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Pornland

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by Gail Dines


  Defloration.com, 149–50

  desensitization: of children to violence, 62; and child sexual abuse, 117–18, 144, 156–57; to hypersexualized girls and young women, 141–42; to pseudo-child porn (PCP), 160; and sex offenders, 94–96, 144; to violence of porn sex, 63, 74–75, 93–94, 159–60

  The Devil in Miss Jones, 104

  Dichter, Ernest, 10

  DirecTV, 51–52

  disease risks. See injury and disease risks to porn performers Doll Forum, 76–78

  Dreamworlds, 44

  Dworkin, Andrea, 85–86, 88

  eating disorders, 111, 115, 118

  EchoStar Communications Corporation, 52

  Edmond, Andrew, 47

  E! Entertainment, ix, 22, 35, 39, 42, 51, 123

  Ehrenreich, Barbara, 3–4

  Elle, 141

  Ezzell, Matt, 45, 62

  Fanning, Dakota, 141

  fashion industry, 82, 99, 102–3, 141–42, 162

  FBI, 151

  Federal Bureau of Prisons, 162

  female body: of Asian female porn performers, 125; black women’s buttocks as “booty,” 128; body image of women, 109–11; and genital waxing, xii, 91, 99–101; of porn performers, 91; in pseudo-child porn (PCP), 146, 152–53. See also pubic hair female sexuality: and African American women, 123–24, 126–30; and Asian women, 124–26, 131, 134; and Cosmopolitan, xii, 100, 107–9, 142; and female sexual agency, 118–19, 165; and Girls Gone Wild (GGW), 26–34; and hookup sex as porn sex, 89–91, 114–19; and hypersexualization of women and girls, 100–113, 117–19, 128, 141–42, 162; porn’s depiction of, xxiii–xxix; porn’s effects on, xii–xiii, xxx, 67–68, 91–92, 99–119; and Sex and the City, 25, 100, 105–7; and “slut” label, xxi–xxiv, 28–30, 33, 34, 64, 102–4, 115–16, 123–31, 146, 148, 152, 156. See also porn performers; pseudo-child porn (PCP); women and girls The Feminine Mystique (Friedan), 101

  femininity. See female sexuality; women and girls feminism: and counter-ideology to porn, 98, 163–65; critique of dominant conceptions of femininity by, 113; and female sexual agency, 118–19, 165; on male identity, xxviii–xxix, 59; negatives views of, x, 44, 79, 84, 88; on porn, xiii, 45, 82, 84–86, 88; and pro-sex, x; on rape, 96–98. See also sexism file-sharing networks, 48

  films. See movies; porn sex; Vivid Entertainment First Time with Daddy (Web site), 154

  Fishbein, Paul, xvi–xvii, 1

  Flying Crocodile, 47

  Flynt, Althea, 19

  Flynt, Larry, 1–2, 15, 16, 18–23, 28, 143. See also Hustler food, 110–11

  Francis, Joe, 26–30, 32, 34

  Free Speech Coalition, 56, 142–43

  Friedan, Betty, 101

  Frye, Marilyn, 116

  Full Metal Jacket, 125

  GagFactor (Web site), xix–xx gagging: in interracial porn, 130, 137; and male domination, xxv; and money shots, xxvi–xxvii; in porn sex, xviii–xx, xxii. See also porn sex Gallery, 14

  gambling industry, 51, 53

  games. See video game industry gender socialization, xxix–xxx, 59–78, 86–88, 98, 101–2

  Generation of Vipers (Wylie), 4

  genital waxing, xii, 91, 99–101

  GGW. See Girls Gone Wild (GGW) Ghetto Gaggers (Web site), 130

  Gill, Rosalind, 109, 110

  Gilligan, James, 60

  girls. See child porn; child sexual abuse; female sexuality; incest porn; women and girls Girls Gone Wild (GGW), 26–34

  GirlsGoneWild (Web site), 26, 27

  The Girls Next Door, ix, 22, 51

  Gnutella, 48

  gonorrhea, xxviii gonzo porn: definition of, xi, xxii, 43; and interracial porn, 135–40; sadism and pseudo-child porn (PCP), 152–58; violence of, xi, xiii, xviii–xxiii, 43, 68–75, 88, 94, 130; women of color in, 123–31. See also Hardcore, Max; porn; porn sex Goodman, Jesse, 115–16

