Participating in Porn by Choice?

Today we discussed how free speech and responsibility applies to pornography. My classmates came to the convenient conclusion that if the participants in the porn agreed to it that it should be considered free expression. I brought up the fact that many women in pornography are often coerced through manipulations or have past abuses that can cloud their judgment or reality. Therefore while they seem to agree and may tell you they are doing so freely the reality may be different and they might not even know it. The power of manipulation can be intense on a person and I have seen this in other women, often by men. This is a reference to the topic at hand, it is very clear that anyone can be manipulated. I was rather disturbed to be dismissed with my point by a counterpoint that this is just a stereotype. This is truly upsetting to me as I have witnessed an immediate example of this and also have read an autobiography to a similar effect.
I want to clarify I do not completely disagree with pornography. After much thought I find myself acknowledging the power porn can have on society in both positive and negative ways. I felt silenced in class today because this topic is so controversial and this is my space so I wanted to clarify.

What should we teach our children?

In class today we discussed the different sides of a debate on whether or not alternative sexual orientation should be taught in schools. We read two extreme sides of the debate. I came to the conclusion that these alternative (to heterosexuality) ways of life are just that a way of life: reality. I think its ridiculous to not include them in the educational setting. To me homosexuality is not an issue it is reality and its not something that should even be debated because its just how some people live. If we don't introduce, not necessarily advocate, alternative (to the majority) lifestyles then our children will grow up and fear the unknown. This fear translates to homophobia and hate. We are human, its silly to try to separate education from real life. Just allowing the concepts to be is all I ask for, don't worry it won't change all of the children's sexual orientation. We don't tell kids to have heterosexual intercourse at an inappropriate stage so that won't happen with other types of sexuality either. We just need to merely allow a tolerant education base that children can use to live in an equitable society. The textbooks can introduce couples like Jane and Dick or Jane and Sally.