The Hidden Economics of Porn

A gender-studies professor explains how the industry works.

Humans have been creating images of sex and genitalia for millions of years, but it is only in the past few centuries—since the 1600s, according to historians—that these representations started meeting academics’ preferred definition of pornography, which involves both the violation of taboos and the intention of arousal. The first efforts to make money off of this new endeavor could not have come long after that.

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http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/04/pornography-industry-economics-tarrant/476580/?utm_source=atlfb

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