Pornhub is an industry that conveys particular ideas of what sex should be, says Aman. It's not only exploitive of the content makers from whom they steal content, but it's al so powered by algarithms which have a very particular function and can just guess exactly how they're going to have sex. Aman: Pornhub gives you this feeling of endless possibility, but actually its entire model is about bringing your desires and preferences into conformity with everyone else around you. That, of course, is the fundamental problem.
What are the politics of sex? Incels, porn, sexual racism, the feminist sex wars, and more. Philosopher Amia Srinivasan on her new essay collection The Right to Sex: Feminism in the Twenty-First Century.
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