# Porn at the airport **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 13, 2006, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-at-the-airport/360537 "2006-06-13T04:10:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-at-the-airport/360537/41 "2006-06-13T19:28:55Z")
> [@JeffB](#): > > Heck, there was a time when the Sears catalogue would have sufficed. Great. Another Doper Coprophagist comes out of the soiled closet. I for one salute you !!! :eek: šŸ˜ƒ In addition to the visual porn ( which appeals to a lot of menfolk ) there is a lot of literotica which appeals to a lot of womenfolk. Not saying that men dont like hot stories, or that women donā€™t like hot photos. Just saying, that a lot of the appeal lines define the products sold in airports. And such. > [@jeffrice](#): > > And yeah, Iā€™ve bought Playboy in airports, many years ago. No, I never opened the gatefold and gazed at it on the plane. Can you say ā€œdiscretionā€? Raises an interesting question. What regulations would you be violating if you purchased said adult material IN the airport, especially on the Gates side of TSA Screening ( clearly meaning you hold a ticket and boarding pass for a flight ) and sat down on your flight and started reading the ole articles in Playboy ? You would likely be in line of sight of a handful of other passengers of any ages, genders, gender attractions, moral tastes and such. Can you be thrown off of a plane for reading something sold to you on the safe side of Screening? Cartooniverse ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-at-the-airport/360537/42 "2006-06-13T19:42:05Z")
> [@jeffrice](#): > > There was a time when Playboy was not pornography. A photo of Marilyn Monroe with nothing on but the radio, however provocatively she was posed, was considered contemporary photo art. Naughty, but nice. Yeah, my mom raised hell when she found my Playboy in my room, and yeah, the centerfold did help relieve all those pubescent tensions. But there were interviews with Saul Bellow and Norman Mailer, and that made Playboy not pornography. > > . . . > > So, to my generation, Playboy is still the demarcation line between porn and not porn. And if a photo of a nude woman makes you nervous, remember that in Britain and Europe, daily tabloid newspapers often feature photos of topless or nude women. In the UK, the Daily Sun still publishes the Page 3 Girl, and has devoted a [web site](http://www.page3.com) to the models. I donā€™t see why that makes it ā€œnot pornā€. The fact that Playboy contains non-pornographic material (and yeah, itā€™s actually pretty plausible that people read it for the articles) doesnā€™t mean the nekkid pictures arenā€™t porn. Sure, theyā€™re softcore and altogether coy compared to Hustler, but itā€™s still the same concept. It doesnā€™t have to appeal only to the raincoated crowd to count as porn. Now if youā€™ll excuse me, I need to shave my palms. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-at-the-airport/360537/43 "2006-06-13T20:12:20Z")
> [@Frylock](#): > > If youā€™ll read my original post again, youā€™ll note that Iā€™m not commenting on any embarrassment on my own part, but rather, embarrassment I expected would be felt by the people behind the counter. Okā€¦but the 16 year old might be just as embarrassed by someone buying tampons (I was still a bit embarrassed at 16) or an enema or Preperation Hā€¦orā€¦maybe teenagers just shouldnā€™t work retail. As long as the guy isnā€™t leering at her and making her uncomfortable (which, actually, he could do while buying the Wall Street Times) she (or, indeed, he) will just ring it up put it in the bag, and go on to the next customer. Itā€™s one of the things for sale in the store they work for. Hope this helps you in your porn buying in the future šŸ™‚ . ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-at-the-airport/360537/44 "2006-06-13T20:17:24Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Nekked people is porn, IMO. Really? Iā€™ve worked at the Metropolitain Museum of Art and at a S&M clubā€¦who knew there was more porn at the Met? ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-at-the-airport/360537/45 "2006-06-13T20:19:19Z")
David Cross does a funny bit about this on one of his albums. You should check it out. ā€œMan i hope no oneā€™s sitting next to me on the plane, cuz theyā€™re in for a rude awakeningā€¦ā€ ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-at-the-airport/360537/46 "2006-06-13T20:24:45Z")
> [@betenoir](#): > > Really? Iā€™ve worked at the Metropolitain Museum of Art and at a S&M clubā€¦who knew there was more porn at the Met? Come on. **Excalibre** already corrected me on this one and I even posted a retraction. > [@Excalibre](#): > > The Creation of Adam > [@me](#): > > Oooo, right. Got me there. How about - > nekked people pictured for the purpose of titillation is porn? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-at-the-airport/360537/47 "2006-06-13T20:33:16Z")
