Quote by Angel-on-DragonMmh, I've read a few threads here about guys
watching ecchi/hentai or porn and their girlfriends having problem with this. I can't understand this
problem.
I've felt frustrated reading the other responses here because I don't see them answering AoD's question,
which if I may restate it, why does ecchi/hentai/porn disturb people? I have
read many posters simply begging the question, such as
Quote by Cataclysm I think then main reason most people have a problem with it
is because they're uncomfortable with that sort of thing.
I expect any of us who live in modern urban cultures know what the problem is, but we have trouble expressing it. While
online I can quote all kinds of sex-positive arguments, 'whatever feels good for you', etc, but in situ I experience all levels of Standard Embarrassment.
Here's my theory:
Sexual preference is essentially anarchic. What turns you on, where your limits are, etc are utterly unpredictable and
self-determined. Whether you like tits or bums, slow dances or the Berlin Wall, nobody can discover that but you.
At the same time, we crave confirmation. After discovering anime or linux, it disturbed me when I met people who just
refused to admit that these were cool. I've learned to relax & even appreciate these differences, but that
moment of rejection remains unpleasant.
We've grown up fearing differences as a strategy to avoid those moments of rejection. We've told ourselves the
lie that the experience of sex is basically the same for each of us, while shunning the people who break that illusion.
We may avert our eyes when we discover somebody masturbating, or say "I learned more than I wanted to know"
when we'd otherwise discovered a stranger's preferences.
I believe that's why porn disturbs us.
Having said that, some porn disturbs me personally because it's wrapped up with humiliation & how dirty sex is
supposed to be. I don't enjoy being reminded of that. I dig fantasies like Small Favors, where friends do it 'cause it's
fun and that's all. I dig depictions of plausible psychology too, more so than some misogynist stroke stories
I've read.