  Gosling, Ryan, 76

  Grand Theft Auto (GTA), 50, 62

  Grello, Catherine M., 115

  Grey, Sasha, ix, 40–41, 54

  Gross, Brian, 54

  Growing Up in a Porn Culture (slide show), 164

  GTA. See Grand Theft Auto (GTA) Guccione, Bob, 1–2, 12–13, 20, 22–23. See also Penthouse Hamamoto, Darrell, 131, 133–34

  Hardcore (documentary), 72

  Hardcore, Max, 45, 70–75, 99, 157

  HarperCollins, 52

  HBO, 35, 52

  health problems. See injury and disease risks to porn performers Heffler, David G., 160

  Hefner, Hugh, ix, 1–2, 6–14, 18–20, 22, 26. See also Playboy Henderson, Alex, 51, 52–53

  Henry J. Kaiser Foundation, 61–62

  Herman, Judith, 155

  Hilton, Paris, 33, 103

  Hilton hotels, 52

  hip-hop, 128–29

  Hirsch, Steve, 41, 45

  Hite, Shere, 114

  HIV, xxviii Holiday Inn, 52

  homophobia, 65

  hookup sex, 89–91, 114–19

  hotel industry, 52–53

  How to Make Love Like a Porn Star (Jameson), 35–38, 52

  Hustler, 1–2, 14–23, 28, 95, 104

  Hustler.com, 21, 28, 124–25

  Hustler corporation, 27, 28, 54, 56–57, 143

  Hustler TV, 51

  Hyatt hotels, 52

  hypersexualization of women and girls, 100–113, 117–19, 128, 141–42, 162

  I Am Legend, 54

  illness risks. See injury and disease risks to porn performers Imus, Don, 87, 121, 140

  incest porn, 154–57, 159

  iN DEMAND, 52

  Indiana University, ix industry of porn. See porn industry injury and disease risks to porn performers, xxvii–xxviii, 35, 38

  Internet: business models for, 49; child porn on, 56, 144; Club Jenna on, 21, 36; and cyber-sex addiction, 57, 92–94; games on, 49; and Girls Gone Wild (GGW), 26, 27; and Hustler, 21; marketing practices for porn sites, 49, 57–58; and Penthouse, 20–21; and pirated or free porn on, xvii; and Playboy, 21; porn on generally, xi, xiii, xvii, xviii, 20, 47, 49, 59; search engines for porn, 53; statistics on porn on, 47, 49; teen porn on, xxi, 143, 146–58; and video-sharing Web sites, 49; and virtual sex, 50; and Vivid Entertainment, 43–44. See also porn; porn sex; and specific Web sites interracial porn (IP), 122, 129–30, 135–40. See also racism iPods, 49

  IVD, 28

  Jack Goes Boating, 56

  Jameson, Jenna, ix, 21, 34–40, 51, 52, 123

  Jansen, Bernard J., 49

  Jensen, Robert, 59, 68, 114, 163

  Jeremy, Ron, 52

  Jhally, Sut, 44

  JM Productions, xix–xx Johnson, Reed, 99

  Juniper Research Company, 48

  Justice Department, 142

  Kagen Research, 51

  Katz, Jackson, 45

  Kazaa, 48

  Kick Ass Pictures, 121

  Kimmel, Michael, 2, 114, 117

  King Kong, 135–36

  Kipnis, Laura, 17

  Kirk, Justin, 54

  Klein, Calvin, 141–42

  Krone, Tony, 145–52

  The Ladies of Liberty City (GTA), 62

  lad mags, 44–45

  Lanning, Kenneth, 151, 158

  Lars and the Real Girl, 76

  Latina women, 88, 124, 131

  Lee, Jack, 133, 134

  Lee, Santino, 133

  lesbian video series, 27

  Let Me Tell Ya ’Bout Black Chicks, 104

  Levy, Ariel, 102

  Liberty Media group, 52

  Lipsitz, George, 10

  Lipstick Lesbos (Web site), 27

  LodgeNet, 53

  Lohan, Lindsay, 111

  Long Dong Black Kong, 122, 135

  Lords, Traci, 54

  MacKinnon, Catharine, 85–86, 88

  magazines. See men’s magazines; women’s magazines; and specific magazines mainstreaming of porn: and Cosmopolitan, xii, 100, 107–9, 142;

  and fashion industry, 82, 99, 102–3, 141–42, 162; and Girls Gone Wild, 26–34; and Sasha Grey, ix, 40–41, 54; and J
enna Jameson as porn star, ix, 21, 34–40, 123; and lad mags, 44–45; and music videos, 44, 104, 142; and Playboy, Penthouse, and Hustler, xxix, 1–23, 49; and porn industry, 47–58; and porn stars, 25, 34–41, 54–55; and Sex and the City, 25, 100, 105–7; and Howard Stern, 25, 39, 41, 45–46, 71, 123; and Vivid Entertainment, 27, 41–44, 45

