pros: they already have erotic books and normal movies, stocking porn movies wouldn't be that different other than medium.
cons: idk something about child safety, and you'd have to make sure people couldn't access the porn videos actually at the library unless you were gonna go full hog and set up masturbation booths or some shit.
idk, i'm leaning on the pro side bc i can't think of a non-puritanical reason to allow erotic literature but NOT video porn.
I just want to mention that there are hygiene issues to consider. You don't want to borrow a copy of 'XXX Hard Dicks In Wet Pussies: Watch These Four Women Each Have Sex With A Man Who Is Pretending To Be Their Step-Relative' and then struggle to open the box because it's so semen-encrusted.
Lmao this just made me remember at the library I work at a lady brought back a BDSM guide book very late with the book soaked in mysterious liquid. It's sitting in a bunch bags on a shelf somewhere in our storage. I've never seen it myself and afaik no one has confirmed what the liquid is.
Hey sorry to bother you I'm trying to find Cum Dumpster Boys Abused and Discarded it's listed in stock but I can't find it on the shelf.
make a porn library next door. Don't make those nice librarians have to handle those post session materials.
This would be the best compromise. Plus a separate building with ID required before entry would ensure that kids can't get in.
Also, you sploshed on your rental and didn't clean it off? Sorry bub, you're gonna need to pay for a replacement before we let you check out anything else. We wouldn't want our porn librarians getting sick.
idk, i’m leaning on the pro side bc i can’t think of a non-puritanical reason to allow erotic literature but NOT video porn.
- The books aren't graphic. The DVD covers are and unless you "brown bag" them a la beer in public, this will be shown on the shelves/pulled out in front of others.
- Privacy concerns (and librarians are HUGE on that, let me tell you). You pulling "Poor Little White Boy" out of the "porn shelves" (or even being in the "porn shelves") means that if someone flags you there, you'll then possibly be ostracized/ridiculed for your porn habits/tastes. This goes with protecting you/others from discrimination based on what you read.
- Not to mention the "health" concerns with regards to the return of the materials. Libraries already have to spend budget to clean if open to the public with COVID right now, now double-triple that budget depending on the porn demand.
I will say that pornography probably falls under first amendment rights (or whatever, I'd have to double-check) in that patrons are allowed/free to check those materials out. But it's a "mine-field" for actual acceptance-in-community and privacy/etc. concerns.
(That aside, depending on library policy you CAN view porn in the library, just not in front of others/in a "public" way to where children are able to see it. I've had stories about librarians having to kick serial masturbators out. Don't be that guy/girl.)
There should not be porn period. All porn should be obliterated, with the exception of yiff. I will not explain so please do not ask.
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They should not, can you imagine how much extra work would be required for the volcel police?
Sounds like a bad idea but you do make me curious about the academic state of porn studies. Are there any universities that study the porn industry or consumer trends? Any peer reviewed journals?
porn researchers, like sex researchers generally, are out there. but they tend to be housed in lots of different departments (like film studies for porn, gender studies for sexuality, psychology & sociology for behavior and larger societal trends). within each of those departments, it can be difficult to find a job/funding/security because the topic is largely stigmatized by other researchers. they have journals as well, but they're not very well cited or respected, and so academics have to often change their topic to fit more prestigious journals otherwise they risk not getting tenured/evaluated poorly by their departments.
i had a friend working on a phd at a US uni with one of the highest rates of on-campus sexual assault. they wanted to test programs that were aimed at decreasing perpetrators' assaulting ppl (rather than making victims protect themselves). they struggled continuously to do the research, and while their work was well-received at conferences, they were so ridiculed and chastised by their supervisors and peers, they ended up quitting before graduating.
