The scarier part is that he could get help from the other side on this. Many left-wingers are opposed to pornography for just the reasons he described (promotion of misogyny and facilitator for human trafficking). I spent a semester at an NGO dedicated to stopping the "demand" for human trafficking, and the founder of the NGO was a woman who has been a voice against pornography, but otherwise a rather strident lefty.
And to a point, both are legitimate concerns that deserve addressing. As we have come to turn sex into a commodity, this means that there will be individuals out there looking to prey on vulnerable young women both within America and all over the world, in order to supply free labor into the prostitution market (sex slaves). This is, however, a problem that could be resolved with careful legalization of prostitution: bring it above-board and it can be taxed to the point that it would pay for its own regulation, and even contribute surplus revenue
On the matter of objectification of women, the answer is less clear. Some women see it as a form of empowerment, and as far as pornography involving real individuals goes, one usually sees it as more neutral rather than degrading to any one side. Some of it does get very misogynistic very quickly, of course, and this is an issue, but therein one could conduct studies to see if the viewing of pornography actively contributes to the lowering of one's view of women, similar to studying whether violent games make one more violent.
Porn is, of course, my personal vice. I don't drink, smoke, or do drugs, but i do sample a fair bit of porn (mostly hentai, however).
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