In the grand circus of modern morality, there's a favorite clown everyone throws tomatoes at: porn. It doesn't matter the side, the political affiliation, or the ideological banner; when someone needs an easy enemy—a universal scapegoat to vent their pent-up frustration—there it is. Porn becomes the perfect scapegoat for hatred.
On one side, there are the misandrist currents. For them, every penetration scene is a symbolic rape; every actress, a slave of the patriarchy; and every viewer, a potential rapist. Porn isn't just a product: it's the "irrefutable proof" that men are trash and heterosexuality, an act of oppression. Their motto is clear: ban it all, censor it, burn it at the digital stake. "There is no ethical porn," they declare. There is only exploitation. Period.
On the other hand, there are the misogynistic sectors. For them, porn is largely to blame for women's "corruption," men's "weakening," and the collapse of the traditional family. Every category—MILF, amateur, or squirting—is an affront to the feminine purity they fantasize about possessing but never admit to. Porn corrupts, degrades, and destroys masculinity. Their solution is a return to the "values" of the past: censorship, shame, and control over other people's sexuality.
Herein lies the most delicious irony: these two sides, who swear to hate each other to death, agree on the essentials. Both want to annihilate pornography (or at least castrate it). Both use it as a smokescreen to avoid confronting their own demons:
* The former don't have to question why their hostility toward masculinity is so visceral.
* The latter don't have to admit that their "protection" of women is, in reality, possessive control.
Pornography offers them the ideal enemy: visible, accessible, omnipresent, and easy to demonize. Meanwhile, reality continues its course: the vast majority of adults consume it moderately without their lives falling apart, without becoming addicted, criminal, or submissive. It's just porn. A medium of adult sexual expression with its advantages (pleasure, fantasy, informal education) and its disadvantages (industrial exploitation, risks of addiction in vulnerable individuals, or distortions due to abuse).
But talking about nuances doesn't sell. Saying "it depends on the user" doesn't generate likes or furious retweets. It's more profitable to blame porn for everything: violence, low birth rates, loneliness, and every other current social ill.
As long as these sworn enemies keep shouting that porn is the problem, the real conflict remains: the hatred they harbor and need to project. Porn is merely the mirror reflecting their frustrations. And like a good scapegoat, it bears the sins of others without defending itself.
Because in the end, porn doesn't hate anyone.