Posted on 04/23/2005 1:43:28 AM PDT by goldstategop
The first generation to grow up with the Internet and all it has wrought in the cultural mainstream is beginning to come of age. It is a generation for whom 900 numbers and scrambled scraps of flesh on the Spice channel have given way, in a few short years, to bulk e-mail ads for the Paris Hilton sex tapes and porn subplots on "The O.C." It is a generation in which sexual frankness has become a permanent feature of the landscape, with uncertain long-term implications.
By definition, pornography is sexual material that is so beyond the pale as to be offensive for most people, said Gilbert Herdt, director of the National Sexuality Resource Center, a Ford Foundation-funded project in San Francisco. But as the Internet has made more extreme images more accessible to more people at younger ages, standards have shifted in other media outlets.
"What we once called porn is just mainstream sex now, and what we now think of as pornography has shrunk to a tiny, tiny area," Herdt said. "We've expanded the envelope of normative sex so much that there's not much room for 'porn' anymore." ...
Images and subject matter that were stigmatized a generation ago now flow and multiply from one mass medium to another, turning yesterday's taboo into today's in-joke. Adult film actress Jenna Jameson has moved from X-rated DVDs and downloads to the bestselling sex manual "How to Make Love Like a Porn Star" and, last year, a VH1 documentary. Dance moves once associated with strippers are as common on MTV as tight pants on rock stars. Pamela Anderson and Paris Hilton are famous equally for their TV work and their downloadable bootleg sex tapes.
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(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
At least we know that Paris Hilton will come through in the clutch. From what I've seen, there's no way she'll choke.
"Porn," he said, sticking a plastic cup under the soft drink dispenser, "is just another form of entertainment now."
Indeed. Its nothing to be shocked at. People drop their clothes on-screen and people have become jaded. Sextaintment is regarded as just another recreational diversion.
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
It's a sad commentary on today's pop culture that Paris' sex tape is considered a resume' enhancemnt.
It's not just sex in this case; it's celebrity. Paris Hilton is famous because she's famous. Other than that she's an unremarkable blonde. A dime a dozen on Venice Beach. But celebrity is a funny thing. Voyeurism. A lot of funky stuff going on. I am an ignorant fool myself, so I don't know what it all means. Some kind of self absorption, probably. That's why I like fishing. Takes your mind away from yourself, from people, from human things, and gets you down to just the sights, sounds, and smells of the lake, the animals, the fish. And anyway, I hate fake boobies. I hate bleached blonde hair. But I think if Paris weren't famous, no one would care about her. I know that sounds like a Yogism but maybe you know what I'm trying to say.
You can never get enough of what you don't really want.
take a look at the cover of some of the female Christian Rock singers. Those poses were Playboy poses in the 70's.
Well, sex is supposed to be fun. Why shouldn't it be entertaining as well?
I don't know that it's a resume enhancement except to the entertainment press and her PR flacks. I think it's really only the interest of certain men who would otherwise frequent adult bookstores and beyond that, my impression is that folks more her age make fun of her for it. She's got no respect of her peer generation. And nor should she.
It is and should be but standing up and yelling ENCORE, ENCORE can be rather mood altering at times ;-)
**..all he got for his trouble was a stiff neck for 4 hours.**
Viagra lasts FOUR hours? I'm lucky if it lasts 30 seconds!
Sales of bird and bee books are way down.
Well, at least Baseball remains somewhat relevant to my daily life. Go Astros!
And .. I should care about this because .......????
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