  Malamuth, Neil, 95

  male sexuality: and addiction to porn, 80, 92–94, 93–94; and African American men, 67, 122, 135–40; and anger toward hookup, 90; and Asian men, 131–35; and child porn, 160–62; and dehumanization of women in porn, 63–68; and difficulty in separating girlfriends from porn performers, 91–92; feelings of sexual inadequacy, 89–90; and hip-hop, 128–29; and hookup sex, 89–91, 114–19; and interracial porn, 122, 129–30, 135–40; and Maxim, 44–45; and negative reaction to gonzo porn by men, 73–75, 93–94; and porn images intruding on their sex lives, 90–92; porn’s depiction of, xxiv–xxix; porn’s effects on, xi–xii, xiii, xvii–xviii, xxii–xxiii, xxix–xxx, 67–68, 74–98; and porn viewing following sex, 90–91; and pre-Internet days of porn, xi, xvii; and pseudo-child porn (PCP), 158–62; and socialization by culture and porn industry, xxix–xxx, 59–78, 86–88, 98. See also men and boys; porn performers Maltz, Wendy and Larry, 93

  Mann, Christian, 121

  Marcus, Mr. (Jesse Spencer), 122–23

  Margold, Bill, xxvi Marriott hotels, 52

  Marx, Karl, 101

  masculinity. See male sexuality; men and boys mass media. See movies; television Maxim, 41, 44–45, 123

  May, Elaine, 10

  McRobbie, Angela, 106

  media scholarship, 81–88

  media technologies, 48–49. See also Internet; television Meet the Fockers, 56

  Me Fuck You Long Time (Web site), 125

  men and boys: and masculinity as competitive and aggressive, 59–60; rape by, 85–86, 94–98, 116, 117; resistance to porn by, 164–65; socialization of, by culture and porn industry, xxix–xxx, 59–78, 86–88, 98; and societal trends of 1950s, 2–5. See also male sexuality; porn performers men’s magazine(s): and lad mags, 44–45; Maxim as, 41, 44–45, 123; in 1940s–1950s, 1, 6, 12. See also specific magazines Microsoft, 53

  Miller, Russell, 12, 13

  Miller-Young, Mireille, 129

  minstrel shows, 139

  “money shot,” xxvi–xxvii, 59, 67

  Mormon Church, 52, 100

  Morrison, Jack, 57

  Moss, Kate, 111

  movies: porn as focus of Hollywood movies, 54–56; racism in, 87, 121; violence in Hollywood movies, 61; and Vivid Entertainment, 27, 41–44, 45. See also porn sex; and specific movies Moynihan Report, 126

  MSEX, 122–23

  MTV. See music videos multiple penetrations in porn sex, xviii, xxv–xxviii, 65–66, 137. See also porn sex Murdoch, Rupert, 52

  music videos, 44, 104, 142

  My Sexy Daughter (Web site), 154, 158

  Napolitano, Chris, 22

  Nappy Headed Hos, 121

  Nazi propaganda, 65

  News Corp., 52

  New Wave Hookers, 104

  NORML (National Organization

  for the Reform of Marijuana Laws), 19

  Oh No! There’s a Negro in My Mom, 135

  Olsen, Mary Kate, 111

  O Magazine, 25

  Once You Go Black . . . You Never Go Back series, 138

  On-Command, 53

  OnlyBestSex (Web site), xix oral sex: ass-to-mouth sex, xix, 68–69; gagging during, xviii–xx, xxii, xxv–xxvii, 130, 137; injury risks during, in gonzo sex, xxvi, xxviii; in interracial porn, 137, 138; male domination in, xxv; in porn stories, xviii–xx, xxiii, xxv; in pseudo-child porn (PCP), 157. See also porn sex Parker, Sarah Jessica, 105

