A Phenomenological Analysis of a Consumer's Lived Experience of Pornography and Homoeroticism

Abstract

A is- what is not A. A is – what is not-not A. In not being is, all that is. Thebeing is not aware that it is, is. So, how will it know that whatever it is allthat, it is or it also what it is not? This paper aims to interpret the gaze of aconsumer of pornography and arrive at the phenomena, the essence of it.Alternatively, to investigate whether there is any essence behind the gazeof consumption, and if there is, then how is it made into it? Why is itthere? The methodology used is hermeneutic phenomenology aboutabout about about-about the method of a minor ethnographic study of avideo parlour airing pornography. I have interlinked the technique andthe research and investigated both of them carefully. I have firstformulated phenomenological questions, without any assumptionsaround the context of my research. Then I have identified and collectedexperiential material and lastly, reflected on the totality of the meaningsin all its relations. The ethnographic research was conducted between January 2016 to May 2016. The conclusion will leave the reader withquestions on assumptions and perceptions about the ship – meaningslived experiences and the visual gaze. It is purely a phenomenologicalaccount of everyday lived experience.