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Deep Inside Statistics

I can’t do this article at JonMillward.com justice without just posting a link and telling you to have a look yourself. Read the whole thing.

It’s a bit US-centric, as the data is taken from the Adult Film Database, so only includes published mainstream porn films, rather than the clips and members’ sites of more alternative adult content. Even so, it’s refreshing to see the statistics and challenge assumptions. Even though the mainstream industry is still largely white, slim and heteronormative, the stereotype of female porn stars as predominantly generic, exploited, big-breasted blondes who have no choice over what they do or who they do it with is proven to be false. The study also examines words commonly used in porn film titles, whether the emphasis is on breasts or bottoms, and how trends have changed over the past two decades. It’s a genuinely fascinating read.

Click here to see the whole “Deep Inside” study.

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Prehistoric Pornography

At least 3000 years ago, people in the Xinjiang region of northwest China knew how to party. Here’s a snippet from an article about the Kangjiashimenji Petroglyphs by Mary Mycio for Slate Magazine:

“…The few scholars who have studied the petroglyphs think that the larger-than-life hourglass figures that begin the tableau symbolize females. They have stylized triangular torsos, shapely hips and legs, and they wear conical headdresses with wispy decorations. Male images are smaller triangles with stick legs and bare heads. Ithyphallic is archeology-talk for “erect penis,” and nearly all of the males have one. A third set of figures appear to be bisexual. Combining elements of males and females, they are ithyphallic but wear female headwear, a decoration on the chest, and sometimes a mask. They might be shamans…”

See more here.

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