10.

10.

How Much of the Internet is Porn?

互聯網有多少是色情？

There's a popular song from the Broadway show Avenue Q where the character goes, “The

百老匯有一首膾炙人口的曲子 演出《Q大道》，其中的角色走，"The

internet is very, very good” before another singer interrupts, “for porn!”

網絡非常非常好 "之前，另一個 歌手打斷，"為色情！"

It fits perfectly with the popular notion that the internet is mostly just a bunch of

這完全符合大眾的觀念 互聯網是大多隻是一堆

pornography, fitting in with the old conceit that the internet's for lonely people.

淫亂 互聯網的孤獨的人。

A rather flawed early study estimated that 37% of all the content online was pornographic.

早期的一項相當有缺陷的研究估計 網上37%的內容是色情的。

On a second analysis, it was estimated that actually, only 4% of web content was, and

在第二次分析中，估計： 其實，只有4%的網絡內容是，而且。

only 13-14% of web searches (though that may be a bit low due to just how esoteric some

僅佔網絡搜索的13-14%（儘管這可能是 有點低，因為有些人是多麼的深奧。

people's fetishes can be) are porn-related.

人的癖好可以）是與色情有關。

While that's certainly a large amount, it's nowhere near the highest amount of any given

雖然這肯定是一個很大的數額，但它是。 遙遙無期

type of media.

類型的媒體。

A reported 15% of all web content was cat-related as of 2013, and we're really hoping there's

據報道，15%的網絡內容與貓有關。 截至2013年，我們真的希望有

not too much overlap.

不太重合。

9.

9.

Watching it Does Not Inspire Violent Behavior

觀看它不會激發暴力行為。

There have been moral guardians for centuries that have tried to draw a link between consuming

千百年來，一直有道德衛士的存在 試圖在消費與消費之間建立聯繫。

pornography and inflicting sexual violence.

色情和施加性暴力；

Also, on the more progressive side, some feminists in the 1980s began to argue that porn is inherently

另外，在比較進步的一方，一些女權主義者 在1980年代，人們開始認為，色情是內在的

misogynistic and exploitative and so would inspire real life violence against women.

厭惡女性和剝削，所以會。 激發現實生活中對婦女的暴力行為；

Whatever truth there is in that (and it'd be foolish to think there's no misogyny

無論這裡面有什麼道理（而且它還會 痴人說夢

in an awful lot of porn), there is no evidence that it inspires behavior that is physically

在很多色情片中），沒有任何證據表明。 它激發了身體上的行為

harmful.

有害的。

In 2013, Salon published findings that no “responsible researcher” on the topic

2013年，沙龍公佈的調查結果是，不 "負責任的研究者 "專題

had found any link consuming it and then committing violent acts.

找到了任何鏈接，消耗它，然後犯下了 暴力行為；

In 2011, Scientific American published findings that in fact repressing the desire to view

2011年，《科學美國人》發表了研究結果 事實上壓抑著觀看的慾望。

pornography was found to have a negative effect on overcoming sexual problems.

色情製品被發現有消極影響 關於克服性問題；

8.

8.

The Effort to Prove it Causes Brain Problems

努力證明它能導致大腦的問題

It seems that when anti-porn crusaders couldn't get an argument that porn is bad (in terms

看來，當反色情十字軍不能 得出色情是壞事的說法

of safety) to stick, they seemingly went after health.

的安全）來堅持，他們似乎是去追求 健康。

A German study published in 2014 found that, after performing a series of brain scans on

2014年發表的一項德國研究發現，。 在進行了一系列的腦部掃描後

64 test subjects, exposure to porn resulted in “wearing and down regulation of the underlying

64名測試對象，接觸色情導致 在 "穿戴和降調的基礎上

brain structure, as well as function.”

大腦結構，以及功能。"

What happened was that those with larger habits of the watching porn consistently had certain

發生的事情是，那些習慣較大的人 看色情片的人始終有一定的

areas of the brain related to the reward function (i.e., taking pleasure from an activity).