  Paul, Pamela, 89, 160

  PCP. See pseudo-child porn (PCP) pedophiles, 159–62. See also child sexual abuse Penthouse, xvii, 1–2, 12–15, 20–23, 49, 95

  Penthouse Films, 54

  Penthouse Media Group, 20

  people of color. See African Americans; racism Perry, Lincoln Theodore Monroe Andrew, 86–87

  Phuck Fu Masters (Web site), 133

  Pimp My Black Teen (Web site), 127

  Pink Visual studio, 53

  pinup magazines, 6

  plastic surgery, 82–83

  Playboy: advertising in, 9–14, 17, 20; anti-woman and anti-marriage view of, 4–5; centerfolds of, xvii, xviii, 6–8, 13; circulation of, 2, 11, 12, 13, 14; current businesses related to, 21–23; and Hefner’s public image, 18–20; Hustler as competition for, 14–20; and ideology of consumption, 9–11; on Jenna Jameson, 35; literary content of, 8; and mainstreaming of porn, xxix, 1–12, 22–23; original title for, 7; Penthouse as competition for, 12–15, 49; playboy as ideal reader of, 6–12, 17; and Playboy bunny logo, 1, 12; public image of, as quality lifestyle magazine, 6–12, 14; rape story in, 11–12; research on consumers of, 95; sales statistics for, 2, 20; and societal trends of 1950s, 2–5; target audience for, 2–3, 6–9

  Playboy brand, 1, 21, 22

  Playboy TV, 21–22, 51

  politics, 84–85

  pop culture. See mainstreaming of porn; television porn: addiction to, 57, 80, 92–94, 93–94; age at first viewing of, xi, xxi; author’s lectures and slide shows on, xi–xii, 79–81, 88, 92, 96, 99–101, 163–64; child porn, 56, 94, 142–45, 151, 159–62; collective action against, xxx–xxxi, 163–65; counter-ideology to, 98, 164–65; as fantasy, 82, 83–84; and female sexual identity, xii–xiii, xxx, 67–68, 91–92, 99–119; feminists’ views of, xiii, 45, 82, 84–86, 88; and gender socialization, xxix–xxx, 59–78, 86–88, 98, 101–2; gonzo type of, xi, xxii, 43, 123–24; incest porn, 154–57, 159; individual resistance to, 163; interracial porn, 122, 129–30, 135–40; and male sexual identity, xi–xii, xiii, xvii–xviii, xxii–xxiii, xxix–xxx, 67–68, 74–98; and media scholarship, 81–88; niche markets for, xxx, 142; outdated views of, by older population, xiii, xviii; pre-Internet days of, xi, xvii; racist stereotypes in, xxx, 88, 121–40; rape’s connections with, 85–86, 94–98; sex as erroneously equated with, x–xi; and sexism, 87–88, 98; stories of gonzo porn, xxiii–xxix; teen porn, xxi, 143, 146–58. See also Internet; mainstreaming of porn; porn industry; porn sex; pseudo-child porn (PCP) porn-as-fantasy argument, 82, 83–84

  Pornified (Paul), 89

  porn industry: and Adult Entertainment Expo, xv–xvii; and Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition, 142–43; as big business, x, xvi–xvii, 46–58; business activities of, 50–51; and business models, 49; economic connections between mainstream industries and, 51–53; as highly competitive, xvi–xvii; history of, 1–20; and Hustler, 1–2, 14–23, 28, 95, 104; Jenna Jameson’s relationship to, 37–39; lobbying by, 142; and mainstream films and television, 54–56; mainstreaming of, 47–58; marketing devices for, 49; and media technologies, 48–49; and Penthouse, xvii, 1–2, 12–15, 20–23, 49, 95; and pirated or free material on Internet, xvii; and Playboy, xvii, xviii, xxix, 1–23, 49, 95; pornographic magazines before Playboy, 1, 6; and psychology of consumer behavior, 57–58; public relations for, 53–54; racism of, xxx, 88, 121–40; revenue from, 47, 48, 51, 52; and self-regulation, 56; socially responsible image for, 56–57; statistics on, 47, 48, 51; and video game industry, 49–50; women producers in, xxii. See also mainstreaming of porn pornographic magazines. See specific magazines porn performers: African Americans men as, 67, 122, 133, 135–40; African American women as, xv–xvi, 42, 121, 123–24, 126–30; Arab women as, 131; Asian men as, 131–35; Asian women as, 124–26, 131, 134; awards for, 35, 37; body appearance of, 91, 123; dehumanization of, 63–75; Sasha Grey as, ix, 40–41, 54; Max Hardcore as, 45, 70–75, 99, 157–58; Hardcore documentary on, 72; injury and disease risks to, xxvii–xxviii, 35, 38; Jenna Jameson as, ix, 21, 34–40, 123; Latina women as, 131; mainstreaming of, 25, 34–41, 54–55; male fantasy of, as highly sexual and loving rough sex, 35, 37–38, 63–68, 125; men’s difficulty separating girlfriends from, 91–92; of pseudo-child porn (PCP), 147–48, 150–51; recruitment of, 40; salary of, 126; Howard Stern’s in
terviews with, 39, 45, 52, 71, 123; treatment of female performers, 38–39; of Vivid Entertainment, 41–42; women of color as, xv–xvi, 42, 88, 121–31

