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Lisa Palac’s essay, “How Dirty Pictures Changed My Life,” tells the story of her personal quest to discover the appeal of porn. As a teenager, she was curious, but far from interested. In fact, she spent much of her young life as a porn-hating feminist. Women are taught to hate porn. They are taught to demand respect, and many people feel that pornography is a way of disrespecting women. The idea of porn in …

…by the female stars. If a woman’s husband or boyfriend looks at porn, she feels that she is not enough. This feeling of uncertainty fuels the battle against porn, rather than the fear of being irrespective. Although pornography is often quite disgusting, it is not always demeaning, and it usually hurts no one. The actresses choose to be there and get paid quite well. Many of them probably even enjoy their jobs. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**