Franciscan University Presents “The Porn Myth” With Guest, Matt Fradd When Did Porn Become “Adult” Entertainment? By Matt Fradd Two hundred years ago in the U.K., if you said you were going to a “gentleman’s club,” it was understood you were going to a...
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Franciscan University Presents “The Porn Myth” With Guest, Matt Fradd When Did Porn Become “Adult” Entertainment? By Matt Fradd Two hundred years ago in the U.K., if you said you were going to a “gentleman’s club,” it was understood you were going to a private upper-class establishment where you could relax, read, play parlor games, get a meal and gossip with others of your class. Today, in the U.S., if you said you were going to a “gentleman’s club,” it is assumed you will be paying to see a striptease in a low-lit bar that smells like urinal cakes and hopelessness. Is this really what should typify a “gentleman”? Pornography is often classified, along with other sexually oriented businesses, as “adult” entertainment—something for “mature” audiences. If these descriptions merely meant these kinds of entertainment are “not suitable for children” then few would protest. That said, it would be foolish to use this as an argument that pornography is actually suitable for adults. Heroin and
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