The answer I was searching for needed to go some ways in explaining why someone on the internet is sharing images of Nintendo’s Kirby being used as a Fleshlight proxy (yep). As new communication platforms emerge, so too does our ancient appetite for sexual expression and discovery.īut I didn’t start this journey because I was puzzled by the prevalence of pornography it makes perfect sense that the first humans to etch drawings into stone quickly turned their gaze to what happens when the lights go out.

It only makes sense then that this pioneering attitude has persevered as the internet has grown wildly vast (yet increasingly divided and compartmentalised). The early adopters for home movies and VCRs, for computers and the internet, were driven in every case by an interest in making and consuming porn.” “E very drive to engage with new communications technologies, from the invention of the camera in the 19th century onwards, has been driven by making porn.

In our conversation, Professor McKee was quick to point out that pornographers have been at the forefront of almost all communication technology innovation, at least insofar as they relate to entertainment. In this pursuit I was fortunate enough to be able to call on University of Technology Sydney Professor Alan McKee, whose expertise on sexuality, media, and pornography proved extremely helpful.

To understand why a certain kind of pornography exists, it is first rather important to understand pornography in a historical context.

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