Pornresearch.org Porn Survey
Vintage Erotica (porn) from DeltaofVenus.com
I found this during Lady Porn Week via MsNaughty.com’s blog and haven’t had a chance to post it until now. Pornresearch.org is doing an Anonymous survey on everyday porn usage by porn users, in an effort to “to gather thousands of responses from both frequent and infrequent users of pornography.”
It seems they want to study the use of porn from the porn lover’s perspective rather than the bias that all porn is harmful and evil, to get real data on the usage or porn and balance the study of pornography.
“Our project is concerned with the everyday uses of pornography, and how the people who use it feel it fits into their lives. Pornography is of course a highly topical issue, subject to many opposing views and ‘strong opinions’. And we are not saying that there are no moral or political issues. But we are saying that the voices of users and enjoyers have been swamped. In fact, there is very little research that engages with the users of pornography, asking how, when and why they turn to it.
We want to gather the thoughts and responses of people who have chosen to use pornography of their own accord. We believe that there can be many different and complicated reasons for looking at pornography. We also don’t believe that all the materials that go under that label, ‘pornography’, are the same – only to be distinguished by how ‘extreme’ or ‘explicit’ they are.
If you want to go straight to the questionnaire [click here] but if you want to know more about the project, read on!”
If you are a purveyor of porn (and I assume you are if you are reading this blog!) then I encourage you to participate in the survey. After all, it is anonymous, so you don’t have to worry about your identity being revealed, but you will be helping to contribute to valuable research that is unbiased.
