Great. Another Doper Coprophagist comes out of the soiled closet. I for one salute you !!!
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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 don’t like hot photos. Just saying, that a lot of the appeal lines define the products sold in airports. And such.
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?
I don’t see why that makes it “not porn”. The fact that Playboy contains non-pornographic material (and yeah, it’s actually pretty plausible that people read it for the articles) doesn’t mean the nekkid pictures aren’t porn. Sure, they’re softcore and altogether coy compared to Hustler, but it’s still the same concept. It doesn’t have to appeal only to the raincoated crowd to count as porn.
Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to shave my palms.
Ok…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 H…or…maybe teenagers just shouldn’t work retail.
As long as the guy isn’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. It’s one of the things for sale in the store they work for.
Hope this helps you in your porn buying in the future .
I agree. But aren’t Playboy photos presented in the context of “Here’s something to whack off to”? Maybe it is, as you suggested, a generational difference, but I’ve never gotten the sense that Playboy pictures were meant to be “contemporary photo art.” (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 “men’s magazine” not an “arts and culture” magazine.
Why the worry about minors? I’ve never seen a porn mag on a newsstand (or at B&N, etc.) that didn’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 “right person” to buy it from? How can you know the sensitivities of anyone who works there? Why be prejudiced?
My 2 cents: People who are traveling may be more likely to buy porn, because there’s less risk of being spotted by someone they know. Airports sell porn to reach this “curious but easily embarrassed” market.
The only bookstore I know of that still has a dedicated section for “adult” novels (mostly by the prolific Anonymous) is located in a major train station.
I’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. Let’s face it: We’re grown men. We’ve seen more than a little T&A by now, OK, and we’re not the hormone-wracked teenage spunk-monkeys that we used to be. It’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, they’re durn pretty, and yeah, they’re durn nekkid, but our needs reflect our, uh, more mature tastes, if you get my drift.
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