Porn Isn’t Educational — And That’s Not a Problem
We need to end the double standard
It’s a weird time to be a fan of porn.
In a way, there’s no better time to be really into it.
For one thing, it’s extremely accessible. There are tube sites a plenty, dirty subreddits galore, and endless spicy Twitter accounts you can follow.
There are also plenty of studios creating unique, entertaining, and extremely arousing videos and you can get subscriptions to each of them for about as much as you used to pay for a single X-rated DVD.
There’s also a very comforting sense that there’s more and more acceptance around porn use.
We talk about porn the way we were talking about masturbation 15 years ago — we’re all open about the fact that we do it, we just don’t give out the details of how we do it.
I’ve even seen semi-wholesome YouTubers drop references to bukkake, the Free Premium Week on Pornhub, and OnlyFans in their videos.
Porn feels like it’s becoming part of the culture in a way that it never quite was before.
At the same time, that acceptance feels reluctant.
Sometimes, porn is demonized outright. But more often, it’s talked about like it’s some kind of dangerous…
