Visits to ‘adult’ sites surged in March when coronavirus pandemic restrictions came in. While tastes vary around the country, a disproportionate share of traffic comes from our biggest cities.
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Five ways coronavirus could change sex and relationships.
In today’s economy, adult video stars can’t rely on films alone to make their income. Here’s how they earn all of the rest.
We can teach young people to respond more critically to pornography, helping them assess and respond to pornography’s influence.
Cognitive neuroscience finds that regular consumption of pornography affects the centres of the brain responsible for will power, impulse control and morality.
LGBTQ youth use Tumblr more frequently than others. The platform has provided a safe space for youth to explore sexual identities and find crucial support. A new regulating policy may change all that.
With pirated and amateur pornography widely available online, porn no longer provides a steady income for many working in the adult industry.
A snapshot of what Australians are viewing around the country.
A little-noticed court ruling represents the biggest setback for opponents of child porn in decades.
Sex education lessons will soon cover sexting, consent, body image and different types of contraception.
Many women find it easier to identify with different genders in sexual scenarios – for this, and many other reasons, gay porn can be a turn on.
Many claim that pornography is getting more violent. But a new study shows that porn has become less aggressive over the past decade, and videos in which women enjoy themselves are the most popular.
Stephanie Clifford may be a ‘porn star,’ but her success is hardly typical of the vast majority of performers affected by the seismic changes in the industry.
People can now use artificial intelligence to swap the faces of actors in pornographic videos with those of people they know, raising fears about a new form of revenge porn.
Recent deaths within the pornography industry in the US have reignited debates on labour conditions and mental health.
While parents are growing more concerned about their children’s easy access to porn, they often don’t realize just how ‘hardcore’ and violent it has become and how early their kids are seeing it.
Both the U.S. and the U.K. have blamed porn for a wide range of medical and social ailments. But a recent Canadian report suggests there’s no credible evidence of this co-relation.
With the recent death of Hugh Hefner, come questions about his impact on sexual culture: Did his empire broaden the sexual landscape or did it usher in a pitiful era of objectification of women?
“Gritty,” “authentic” are words of praise often used for TV director David Simon: No less so with The Deuce, his new series about the rise of the porn industry in New York City in the 1970s.
Sex education in progressive countries like The Netherlands and Switzerland emphasizes intimacy, adventure and connection. Lower rates of teen pregnancy and sexual dysfunction ensue.
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Professor Emerita of Sociology and Women's Studies, CEO of Culture Reframed, Wheelock College
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Professor, Gender and Sexuality Studies, University of Calgary
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Professor of Global & Language Studies, RMIT University
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Professor Emeritus of Management, UMass Boston
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Sexologist & Lecturer and Research Fellow in Communications & Culture, Edith Cowan University
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Lelia Green is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor of Communications, Edith Cowan University
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Research Consultant, Australian National University
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Senior Lecturer, Criminal Law, Nottingham Trent University
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Director, UWA Public Policy Institute, The University of Western Australia
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Postdoctoral Fellow, SHaG Lab, Dalhousie University, Dalhousie University
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PhD Candidate in Law and Sexuality, University of Sunderland
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Professor of Sociology, School of Justice, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Journalism, Media and Communication, Queensland University of Technology
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Researcher, Digital Wellbeing, Western Sydney University
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Research in Psychology, University of Birmingham