Williams makes a very interesting argument regarding the interchangeability of horror films and porn. In horror films, there is the inevitable sexualized female lead that, depending on how sexual she presents herself, either lives or dies. Typically, when the female is sexual yet submissive and passive, she lives, where as when the female character acts upon her sexuality and is sexually progressive, she is killed and the virginal character is glorified. In porn, there are two types of women as well, the virgin and the whore. Typically, both the virgin and the whore are dominated by the man, yet the whore is done so in a more demeaning manor with the idea that she deserves it because she is a whore. This is similar to horror films in that during the killing of the female whore character, it is very similar to the pornographic undertones of dominance over her because of her sexuality. The same kind of physical rush, a sense of ecstasy, is experienced when achieving orgasm and when watching a horror film and therefor, psychologically, one can subconsciously make a connection of the two without even realizing it. Porn has never been the only media in which is intended to be viewed through the male gaze.
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