1 Mar 2011

Porn Research

Education, Health, News & Politics, Science & Medicine, Society & Culture

Episode 65

Porn Research

Dr. Clarissa Smith has been researching pornography since the mid-1990s and has written widely about the problems of censorship and the attempts to legislate against sexually explicit materials. In the past, pornography has overwhelmingly been assumed to be a problem, and the only really important questions asked have been “How much do people encounter it, and how great is the harm that it does?”

However, Dr. Smith, Reader in Sexualities and Culture, from the University of Sunderland UK, is undertaking the largest research project ever to engage directly with the consumers of pornography, focusing on how, when and why they turn to it. Dr. Smith says, We want to know some very simple things, like what you view, how you find it, how often, what you particularly like, what is exciting and how this fits in with your feelings about sex, your body, and your pleasures. The survey takes 20-30 minutes and can be found at www.pornresearch.org

This show, Episode #065 originally aired in March, 2011

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 24:38 — 33.8MB) | Embed

Subscribe or Follow Us: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Email | Deezer | RSS | More

15 Jan 2026

221 – Hardware and Tools

Education, Fetish, Full episodes, Fun

New year, new holes in your walls — consensually, of course. So let's get to the hardware store and get ...

15 Jan 2026

220 – Handyman

Education, Fetish, Fisting, Full episodes, Health, Toys

Call the handyman! Fisting is one of those practices that carries a lot of myth, bravado, and whispered horror stories ...

15 Jan 2026

219 – I Saw Daddy Kissing Santa

Bears, Education, Fetish, Full episodes, Fun, Society & Culture

I saw Daddy kissing Santa! Wait — Santa? Yes, Santa. In this festive and surprisingly thoughtful episode, Hide and Seek ...