Did Pornography Fuel the Sexual Revolution?

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I think the majority of the sexual revolution was a shift in cultural attitudes which ALLOWED pornography to become more widespread, rather than the other way around. Pornography definitely became the 'egg' of the cultural chicken, despite being around since the late 19th century.

This is a deep sociological question at it's heart that I am unqualified to answer - it would involve looking at the decline of religion, historical backgrounds, and the advent of technology. Pornography and it's production are the novelty of anyone first learning to get to grips with a camera.

"I could take a picture of my cock, my girlfriend/boyfriend naked, us doing the nasty..."

the possibilities of the visual image are as expansive as the imagination allows. Bearing this in mind, explicit pornography was not culturally accepted, and it was a 'gentlemans secret' who often collected these type of images. What really eludes me is why this flourished so greatly in the 1970s; there is obviously a social reason for the growth of adult cinemas, production, and perception beyond mere technology.

The later internet probably coined a second boom for the adult film market. No longer having to lurk around top shelf racks like a sex offender, the majority of the world took advantage of this and swung onto the internet. Bill Gates has a lot to thank pornography for.