way to 'protect' women and young people. But to me, and everyone else currently sitting on each other's face outside of Parliament, all it's seemed to do is oppress female sexuality even further.

And that is why we need the Porn Protest.