The Naked Truth: Porn User Survey Results

[shereads]

Queendom.com is not only full of sex info, it's also a hoot*. One of those lucky Google accidents. Enjoy.

(*Hoot = fun; Southern USA circa 1980)

There's an intriguing survey on the use of pornography, and a summary of conclusions based on the survey results. (Topics listed below links)

Survey results charted:

http://www.queendom.com/sex-files/pornography/results.html

The Naked Truth About Pornography (researchers' conclusions from survey)

http://www.queendom.com/sex-files/pornography/index.html

Topics:

Pornography: A snapshot across time

Divided we stand: Gender and pornography consumption

Titillation for two?: Relationships and pornography

Solitary surfing?: Online porn and relationships

Emotional Toll: Pornography and guilt

Pornography: Your Comments

Analyzing Porn: Professional words of wisdom

The Final SeX-File: 10 guidelines to problem-free use of porn

 

[shereads]

Of course, the sample is screwed.

Oops. Sorry.

Skewed. The sample is skewed. (By the survey environment.)

 

[cantdog]

Yeah. But everyone will lie or exaggerate anyway about most of this stuff. Still, when the results are 80% one way or another, you have to believe a preponderance, in any context.

 

[shereads]

According to this, there was no concept of pornography until the Victorian era discovered Pompeii. I knew I liked archeology.

The actual term "pornography" was first coined when the ancient city of Pompeii (buried in A.D. 79 by the massive eruption of Mt.Vesuvius) was excavated and many sexually graphic paintings and sculptures were found. The ancient Romans (1st century AD) did not perceive this sexy stuff as shameful, and displayed their sexually overt art in conspicuous places. It was not uncommon for a graphic sex scene to be shown right beside a landscape scene. 19th century archeologists were shocked and appalled by this ancient smut and quickly stashed the dirty pictures in order to shelter women, children and the lower classes from corruption. They used the term "pornography" to classify these hoarded artifacts and pictures. In fact, pornography has been suppressed since the notion was created (6).

 

[impressive]

Maybe it's too early, but I'm having a wee bit of trouble parsing this one:

In 1995, in the U.S.A., stores reported a total of 609 million rentals of adult tapes. 920,000,000 of these were rented in California.

 

[shereads]

Maybe it's too early, but I'm having a wee bit of trouble parsing this one:

quote:
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In 1995, in the U.S.A., stores reported a total of 609 million rentals of adult tapes. 920,000,000 of these were rented in California.
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You have to carry the square root, or do some peyote. It works out.