Today I had an argument with someone on the subject of pornography, my attitude being that to have sex for the delictation/entertainment of others was degrading to the *performers*, the opposition being that since people chose to do porn theyre not being degraded. He then went on to express surprise at my stance because as an *Arts Student* he would have thought I'd have a more liberal view since *Arts students have open views on nudity, sex, etc*.
Gee, why not say I also have dreadlocks and dress in cheesecloth? Arts covers a wide range of disciplines from History and Philosophy of Science to Catalan, from Business Law to Theology. I can take a great deal of teasing on how my arts studies are completely useless (and as an Art History major, I agree to an extent), but to say what my attitudes SHOULD be based on what I studied is not only insulting to me as a student and an individual, but also to the thousands of other arts students out there. To infer that people choose to enrol in an arts degree on the basis that we get to converse about sex on a regular basis is indicates lack of comprehension of what it entails.
To say that I should agree with him based on my area of study, an open variable, is incorrect. Of course, I could turn the same argument that his acceptance of porn is related to his own degree...but that'd be sinking to the same level.
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