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posted by martyb on Thursday November 30 2017, @02:26PM   Printer-friendly
from the internet-will-route-around-it dept.

French porn star piqued over Macron's desire to crackdown on X-rated films

A star of French porn films has challenged President Emmanuel Macron to meet with him and female porn actresses after France's leader aroused his anger by linking the porn industry to violence against women and inequality. Manuel Ferrara was furious over the president's speech at the weekend which outlined his plan to tackle violence against women and ensure equality between the sexes. According to Macron pornography makes women "an object of humiliation" and that action needs to be taken because porn films are now so widely watched among school children.

Ferrara hit back on Twitter and invited the president to discuss the issue. "I am involved in this industry that you are trying to demonize by making this kind of remark. I am ready to sit down with you and discuss a topic that by all accounts you know nothing about. I'm waiting for your call!" In an interview with France Inter radio the porn star continued to criticize the president saying he found his remark "shocking". "He demonizes the porn industry and is jumping to conclusions (faire un amalgame). It's the same with video games. It's like saying 'a teenager who plays Call of Duty is going to pick up a gun and kill everyone in his school'."

[...] On Saturday Macron announced his plan to extend the powers of France's broadcasting regulator CSA to cover X-rated films as well as launch an awareness campaign on pornography in secondary schools. "The CSA plays an indispensable role in regulating audiovisual content everywhere and stopping the most undignified behavior becoming a form of tacit propaganda," said the president. "Today we do not regulate access to video games, internet content and pornographic content that is increasingly available."

Also at BBC and Reason (archive).


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  • (Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Thursday November 30 2017, @06:19PM (3 children)

    by tangomargarine (667) on Thursday November 30 2017, @06:19PM (#603560)

    They don't reference the drugs, but they are often high. There are plenty of accounts about this online, and also commonsense.

    The thing about common sense is, everybody views it differently. Also it's often wrong.

    but they are often high

    If you say so...again, can't say I've ever noticed.

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  • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 30 2017, @08:53PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 30 2017, @08:53PM (#603641)

    I noticed something. You are an asshole. Also, you don't address the main point. But, I get it. You are an asshole.

    • (Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Thursday November 30 2017, @09:48PM (1 child)

      by tangomargarine (667) on Thursday November 30 2017, @09:48PM (#603672)

      That's because I'm not arguing your main point; I'm arguing that the evidence you claim to present for it doesn't exist where you says it does.

      You can find porn that goes too far anywhere. You saying it's "not hard to find on xvideos" is incorrect in my experience. But maybe I'm just not trying hard enough to find it. Which is hardly a bad thing...

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      • (Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Thursday November 30 2017, @09:53PM

        by tangomargarine (667) on Thursday November 30 2017, @09:53PM (#603676)

        Surely you're not surprised that I'm not buying a single Anonymous Coward's handwavy "everybody knows" evidence?

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