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University of Georgia – from www.redandblack.com – A pretty woman appeared onstage.
This was not Ron Jeremy.
Shocking and informative, students who attended Thursday’s porn debate with Ron Jeremy (left) and Craig Gross weren’t disappointed.
But the crowd cheered and hollered anyway — because she was representative, at least a little, of what they had come for:
To talk about women, and the pornography that features them.
This was the case for Gianna Gondossi, a senior majoring in anthropology, who came to research a similar debate she’d soon be presenting in a women’s studies class.
“So I’m hoping to get some answers,” she said.
Others came for the titillation and the positive word of mouth.
“I’m hoping nothing too crazy [happens],” said Teshera Russell, a sophomore from Stockbridge majoring in psychology who had followed her friends to the event. “But I bet it’ll get really heated.”
It didn’t.
When Jeremy soon emerged with opponent and pastor Craig Gross, the pair seemed positively genial, trading quick barbs as they settled into their podiums.
Gross — as has become custom with the traveling debate — went first.
Tall and thin and stubbly, he spoke in rapid overlapping clauses, running down the list his arguments against the industry.
He stated it creates unreal expectations for couples, and in some cases limited their sex drive.
He also feels it isn’t just marketed to adults, and thus has the power to unduly influence minors.
Better yet, it degrades women.
And it’s just plain gross.
When Gross mentioned that female porn stars were paid double for anal sex, the poor girl to my left gasped.
“Anilingus?” Gross asked, full of shock and shiver.
The audience recoiled on cue.
Enter Jeremy, who was both slower and sharper.
“I think porn needs defending,” he said. “It’s a big business.”
His defenses — it’s entertainment; it’s largely “clean”; it’s largely purchased by adults; it’s entirely produced by consenting ones — were standard, but his delivery was crucial.
Nailing the audience on their prejudices, he lectured: any of the stuff college kids had invented for themselves — “dirty Sanchez,” “the rusty trombone” — he couldn’t he shoot on film, for fear of being arrested.
And that hang-up on anilingus?
“I thought this was the No. 1 party school in America,” he said, deadpan.
The audience followed faithfully after, though Jeremy shouldn’t have been worried — they’d never think of cheating with the other guy.
At his high point, Gross said: if you want to give up porn and live a free, cleaner life — “Get accountable!”
The audience laughed.
