Adult filmmaker: ballet dancers and sex workers both ‘commercialize’ their bodies

• ‘Ethical pornographer’ Vex Ashley has spoken out about her beliefs
• Compares sex workers to ballet dancers and athletes 
• Radical feminist writer Julie Bindel responded that dancers aren’t left with mental scarring

A female pornographer has sparked a debate among feminists by declaring that there is little difference between porn stars and ballet dancers.

Vex Ashley, 25, from Leeds, who finances her films through crowd-funding and claims to give her actors ‘total freedom’ in their scenes, made the controversial comparison on a Radio 4 programme, Can Porn Be Ethical? which air[ed last night].

But her views were disparaged by journalist and anti-porn campaigner Julie Bindel, who argued that despite her ‘ethical’ stance, the material Ashley produces ‘is still commercializing orifices’. [So fucking what?]

Ashley, who uses a pseudonym, said: ‘You could say that about a ballet dancer.

‘Ballet dancers hurt their feet for the pursuit of a creative process. But they make a choice to engage in something that puts them at risk in order to create a vision.’

She added: ‘If you have ruined your feet that has considerably more impact on how you function as a human being.’

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