We were walking through the ruins of Pompeii. There was graffitti on the wall. It was graphic. And funny. Pornography should have an expiry date on it. What is titillating or scandalous for one generation can be funny or worse, boring for the next. Of course the people who produce smut are as sleazy as the stuff they produce. In their time. Later they become caricatures. Its hardly believable that society produced such characters. One would not say it was evil. More like silly. And it is history.
The question is not what attracts people to smut. It is, what attracts people to escapism? Is it possibility? Or a pillow planted strategically over their face while they are dreaming? Or boredom?
(Illustrations taken down because of the objection of the curator of the sight they came from. I confess I have a problem with people who don’t want more attention thrown their way. )
(He’s also very cranky. Doesn’t need or want publicity. Which begs the question.)
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