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The thesis that porn worsens your sexual taste is probably the foundation for a lot of ideological campaigns... Not saying it's proven -- but there's nothing t

The thesis that porn worsens your sexual taste is probably the foundation for a lot of ideological campaigns... Not saying it's proven -- but there's nothing terribly ideological about it either. Kind of like listening to bad music (or pretty much any kind of music over and over again) can stunt your musical development... or eating too much junk food can leave you with a taste for more and more of the same... it wouldn't surprise me that too much bad porn leaves some people with bad, or just immature sexual tastes. And to the production of... lots and lots and lots of bad, nasty and just shockingly dull commercial porn.

VLM 13y ago
"bad, nasty and just shockingly dull" sounds like adjectives for TV, most "journalist" websites, most computer games, most radio/music as per your example, most pulp paperback novel shovelware... all ripe for profitable tech startup disruption. "pr0n that's not awful" would seem to be a perfectly valid startup goal. I have absolutely no idea how to get there, but I like the goal. Can anyone think of any VC funded startups on this topic?
- dualogy 13y ago
  > all ripe for profitable tech startup disruption This phrase itself has by now become "shockingly dull", too, though......
- icebraining 13y ago
  I'd say those startups already exist: they're the producing companies of feminist porn. There's even an annual Feminist Porn Award, where one of the evaluation criteria is whether the film "expands the boundaries of sexual representation on film and challenges stereotypes that are often found in mainstream porn."
  - Tichy 13y ago
    Why would feminists get to decide what is acceptable porn?
    - icebraining 13y ago
      Everyone gets to decide, and feminists are part of everyone. The point is that making "porn that's not awful" is an intrinsic goal, unlike most commercial porn producers.
- viraptor 13y ago
  It's been done to some extent. Have a look at makelovenotporn.

VLM 13y ago

"bad, nasty and just shockingly dull" sounds like adjectives for TV, most "journalist" websites, most computer games, most radio/music as per your example, most pulp paperback novel shovelware... all ripe for profitable tech startup disruption. "pr0n that's not awful" would seem to be a perfectly valid startup goal. I have absolutely no idea how to get there, but I like the goal. Can anyone think of any VC funded startups on this topic?

dualogy 13y ago
> all ripe for profitable tech startup disruption This phrase itself has by now become "shockingly dull", too, though......
icebraining 13y ago
I'd say those startups already exist: they're the producing companies of feminist porn. There's even an annual Feminist Porn Award, where one of the evaluation criteria is whether the film "expands the boundaries of sexual representation on film and challenges stereotypes that are often found in mainstream porn."
- Tichy 13y ago
  Why would feminists get to decide what is acceptable porn?
  - icebraining 13y ago
    Everyone gets to decide, and feminists are part of everyone. The point is that making "porn that's not awful" is an intrinsic goal, unlike most commercial porn producers.
viraptor 13y ago
It's been done to some extent. Have a look at makelovenotporn.