The focus of my essay is going to be pornography, technology, and the consumer-based market system in relation to middle-class interpersonal relationships and social institutions. What kind of enabling powers has technology had on the middle class? What about individualizing powers? What kinds of relationships are important in free market systems? And what kind of things go swept under the rug in them- and, how does the pornography industry epitomize these things.
My essay is going to be sectioned, with certain sections dealing specifically with the history of pornography, especially since its spread to the internet and especially focused on the role pornography plays in prostitution, human trafficking, and all-around degrading of sexual & romantic relationships.
I'm going to do a similar thing with the PC and where the its history coincides with that of pornography, but most likely these to timelines will converge with the registering of the first porn domain name.
How is pornography different than the rampant infidelity that was common before- when, like in the Victorian era, husbands were pretty much expected to pick up prostitutes and have mistresses. Is there even a difference? Is one way- strong institutionalized marriages with expected infidelity vs. weak "based on love" marriages with that collapse at the first sign of such- better than the other?
Finally, what kind of meaningful and healthy sexual relationships do (or can) exist in our hyper-individualized world?
I need all the feedback I can get. I need an anecdote. I'm not sure if I should or can add a first person angle to weave between the two "historical" segments. Does anyone have an idea how I could tie all these things together- and what kinds personal experience I should try and draw from?
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