Neither of us are fans, but we understand that it is an enjoyable part of life for a lot of people (especially guys). We've always tried to withhold judgement about how other people get their jollies, no matter how disturbing/ distasteful/boring we think it is--we've all got our perversions. We certainly don't feel good about all of the material out there, and wish some of it would just go away (is there anything more depressing than a culture that makes "2 girls 1 cup" a household phrase?), we know you can't start legislating and limiting speech and expression, or soon we'd be out of a job.

And so, we've always encouraged people to consume porn as responsibly as possible: seek out productions where the women are calling the (money) shots behind the scenes (or at least where you know "nice guys" like Justin are involved), use it as an occasional side dish rather than as your main course for sexual satisfaction every time, and don't let fantasy skew your expectations of reality. For those of you (like Lo) who can't get past the fact that porn stars are people too, probably with broken-hearted mamas, or for those of you (like Em) who can't get past the cheesy dialogue and tacky styling, there's erotic literature (both written and recorded) as well as adult cartoons, graphic novels and animation--that way 1) you know no real live human beings were harmed during the making of that porn, and 2) you can use your imagination to fill in the images as you see fit.

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