Economist Journal on Pornography

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(1) Pornography | Generation XXX. Free pornography is ever more plentiful online. The right response involves better sex education. Economist, Sept 26, 2015
("porn addiction, if it exists at all, is very rare")

My comment:
(a) This is known a half century ago, among clinicians (if not scientists also).
(b) This article is in the "leaders" section, which presents a summary of more complete (and lengthy) article(s) in the same issue.
(c) There is no need to read the text of this summary. As for the following article, which is lengthy but talks about the fact (we all know) that sex is not scientifically researched because (both public and private) funders think sex is too controversial and that there are always better to study == so I do not know whether you want to browse through it (quickly).  I did learn a few things , such as tumblr.com containing porn, PornHub, and makelovenotporn.tv. But I am uncertain whether it (reading) is worthwhile.

choi

(2) Pornography (1) | A User’s Manual. Hardcore, abundant and free: what is online pornography doing to sexual tastes—and youngsters’ minds?
http://www.economist.com/news/in ... ng-sexual-tastesand

Note:
(a) "IN 2003 Peter Morley-Souter, a British teenager whose hobby was drawing comic strips with his sister Rose, was sent a parody of “Calvin and Hobbes”, a strip about a six-year-old boy and his stuffed tiger, by a friend. It showed the titular pair having sex with Calvin’s mother. Mr Morley-Souter posted his response online: a cartoon showing his anguished expression as he stared at his screen (not shown), captioned 'Rule 34: There is porn of it. No exceptions.' "

"There is porn of it."   It is a pun on "There is ton of it."

(b) " 'The internet is for porn,' as the lyrics of a song from 'Avenue Q,' a Broadway musical, put it—another exaggeration with a kernel of truth."
(i) Avenue Q
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avenue_Q
(is an "autobiographical and biographical" coming-of-age parable, addressing and satirizing the issues and anxieties associated with entering adulthood_

Quote: "She [Kate] decides that her lesson will be about the Internet and all its educational attributes, but Trekkie Monster and the male neighbors explain another reality of adulthood: Lots of adults—even 'normal people'—use it to find pornography. ('The Internet is for Porn[.]')

(ii) list of lettered Brooklyn avenues
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lettered_Brooklyn_avenues

section 1.14 Avenue Q (Quentin Road): "The entire Avenue Q was renamed Quentin Road after World War II, in honor of Theodore Roosevelt's youngest son Quentin, who was killed in aerial combat over France in 1918 during the first World War. * * * The musical Avenue Q takes place on a rundown street, said to be located in an 'outer-outer borough' of New York City; but the authors have stated that their Avenue Q is fictional, and not based on Quentin Road or any other actual street.

(c) "Ogi Ogas and Sai Gaddam, two neuroscientists, have used a variety of sources to estimate how much of the web is dedicated to porn and how often that material is accessed. Their findings are presented in a book, 'A Billion Wicked Thoughts.' They calculate that of the million most-visited websites, listed by Alexa, a web-analytics firm, 4% are dedicated to pornography."
(i) Ogi Ogas and Sai Gaddam, A Billion Wicked Thoughts; What the Internet tells us about sexual relationships. Dutton, 2011.
(ii) Ogi Ogas (c 1971 - ; American; white male; PhD in computational neuroscience, Boston University 2009)  Wikipedia
(iii) A man originally from India, Sai Gaddam also received PhD in computational neuroscience, Boston University (year unknown).

(d) "PornHub, the biggest commercial porn site * * * PornHub says that a quarter of its visitors are women. But those women who do like porn mostly view the same stuff as men; far more visit PornHub and the like than sites aimed at women. * * * Some of the earliest photographs and films * * * were pricey: in the mid-1800s, before the advent of negatives and half-tone printing, a photo of a naked prostitute cost more than engaging her for sex. * * * Some attribute the victory of VHS over Betamax to Sony’s refusal to allow pornographers to use its technology for mass production."
(i) engage (vt): "to secure the services of: EMPLOY"
www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/engage
(ii) Another example: “engage a lawyer.”

(e) "On the NoFap Reddit forum ('fapping' is slang for masturbating) * * * What are the pneumatic female stars and ever-ready, freakishly endowed male ones doing to their viewers’ body images and self-esteem?"
(i) The word "fap" is said to be "onomatopoeic" -- based on sound.
(ii) pneumatic (adj): "having a well-proportioned feminine figure; especially : having a full bust"
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pneumatic