Funny or Die posted this very informative and educational video of porn stars at the Porn Awards 2008 explaining Super Tuesday and the voting process. Some of the girls are surprisingly articulate and some are... well... not.
Implications - Though the pornography industry is one of the most lucrative in the world, it may never be taken seriously, and has slowly become a symbol in pop culture for smuttiness and harsh humor. Though the appeal behind watching pornography is biological, the reason behind its inability to be taken seriously stems from a more modern part of the brain that handles sex and sexuality in a casual way.
Key Themes Behind This Trend
- De-stigmatizing Sex Work
- The adult industry is a heavily stigmatized business, providing opportunity to innovate in reducing societal shame and prejudice through more ethical marketing and promotion.
- Alternative Adult Entertainment
- With porn no longer being taken seriously as an art form, there is an opportunity to innovate in creating alternative forms of adult entertainment and sexual education that can be more widely accepted by society.
- Pornographic Political Content
- The intersection of porn and politics presents unexplored territory in creating satirical and informative content that can engage and inform young, new and habitual voters in unconventional ways.
Where This Applies
- Sex Work
- The stigma surrounding sex work creates opportunities for innovation in more ethical marketing and promotion to move towards more widespread acceptance of the industry.
- Art and Entertainment
- The shift towards alternative forms of adult entertainment presents an opportunity for disruption in the art and entertainment industry to create more widely accepted mediums of adult content.
- Political Satire
- The novel combination of porn and politics presents opportunities for innovation in political satire, using unconventional and engaging content to educate new and recurring voters alike.
