Pornography
The "Paris Hilton Disease"
Celebrity Sites are Infected with the "Paris Hilton Disease"
THE EFFECTS OF PARIS HILTON ON CELEBRITY WEB SITE ADVERTISING
Diagnosis
"Disease" is kind of a negative word, I admit. But I believe the right metaphor can do wonders for clarity.
The Softer Side of Porn
MAKING SMART MONEY IN A "NOT SO BAD" NEIGHBORHOOD OF THE WEB
Obscenity, we have learned, is a relative term. The first Amendment stipulates Free Speech, yet concedes it is the community that decides what goes too far and what is protected.
To judge from all the fuss lately, it seems that porn -- as we are defining and producing it today -- is too close to the line. But if the line moves in accordance with community sentiment, isn't it logical that some types of Adult material become more acceptable, as others become less?
Pornography and the Power of Virtual Personae
I have written previously about the relationship between the Web and Human Sexuality. I have also explained how the mounting complexity of our societies has had a cumulatively suppressive effect on Human Sex. In spite of the seemingly greater "publicness" of sex, people find themselves somehow less able to manifest their true, individual, unique sexuality. Why is that?