  porn sex: ass-to-mouth sex, xix, 68–69; in black porn, 126–30; boring and predictable nature of, 68–75; “cum swapping” in, xxvi; dehumanization of women in, 63–75; and desensitization to women’s pain, 63, 74–75, 93–94, 159–60; and destruction of intimacy, xviii–xxiii, 68; examples of, xviii–xxi; hookup sex as, 114–19; impact of, on female sexuality, xii–xiii, xxx, 67–68, 91–92, 99–119; impact of, on male sexuality, xi–xii, xiii, xvii–xviii, xxii–xxiii, xxix–xxx, 67–68, 74–98; and interracial porn, 122, 129–30, 135–40; and male power, xxv–xxix; “money shot” in, xxvi–xxvii, 59, 67; multiple penetrations in, xviii, xxv–xxviii, 65–66, 137; and negative, dehumanizing terms referring to women, xxii, xxiv, 64, 75, 121; physical and verbal abuse of female performers in, xxii, xxiv, 64; and puke scenes, xviii, xix, 71, 74, 130; racist stereotypes of, xxx, 88, 121–40; research on content of, xxi–xxii; and sex dolls, 75–78; as sexual assault, xxvii–xxviii, 68–75; socialization for acceptance of, xxix–xxx, 59–78, 86–88, 98; violence of gonzo porn, xi, xiii, xviii–xxiii, 43, 68–75, 88, 93–94, 130; virtual sex, 50; wall-to-wall porn, xxii; Web sites for, xix–xxi. See also anal sex; oral sex; vaginal sex Pornucopia, 52

  Portman Clinic (London), 92–93

  Private Media Group, 50, 53

  pseudo-child porn (PCP): and Barely Legal magazine, 54, 56–57, 143; content of, 145–58; and defilement stories, 147–48; description of, xxx; and Free Speech Coalition, 56, 142–43; images and ideology of, legitimizing sexual desire for children, 158–62; and incest porn, 154–57, 159; law on, 142–43; and loss of virginity, 148–51; older men involved in, 153; and penetrative sexual activity between adult(s) and child(ren), 148–51; and sadism, 152–58; and sexual activity between children or solo masturbation by child, 145–48; and teen girl as babysitter, 153–54; and typology of child pornography, 145–52; and video game industry, 50. See also child porn pubic hair: and Penthouse centerfolds, 13; and Playboy centerfolds, 8, 13; removal of, in pseudo-child porn (PCP), 146; on sex dolls, 76; as sexual turnoff, 91; shaving or waxing of, xii, 91, 99–101. See also female body puke scenes, xviii, xix, 71, 74, 130. See also porn sex Purcell, Natalie J., 160–61

  PVExposed (Web site), 53

  Quayle, Ethel, 151, 159

  racism: and African American men as porn performers, 67, 122, 133, 135–40; and African American women as porn performers, xv–xvi, 42, 121, 123–24, 126–30; and Asian men as porn performers, 131–35; and Asian women as porn performers, 124–26, 131, 134; of blackface minstrel shows, 139; and dehumanization of people of color generally, 65; and Don Imus’s comments on Rutgers University women’s basketball team, 121; justification process for, 140; media images reinforcing, 87, 121–22; in porn, xxx, 88, 121–40; and Stepin Fetchit image, 86–87, 121. See also civil rights movement Radisson hotels, 52

 

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