Yesterday I surprised a few people with my assumptions about porn. But, before I go there, let me be clear, I consider internet porn and “amateur” porn to both be porn. I do not count the use of one on one cam chat as porn, because it is neither broadcast nor recorded. Broadcast cam shows and pictures sent from one person to one other are a grey zone.
I’d say *everyone* has access to porn. I’d say *maybe* 1-in-4; you’re not setting an age range, I’m just assuming 18+.
Yeah, I was thinking more west african villager than north american minor. But in both cases, I’d say (guessing in the case of the west african) that they typically don’t have access to porn. Though the teen could be rifling through his/her father’s sock drawer…
The question is unclear.
Do you mean “in their lifetimes” or “over some fixed timeframe” If its the latter, you probably need to specify a timeframe, or a rate of porn consumption. (p.s. does “consume” mean “view”, “enjoy erotically”, “purchase” or something more explicit?)
deliberately view in more than passing at some point in their life.
I was going to go with 75-99%, and then I thought about all the people in my hallways and my parents and their friends and decided to reduce the estimate for my own sanity.
Is erotic writing considered porn?
I’d say that it depends on the writing. I’d say somethings are erotica and not porn, like romance novels, generally. But the more graphic they get, and the less they include fluffy things like ‘plot’ and ‘character development’, the more appropriate ‘porn’ seems as a descriptor.
I’m going to challenge you on gender: it does seem like you’re focusing on the visual stuff, when the stereotype is that a lot of us girls like the written stuff. I’m also not sure what you mean by erotica vs porn: the books I’ve seen are always called “Best [obnoxious bisexual]* Erotica,” not “Porn.” I don’t know if it’s a bias against the word, but what I’ve read is pretty much entirely sex.
As for romance novels, I don’t read them but I do deal with a lot of them on a weekly basis, and they also are fairly pornographic, although there are different types (“historical,” “mystery,” “inspirational [christian]”) and one type that’s labeled…something, I can’t remember…that means “smut.” (And what about all the vampire smut that my friend Jenn likes to read? She once described it as “bangbangbang for the whole book!”)
Just sayin’. It’s complicated. And ultimately something I find rather obnoxious. I just don’t “get” porn.
* for example
I’m taking “consume” to mean “deliberately experience in some fashion,” but were you thinking consume, like, on a regular basis, or consume like “have at some point consumed”?
more “have at some point consumed”. Good definition for consume, btw.