Do Anti-Porn Groups Have New Reason for Hope?
WASHINGTON – Amid the sound and fury attending the signing of his various executive orders, many of which appear designed to deliver immediately on specific campaign promises, one of President ...
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Of Workplace Policies, Porn and Specificity
LUFKIN, Texas – Let’s say, hypothetically, you’re a mid-level management figure at a firm that manufactures equipment for use by the oil and gas industry, and it comes to your attention ...
Navy Outlaws Porn. What’s Next, a Ban on Cursing?
PORTSMOUTH, England – With the enactment of new policies banning the possession of pornography on its warships, submarines and on-shore bases, the Royal Navy (RN) has joined its allies across ...
Playboy’s (Brief) Non-Nude Era Ends: Does It Matter?
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – “That battle has been fought and won. You’re now one click away from every sex act imaginable for free and so it’s just passé at this ...
How Will This Study Be Conducted, Exactly?
OTTAWA – There are certain subjects that stymie scientific examination not due to their complexity or because they have an innately opaque nature, but because the realities of non-scientific fields (like ...
If You Don’t Pay Your Bills, It’s Not ‘Hijacking’
COSTA MESA, Calif. – When it comes to the basics of website and online brand maintenance, it appears some California politicians could use a remedial course. Specifically, someone needs to ...
Age Verification and Unintended Consequences
LONDON – Whatever the merits of requiring adult websites to verify the age of visitors, the question about how to meet the condition is more difficult and fraught with pitfalls ...
‘The Porn Conversation’: Erika Lust has a Point
BARCELONA – As a generally cynical person, I’m prone to look for ulterior motives behind things like public service campaigns initiated by individuals and companies, particularly when the goal or ...
Law and Ego: Are Trump Porn Parodies Risky?
CYPRUS – In 2008, I had a remarkable conversation with a marketing director from a major adult entertainment studio about a porn parody planned by his creative team but derailed ...
Facts? We Don’t Need No Stinking Facts.
MONTREAL – Deep within a recent article about Pornhub’s new sexual education efforts — a possibly Quixotic effort that is a rich subject for an article all its own — lies ...
