From a Pop My Cherry Review interview with porn star Dylan Ryan:
[Introduction]
Dylan Ryan, in my humble opinion, is one of the sexiest and smartest women in porn today. I’m a big fan of hers not only because I can always count on her for a hot scene, but also because she has a brain and views the work she does as revolutionary. And it really is revolutionary. It was an honor getting to interview her and I hope you enjoy her answers to my questions as much as I do.
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GJ: How do you define ethical pornography?
DR: I have really struggled with how to answer this question, primarily because ethics is defined as a set of moral rules or standards of conduct held up or reinforced by a community. In the case of pornography, I feel that most people would argue that porn, by it’s very nature is unethical as it does not subscribe to any standards of it’s own convention and instead subverts the traditional and widely held morals of western society. So where to go from there? I think at that point in my thought process, my definition of ethical porn becomes very personal and based on my morals and values. So to answer it from that place, my values and my personal ethics are around fair treatment and individual agency. I think that ethical porn is porn where all the people involved are there and operating of their own volition, free from coercion or force. To go a step further, I think that ethical porn, or should I say, “successful” ethical porn is porn that ventures to show that and make it known that everyone involved is not only acting on personal agency but actually wants to be there. I find it refreshing when the scene I am watching operates in a way where the performers’s desire comes across, their interest, their enjoyment about what they are doing. I think that a major tenant of foundational ethics is the concept of force, that something is “unethical” if it is being done to someone against their will, being done without their consent and consideration. Though this is a somewhat narrow perspective on what ethical porn could be, I will concentrate my thoughts there… that ethical porn is that where the performers want to be performing and are enjoying performing.
The rest of the interview can be found here.