Belle Knox Debunks the Three Biggest Myths about Porn, and She Looks Great Doing it

Myth making is an every-present, on-going social practice that occurs within every society. Myths seep into every aspect of life, forever polluting and complicating the inherent truth regarding a concept, a practice, a phenomenon, or a person of notoriety. The more salacious the practice, the more prevalent myths seemingly become. As we all know, the adult industry is ripe for myth making.  

Salon (link below) recently posted an article about porn starlet Belle Knox and her five-part documentary series Becoming Belle Knox. While everyone from porn fans to the media seems to constantly propagate myths about pornography, Belle Knox expertly tackles some these myths in her insightful series. Looks like that Duke education is working wonders, even though I think Belle is an intelligent woman, minus her studies at Duke. The well-intentioned writers at Salon focused on three myths in their story that Belle attempted to clear up.

Sex isn’t work. With a Marxist tone, Belle astutely reminds the indifferent public, “Porn is like any other job…It’s labor.” Anyone who has watched an all-anal gangbang and still thinks that porn isn’t work is certainly misguided.

Emotional connection and sex have to go hand in hand. Belle once again proves that a person can have sex for a number of reasons and these reasons don’t have to be connected to emotions and love. As Belle so bluntly describes her sex scenes: “You fuck and leave.”

Porn performers can’t be empowered if they have emotional trauma. Many believe that female porn stars enter the adult industry because of a history of rape and abuse. While this may be the case with a lot of performers, much like it is in Belle’s case, sexual abuse usually isn’t the catalyst for such a eye-opening career choice. Belle confides in the documentary series that porn makes her feel like “a strong independent woman” because “everything is on my terms. I can say no whenever I want to…I’m in control.”  

As I’ve stated in the past, I’m a fan of Belle. I found her series Becoming Belle Knox insightful yet ultimately depressing. But I also find Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey depressing, so what do I know. As long as Belle makes the choice to be in the adult industry, I will be her most devoted fan. I know for one thing that she’s one heck of a performer!

Via: Salon