You said the bit about not letting that person baby-sit, but still allowing their art, before.
I knew what you meant, but I worded it badly. I meant, you can judge that person however you want based on her art. You just can't inflict your judgment on her based on her art. Who's fit to babysit your kids is your business, and you can judge that based on anything you like. Who's fit to live in your town is, OTOH, not yours to judge. If you have sufficient evidence that she's a pedophile you can go to the police and try to get her arrested, but you probably still won't get to use that pitchfork.
I also stand by my assertion that it's hella different when women participate in creating/sharing this kind of art/fiction than when men do.
To me it is all about context. Printing out Ponderosa's work and posting it at a daycare? WRONG. In a smut comm in online fandom? Okay.
That is, art doesn't exist in a vacuum. There are no absolutes about it; it is amoral. Thus, it *does* matter who is creating it, why they are sharing it, who they're sharing it with. And gender, as far as this particular case is concerned, is a very important actor, because women have so few venues for exploring their sexuality in this way.
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I knew what you meant, but I worded it badly. I meant, you can judge that person however you want based on her art. You just can't inflict your judgment on her based on her art. Who's fit to babysit your kids is your business, and you can judge that based on anything you like. Who's fit to live in your town is, OTOH, not yours to judge. If you have sufficient evidence that she's a pedophile you can go to the police and try to get her arrested, but you probably still won't get to use that pitchfork.
I also stand by my assertion that it's hella different when women participate in creating/sharing this kind of art/fiction than when men do.
To me it is all about context. Printing out Ponderosa's work and posting it at a daycare? WRONG. In a smut comm in online fandom? Okay.
That is, art doesn't exist in a vacuum. There are no absolutes about it; it is amoral. Thus, it *does* matter who is creating it, why they are sharing it, who they're sharing it with. And gender, as far as this particular case is concerned, is a very important actor, because women have so few venues for exploring their sexuality in this way.