When you first start getting into sexual fantasies and initial experiences with sex, it is usually done by yourself. While doing it by yourself, and especially in front of a TV, smartphone, or computer might seem pointless, it’s not like that. There’s a deeper meaning to what we watch while we masturbate. Porn is all […]
Adult entertainment is a vast industry, albeit controversial and frequently misunderstood. Pornography has long been a polarizing topic, igniting debates from various perspectives. But one of its rarely considered facets is the way it intersects with our understanding of consent. Through this comprehensive exploration, we’ll dive into the lessons, both glaring and covert, that this […]
Pornography is a subject that has long been shrouded in controversy. Some people believe it to be a harmless form of sexual expression, while others view it as a moral and social scourge that has a negative impact on society. Despite its widespread consumption, it remains a highly stigmatized and controversial topic, with many myths […]
One of the most debated topics of all time is sex. There have been several schools of thought regarding several moral standards related to the topic and several opinions. While School A believes sex is meant to be enjoyed by all, School B believes it’s sacred and should be treated as an egg. Others, however, […]
I’m 26 and my boyfriend is 29, and we recently moved in together after dating for about two years. Things are going great except for one thing: my boyfriend watches a lot of porn … at least, it seems like a lot to me. Before we lived together, I knew he looked at porn periodically, […]
Porn has played a starring role in my two most recent relationships—but not in the way you might expect. I’ve been reviewing adult films for more than a decade. Over the course of those 10 years I’ve watched more than 500 porn movies, for fun and profit. OK, mostly for profit. My porn writing career […]
Porn: whether you love it, hate it, or feel indifferent, you can’t deny it influences people just like any other form of media. Generally, “Think of the children!” hand-wringing is something I ignore because I think it can get really overblown. But a recent report on how exposure to porn affects young boys is a […]
For all the sex positive writing that I do, I’d never actually talked with someone who worked in the adult entertainment industry for a living. Like a lot of people, I just assumed they all were failed actresses and cokeheads. That was unfair of me. Over the summer, I met up with Ryan Keely, an adult […]
My mother and many of her second-wave feminist peers view pornography as an institutional ill that is degrading to women and damaging to developing sexuality. She believes that the camera-ready angles, waxed and plastic body parts and pervasive depiction of extreme acts as “normal” distort human sexuality and give young porn-viewers a whole bunch of false […]
