Hear Me Out: Less Porn, More Sex Tapes

On today’s episode of Hear Me Out… let’s get it on.  Whether
you watch porn or not — admit it, or not — adult entertainment
shapes the way we think about sex, gender, and power.  Our
guest today argues that porn is an industry, but it’s also a genre,
and it’s much closer to fantasy than it is to reality. But if we
abandoned porn and replaced it with watching real people have real
sex, we might not just shake off taboos; we might also become
better lovers, and better people, too.  Cindy Gallop, CEO of
MakeLoveNotPorn, joins us. If you have thoughts you want to share,
or an idea for a topic we should tackle, you can email the show:
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