Letters to the Editor
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How is the counting done?
Maybe I didn't read this carefully enough, but are researchers talking about how much porn women purchase? How are we not counting? I once worked in an adult video store, and we had as many women as men renting porn.
However, if we somehow aren't doing our part to support the adult entertainment industry, here's my theory on the issue:
1. Romance novels are very pornographic. Countless women doubtlessly enjoy these one-handed reads as a way to relax. They probably don't get counted, though, when it comes time to tally porn purchases.
2. Women might be more afraid of being "caught" with a history of viewing porn. I've always been nervous, for instance, that should I one day want to, oh, I don't know... run for political office? - that my history of pornographic purchases could somehow be dredged up. And can you imagine? Knowing that a male politician watched porn throughout his adult life would probably blow over in the press, but a female? I can just hear Rush Limbaugh now.... double-standards, yes. But these things do affect some women's decisions.