I don't think that there is anything intrinsically wrong about material solely meant for masterbation and sexual pleasure either, but I do think that there is something wrong with exploitation. I am concerned about the number of people who are led into the porn industry in virtue of their having been exploited already (surveys reveal that the majority of women involved in porn were sexually exploited prior to their being involved in porn). It isn't uncommon for people to boycott products on the basis that people have been exploited in the production of the product (coffee, clothing sewn by children etc) and I think a similar thing could be going on here for people who have an aversion to porn.

Peoples bodies are indeed theirs to do with as they please - unless the activities that they wish to partake in harm others. The USA (in particular) seems to have a very limited conception of refraining from harming others. There seem to be a fair few cases where potential harm to others is fairly much completely disregarded in comparison with the rights of individuals to do as they please (thinking of the gun laws, for example). Pornography might be a similar case here.

I wonder how many women go into porn who haven't been exploited either sexually or physically or emotionally or all three. It is a fairly common phenomena for females raised in violent and abusive households to come to view violence as something that is acceptable and expectable. They often go on to become involved in relationships where their partner treats them violently and abusively. The phenomenon is called repetition compulsion. I would say that a case could be made that people who are acting on the basis of repetition compulsion aren't acting freely. Their freedom has been limited because their options have been limited. They go around repeating the trauma (or something approximating it). With the appearance of choice (I could always leave because I am an adult this time or I could always stop because I am an adult this time and I'm also being paid).

I worry about the harms of pornography on the viewer, too. Like I said, the majority of pornography involves themes like policemen and firemen and teachers and step-fathers having sex (often brutal or with themes of domination) with the people who are entrusted into their care. It might be the case that people who have fantasies about that kind of thing already (which surely is a kind of pathology) are the people who are the biggest consumers and producers of porn (that would surely account for the prevalence of the themes).

My concern is also with the viewers, however. Step-fathers (for example) who have never contemplated having sex with their step-daughters. But viewing porn with these themes does of course affect one... Get one thinking... Get one contemplating... And even more disturbingly (to my mind) train ones body to respond sexually to such situations.

I'm concerned about the effects that pornography has on young men who have pornography as a 'role model' of something to aspire to and / or mimic in their sexual encounters. I'm concerned about training men to have sexual responses to women when women are viewed as objects to dominate. I'm concerned with the conception that these men have of what women enjoy / like / desire. The majority of porn is distinctively masculine oriented and often positions are adopted for the camera rather than the pleasure of one or more of the participants. I'm concerned about the effects that pornography has on young women when they encounter such men. I'm concerned that women might come to think that there is something wrong with them because their bodies don't respond like the actors in front of the camera. I'm concerned about the social effects of pornography.

I'm concerned about the number of men who don't agree with the following:

'If a woman says 'no' at any time then one should stop'

I'm concerned about the number of men who do agree with the following:

'Once my body gets turned on to a certain point I absolutely have to ejaculate in / on the person I'm with'

I'm concerned about the number of women who answer comperably to men.

I don't have a problem with couples taping themselves or photographing themselves or whatever. I don't have a problem with couples sharing material with other couples. I do have a problem with the industry, however. I don't think that pornography is intrinsically bad in the sense that ALL of it is harmful but I do think that as a matter of empirical fact the porn industry is harmful. Not just to the people involved but to the viewers as well.