Belle Knox is a freshmen at Duke University that is apparently trying to pay for her tuition by doing porn. She is just 18 and has 25 to 30 movies already filmed of her having sex. She claims that she not only a feminist but a 'for sex' feminist. Meaning that she believes in women should be legally able to prostitute themselves, supporting the legalization of prostitution. Of course, she has faced many people on the opposing side of her action. She claims that women on her campus discriminate her more than the men, but still get the 'slut shaming' from the men for making porn. Her goal is to be able tp graduate from university debt free and become a lawyer. She also claims that the porn industry and her having sex on camera is empowering and liberating for her.
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Sadly, Belle has received many death threats and other threats from people all over the campus. To me, that would make me feel a lot less empowered and a little ashamed. All these people judge her from her doing something that she claims makes her feel good and she wants to do this for her education. There have been rumors that she dropped out because of this, but she told twitter that she was coming back. This all stemmed from a pledge boy that was on campus outing her to the school about her films. She didn't think anyone would recognize her but the boy now says that he regrets it.
Even though Belle says she is only doing porn to pay for her college tuition, many believe she is already in too deep. She even expressed her excitement over Twitter about her sex toy line that she is having launched. Others worrying about how her first interview in the corporate world will go considering job can able to look at social medias. The belief is that they will know that she has made adult films and the interview will not go at all like the young adult thinks. They think she is only thinking about what's going on now instead of the consequences of her actions in the future affecting her personal and professional life. She was also featured on The View.
I read an article from the Huffington Post [1] about a journalist going to watch Belle Knox strip at Headquarters Gentlemen's Club. The journalist commented about Knox's claim to empowerment, saying, "And despite my vehement support for Knox, her career and her right to make whatever choices she deems empowering and necessary, the overwhelming emotion I felt was discomfort. It was the least sexy sexual experience I've ever had. . . Belle Knox was unquestionably objectified because of that choice [to strip at the club]." The journalist continued to say that while Knox was good at what she does, claiming she "killed it onstage," it was still hard to watch because of the environment of the club- "grimy room which exists explicitly for the purpose of refilling middle-aged men's spank banks."
ReplyDeleteIt's interesting to me that Knox thinks she can become a lawyer. I don't mean to put her down, but I feel like a company would deem her as a liability because of her open background. But with her new sex toy line coming out, she will need to know how to copy right the products. . .
1. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alanna-vagianos/belle-knox-duke-porn-star-strip_b_4992896.html