> [@jeffrice](#): > > The wack-off-ability of a photo doesnā€™t make it pornography. Context does. I agree. But arenā€™t Playboy photos presented in the context of ā€œHereā€™s something to whack off toā€? Maybe it is, as you suggested, a generational difference, but Iā€™ve never gotten the sense that Playboy pictures were meant to be ā€œcontemporary photo art.ā€ (Although they may have been at one time; the Marilyn photos strike me as much more artistic than the photos they have now.) Playboy does have a lot of interesting articles and great interviews, but they bill themselves as a ā€œmenā€™s magazineā€ not an ā€œarts and cultureā€ magazine. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-at-the-airport/360537/48 "2006-06-13T20:43:21Z")
> [@Frylock](#): > > Stillā€¦ there are minors working at these places. Is there no one here who buys porn at places like Barnes and Nobles and who doesnā€™t sort of maybe hang back to wait for the right person to buy it from? Why the worry about minors? Iā€™ve never seen a porn mag on a newsstand (or at B&N, etc.) that didnā€™t have a wrapper. For all the potential titillation it provides when being purchased, it could be _TIME_ or _Newsweek_. Besides, who would be the ā€œright personā€ to buy it from? How can you know the sensitivities of anyone who works there? Why be prejudiced? Itā€™s just porn, man! šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-at-the-airport/360537/49 "2006-06-13T20:48:52Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > nekked people pictured for the purpose of titillation is porn? No way! Playboy is just barely naked anyway, they donā€™t show any real goodies. šŸ˜ƒ I think all nudity is titillating to someone or other. I wouldnā€™t call an artistic figure study porn, even if it kind of turns me on. My definition of pron is much dirtier, I guess. šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-at-the-airport/360537/50 "2006-06-13T21:15:52Z")
Porn at the airport. The law of supply and demand at work! What a country! šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-at-the-airport/360537/51 "2006-06-13T21:37:28Z")
The porn is there to assist those who wish to join the Mile High Club, but lack a partner. ---
**Author:** ![ryobserver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b2d939/32.png) [@ryobserver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ryobserver)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-at-the-airport/360537/52 "2006-06-13T22:12:56Z")
My 2 cents: People who are traveling may be more likely to buy porn, because thereā€™s less risk of being spotted by someone they know. Airports sell porn to reach this ā€œcurious but easily embarrassedā€ market. The only bookstore I know of that still has a dedicated section for ā€œadultā€ novels (mostly by the prolific Anonymous) is located in a major train station. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-at-the-airport/360537/53 "2006-06-13T22:13:33Z")
> [@DooWahDiddy](#): > > I donā€™t know if Iā€™ve ever been to a major US airport that _didnā€™t_ sell porn. Thereā€™s not a scrap of porn at the Salt Lake City airport. I looked. Thankfully, I had some porn with me. ---
**Author:** ![DooWahDiddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-at-the-airport/360537/54 "2006-06-13T22:31:58Z")
> [@Snooooopy](#): > > Thereā€™s not a scrap of porn at the Salt Lake City airport. I blame the Mormons. ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-at-the-airport/360537/55 "2006-06-13T22:34:48Z")
^Yep, they bought it all up! ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-at-the-airport/360537/56 "2006-06-13T23:15:14Z")
The real question is, does the bookstore at that airport carry ā€œThe Da Vinci Codeā€ ?? ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-at-the-airport/360537/57 "2006-06-14T01:30:01Z")
> [@Excalibre](#): > > Itā€™s not particularly naughty, but, uh, most people buy it to masturbate to. Speak for yourself! ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-at-the-airport/360537/58 "2006-06-14T01:51:49Z")
Iā€™m almost a professional wanker now. Assisted reproductive therapies are quite the spankfest for the guy, when it gets right down to it. In that damned little room I must abscond to all they give us are Playboys. Of course, the clinic is staffed almost entirely by women. Ladies. Please. Letā€™s face it: Weā€™re grown men. Weā€™ve seen more than a little T&A by now, OK, and weā€™re not the hormone-wracked teenage spunk-monkeys that we used to be. Itā€™s eight in the morning. I can barely brush my teeth competently at that hour, much less pleasure myself to completion, and you give me a rack of old _Playboys_ to help me out? Sorry, not cutting it. Yeah, theyā€™re durn pretty, and yeah, theyā€™re durn nekkid, but our needs reflect our, uh, more _mature_ tastes, if you get my drift. ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-at-the-airport/360537/59 "2006-06-14T01:59:24Z")
Ever thought of a live show. Youā€™re surrounded by nurses, man. Surely at least two of them are 10 percenters. ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-at-the-airport/360537/60 "2006-06-14T02:07:02Z")
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