After reading this thought-provoking blog entitled “Ten Things to Thank Porn For,” I found myself rather amused, yet at the same time, informed. Some of Sam Sugar’s statements resonated with me, such as:
1. The development of certain technologies, including the Internet, thanks to porn. Online credit card processing and video streaming are just a couple of the technologies that pornographers have helped to develop, according to Sugar.
2. Sexual liberation – I agree with Sugar that having pornography available on the Internet has made people more willing to experiment sexually. The Internet offers a more public forum for such experimentation and perhaps it has made people realize that others are interested in the same types of acts.
3. The advancement of women – I suppose Sugar is right in noting that a few “ex-junkies from broken homes” are now “running business empires and buying planes” thanks to their involvement in the porn industry, although it certainly isn’t among my career goals in the future. I do agree with him that websites have allowed everyone, not only pornographers, to “bypass the establishment” in order to communicate directly with their key publics.
