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In other words, it's exactly the same as it was 40 years ago when I was a kid, except for the "logging on" part. Back then, it was the pile of Playboys found next to some neighbor's trash can.

It's not the same at all.

In past years, if you wanted porn, you had to go somewhere to see it. At the least, to your attic or basement or a friend's house; perhaps to a Pussycat theater or a roadway adult bookstore in a raincoat, or the section of the local video rental place with the drapes around it. Nowadays, you can watch porn on cable TV or at XXX websites, and nobody has to know but you and you-know-who.

But the biggest difference of all is this: if you have email, you have received at least one time an unsolicited obscene message inviting you to view online porn. Even if you have no interest, it's been put in your face to spur your curiosity. You used to have to go get porn; now, it comes to get you.

I consider myself an expert on pornography, and there's another significant difference. Up until the mid-sixties, "pornography" was generally topless chicks and bare butts, if that. Frequently, they were holding up pillows, etc., over their breasts and genitals. Also, as you add, it was pretty tough to find, especially if you were under eighteen and didn't have a car. You might find an old Playboy, but you weren't going to find too many photos or videos of women having sex with animals or with multiple men. The stuff that's out today is far "harder" than 99% of what you used to be able to find.