The porn industry is often assumed to be the final port of call in a desperate and destitute life.
The place you end up when your acting career falls in a heap, you run afoul of addiction, or you’re just not quite right. The participants in tonight’s episode however don’t stack up to those stereotypes, they love what they do.
Nearly every viewer who watches this episode is alive because someone had sex, yet the subject remains surrounded by a veil of secrecy and even shame. At least in the public domain. Behind closed doors it’s a different story with Australians consuming among the most pornography anywhere in the world.
According to leading adult website, Pornhub, where we ranked ninth in the world for visitors to the site in 2018, 80% percent of Australians viewed porn before they engaged in any other sexual experiences.
As much as Aussies love watching it and the actors love doing it, some researchers are concerned it normalises sexist attitudes. While others have said it creates unrealistic expectations around bodies and performance.
In this episode, we explore some of these concerns with eight guests from the industry and try to answer the question why we have such a complicated and often contradictory relationship with porn. We also show how these confusing and often extreme attitudes are impacting the people behind the industry.
Production credit: You Can’t Ask That is an ABC Production. Series Director and Producer: Kirk Docker, Series Producer: Josh Schmidt, Executive Producer: Frances O’Riordan and Head of Entertainment: Nick Hayden.
