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Germany to consider 'educational state-funded feminist pornography' to combat sexist stereotypes
Idea voted on by Angela Merkel's social-democratic coalition partners in Berlin
SPD to push for feminist porn to be on websites of broadcasters ARD and ZDF
The party says mainstream porn generally shows sexist and racial stereotypes
In the proposed feminist porn there will be fat, skinny, young and old people
Germany is considering making state-funded feminist porn and broadcasting it to the public to combat sexist stereotypes.
The material, which would include 'fat, skinny, young and old people' will be available on the websites of public broadcasters ARD and ZDF, if the idea goes ahead.
The proposal was voted on by Angela Merkel's social-democratic coalition partners at a general assembly in Berlin.
The delegates accepted a proposal from their youth wing to adopt the idea of government-funded feminist pornography for educational purposes as part of their party programme.
The SPD, the junior coalition partner of Angela Merkel's Christian-Democratic Union (CDU), is the biggest party in Berlin where it governs together with coalition partners the Greens and the far-left Die Linke.
In the proposal, the SPD wrote: 'Mainstream porn generally shows sexist and racial stereotypes in which consent is not a theme and certain "optimal" body types are made as standard.'
'In these films, sex seems more like a performance or competitive sport: everything seems to work right away, there is no communication between the performers, no trying out, failure and trying out new things.'
According to the SPD, it influences modern society in a negative way as youths have 'unrealistic imaginations of sexual life'.
Socialist youth member Heike Hoffmann, 20, is one of the SPD members behind the proposal.
She said: 'In feminist porn there are fat, skinny, young and old people and the sex is enjoyed by everyone.
'In mainstream porn, sex is like a competitive sport, the focus is only on the woman who often is humiliated, and contraception does not matter. Young people should get more access to feminist porn.'
The idea might have been inspired by Sweden, where in 2009 the state film institute spent £44,813 financing Dirty Diaries, a series of short porn films produced by female film artists.
The SPD also proposes that German broadcasters ARD and ZDF buy some of those movies and offer them on their online media libraries.
I'm slightly concerned about this, as most 'feminist' initiatives quickly turn into pure rank sexism, but ultimately, I think the effect will be small. Porn is already filled with pure rank sexism, so it's kind of like dropping poison into a bowl of poison. People like what they like, and I suspect "middle aged dude fucks teen hottie" will quickly become the most consumed government porn.
Also worth note, they're competing in a space where porn is effectively free, so it's not going to be like they will have a market advantage giving free porn.
I don't really have a problem with this (government funded porn), although I curious to see how it works out (if at all).
What say ye, NSG?
EDIT: Extra sources from Hirota (in German)
Hirota wrote:You are wrong. Plenty of news articles in German speaking media that reference this:The Parkus Empire wrote:There isn't any because it's untrue nonsense.
https://www.bz-berlin.de/berlin/will-di ... rnos-sehen
https://m.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/partei ... 38052.html
https://m.tagesspiegel.de/politik/haral ... 67430.html
https://mobil.n-tv.de/politik/SPD-Berli ... 64858.html
Now, I'm not a German speaker, I had to rely on Google translate. But the jist I'm getting is the youth wing of the SFD are advocating for it. I'm not sure how much traction it has amongst the mainstream of the party, never mind the wider ruling coalition.