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Desire: People protest outside Thailand’s ministry of digital economy and society after it banned the adult website, Pornhub, at the end of last year. The site recorded 33.5 billion visitors in 2018. (Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images)
ANA FOXXX

Exploitation rules global porn industry

Porn stars and sex workers are badly treated — they should be protected by the law

  • Andile Zulu
8 min read
Joshua Kipkorir from Kenya. (Image: RFI)
GAY PORN

Why gay porn appeals to women

Heterosexual porn displays women ‘being fucked’ by men and it’s demeaning

  • Carl Collison
6 min read
Luvland’s director, Patrick Meyer, says its stores no longer have movie screens because of the association with ‘glory holes’, which put off women customers (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
50 SHADES OF GREY

Ye olde sex shoppe is thriving

Pornography and sex paraphernalia sell like hot cakes online, but physical shops are still doing a roaring trade in erotic accoutrements

  • Tebogo Tshwane
9 min read
Porn that shows men and women as sexual collaborators rather than men as conquerors could do a great deal to change people’s perceptions about themselves and their sex lives (John McCann/M&G)
FEMINISM

Feminist porn answers a need

Women viewers are increasing and that could help to usher in the sex revolution we are hankering after

  • Kagure Mugo
4 min read