What Do Young Chinese Women Think About Pornography

4) Research Findings: In total, eight semi-structured individual interviews are conducted with young Chinese women aged between 22 to 27 years old, with a mean age of 23.9 years. Almost all the women participants are postgraduate students who are studying in University of Leicester, except one women participant who is studying in University of Kent and one women participant who is found to be a worker in London. In order to explore similarities and differences between young Chinese female consumers and non-consumers’ opinions towards pornography, this research purposely interviewed both the consumers (4 female participants) and non-consumers (4 female participants) of pornography. As afore-mentioned, five inter-related themes are†¦show more content†¦So, if porn can help men for releasing their sexual needs, why it cannot help women?’ (Kathy, 22-year-old, from Macau). ‘I sometimes think that watching porn is fun because I viewed it as some sort of comedy when I am watchin g it together with my friends’ (Betty, 22-year-old, from Heilongjiang Province). Also, all of them expressed that pornography, in general, are not always a form of exploitation to women because it can make it with consent. According to Kathy, ‘I personally think that pornography is not necessarily a form of exploitation to women, although there are a lot of deeply rooted images or traditional notions in our society that always shaped some people’s beliefs on women as inferior to men. But think differently, gender equality is increasingly promoted nowadays, so if men can watch porn, why women cannot?’. Another participant further claimed that pornography can be made it with consent because no one can force you (women) to do it. It is just like many actresses who are willing to film for a pornographic film for becoming famous, in turn achieving higher social status. I think for those women who want to achieve higher social status, they are consented t o take part in the porn industry by themselves’ (Josephine, 23-year-old, from Hong Kong). Despite the fact that majority of the participants (three out of four) disagreed that pornography can be