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Women's Pornography Producers and Directors

Women's pornography is produced and directed by women and it is made for women. One of the goals of women's pornography is to produce something that the customers want to see and will enjoy. It is a common misconception for people to assume that women are not as easily aroused by sexually explicit images as men. Women that produce porn believe that male-produced porn ignores the sexuality of women and objectifies them. Anti-pornography feminists believe that the solution to this is to abolish pornography, but pro-pornography feminists think the solution is "better" porn that attends to women's sexuality. Pornography produced by women is placed in the category "romance" by the Adult Video News awards. This new category was added to the AVN awards in 2010. The AVN awards are movie awards that recognize writers, directors, and producers for their achievements in the creation of American pornographic films.

Erika Lust is a feminist porn director, producer, and screenplay writer. She is also the founder of Erika Lust Films. Lust got her start in directing and producing feminist adult films because she found mainstream porn "unrelatable, unimaginative, and unattractive", so she wanted to do something about it. In 2005, Erika began to film her series called XConfessions. Lust Productions subscribers submitted their fantasies to Erika and she picked two each month to film for her new series. In everything Lust produces, she wants the viewer to see realistic scenarios, real characters, and real pleasure. For Lust, an important component in feminist porn is consent and respect; making sure the actors want to participate and that they want to experience arousal. Lust's films want to demonstrate real passion and connection between the actors. Lust says, "We make love, not porn. And we do all this with a feminine, aesthetic and innovative approach."

What Woman's Pornography Looks Like

In most porn, women are mistreated, humiliated and disrespected by men. Bryan J. Lowder states that now porn is majority filmed by men so they can portray themselves in the role. Woman are appeared to be treated more like trophies instead of a subject of pleasure. In women’s pornography, women are producing the porn and men and women are instead treated as equals. By treating men and woman as equals it eliminates the disrespect towards women. Showing just a man’s penis and not his body is very objectifying to women. Instead, woman’s pornography shows both the man and the woman striving for their own pleasure. Woman are instead treated as real human beings.

Although sometimes we can’t see the behind the scenes of porn, the differences between the way that actors are treated in woman’s produced porn are very different. Instead of having to do something with just anyone that the director chooses, the director gives the actor the choice. The actor will write a list of people that they want to have sex with so that way the chemistry between the two actors is real. Director Erika Lust says mainstream porn is “fake” and “crappy”, instead she wants to show “real sex”. Not being slandered and disrespected by a man is what woman’s pornography is supposed to look like. Woman’s pornography is real connections and real orgasms between two people.

Individualist Feminism and Pornography

Individualist feminism considers that each woman is individually able to undertake the responsibility of making her own decisions, deciding her actions, and controlling her own life - "for example without trying to put some failures onto the account of gender differences." As with Liberal feminism, Individualist feminist focus on the ability for women to be metaphorically freed from the taboos and prejudices of sex within society- while also allowing women to become a sexually active element . A sexually active element is typically considered the male, while the female is passive in a sexual act. Individualist Feminism as well as Sex-Positive Feminism is attempting to change the view that the male is the active member of sex by creating an equality between the two so that male and female are both passive and active.

An Individualist Feminist view upon pornography is that both male and female derive pleasure from consuming the pornography. Women state that they "see their consumption of pornography as both a source of sexual pleasure and affirmation of their sexual identities, as well as an exercise of freedom of choice.” Another belief that is shared within the Individualist feminist community is that pornography should be legalized. This thought is derived from reasoning that female pornographic actors would no longer be subject to the stigma placed upon them by society while allowing women to control and sensor themselves and their sexuality individually. In correlation to making pornography legal, prostitution would become legal, supporting the idea that women could individually sensor and control their actions and sexuality. Wendy McElroy, a prominent individualist feminist, shared her views of pornography by saying “Individual feminism insists on the principle of self-ownership: a woman's body, a woman's right. It insists that women be free to choose, regardless of the content of their choices." McElroy's quote embodies the ideals behind women's pornography according to Individualist Feminist and leads to the thought process that a women can exploit her sexuality using her own discretion- through lesbianism, pornography, masturbation,or any consensual sexual act .