獎賞區 (即從某種活動中獲得樂趣)。

The study admitted that watching porn did not cause brain damage, and that the people

該研究承認，看色情片確實 不會造成腦損傷，而且人們

who were studied were all normally functioning people, so Wired magazine published an obvious

研究對象均為功能正常的人 人，所以《Wired》雜誌發表了一篇明顯

conclusion that the porn watching didn't cause this, so much as having a brain with

結論是，看黃片並沒有 造成這種情況的原因，以至於有一個大腦與。

that amount of gray matter increased the likelihood of watching porn.

灰質的數量增加了的可能性 的看黃片。

To date, one of the few confirmed effects that watching porn has on the brain is a worse

迄今為止，少數被證實的效果之一是 看色情片對大腦的影響是更糟糕的。

working memory at the time you view it.

工作記憶，在你查看它的時候。

So while it may not be negatively impacting your brain function, it should not be looked

是以，雖然它可能不會對我們產生負面影響 你的大腦功能，它不應該被看

at when you need to concentrate and remember things.

在你需要集中精力和記憶的時候 的事情。

7.

7.

The Industry Overall is on a Massive Decline

行業整體呈大幅下滑態勢

Those who dislike the porn industry can take heart in the fact that since 2012, porn revenue

不喜歡色情行業的人可以拿 心的事實，自2012年以來，色情收入。

is down an estimated 75% worldwide, at least.

在全球範圍內估計至少下降了75%。

There's just too much piracy for it to remain viable.

只是盜版太多，無法繼續保持。 可行的。

However, it should be noted that even before file sharing and free sites devastated the

然而，應當指出，即使在 文件共享和免費網站摧毀了

industry, its revenue streams and size, relative to mainstream media, got massively exaggerated,

行業，其收入來源和規模，相對於其他行業，其收入來源和規模，相對於其他行業，其收入來源和規模，相對於其他行業，其收入來源和規模，相對於其他行業，其收入來源和規模，相對於其他行業，其收入來源和規模，相對於其他行業，其收入來源和規模，相對於其他行業，其收入來源和規模，相對於其他行業，其收入來源和規模，相對於其他行業，其收入來源和規模，相對於其他行業，其收入來源和規模，相對於其他行業，其收入來源和規模，相對於其他行業，其收入來源和規模，相對於其他行業，其收入來源和規模，相對於其他行業，其收入來源和規模，相對於其他

and not just ludicrous claims like how Deep Throat was supposed to have made six hundred

而不僅僅是像 "深 "這樣可笑的說法。 咽喉應該是做了六百個

million dollars (of which much was actually mob money laundering).

萬元（其中大部分實際上是 黑道洗錢）。)

Forbes magazine reported in 2001, back before internet porn was eclipsed by home video,

福布斯雜誌在2001年報道，早在 網絡色情被家庭視頻黯然失色。

that pornographers were exaggerating their grosses about eight times over to making the

色情作家誇大其詞，說他們是在誇大其詞。 總收入的8倍左右，使

industry look more lucrative, and even the exaggerated figures were less than a tenth

業看起來更有利可圖，甚至是。 誇張的數字還不到十分之一。

what mainstream home video was grossing.

主流家庭視頻是什麼總收入。

It's not just porn movies in serious decline, either.

衰退嚴重的不僅僅是色情電影。 要麼。

Playboy is in such serious trouble that they've overhauled the magazine, removing nudity and

《花花公子》遇到了這麼大的麻煩，以至於他們已經 該雜誌進行了全面的改革，刪除了裸體和。

basically becoming another version of Maxim in an effort to halt their downward spiral.

基本上成為另一個版本的馬克西姆 以此來阻止他們的下滑趨勢。

Apparently the public just likes to think that all of us bought much more porn than

顯然，公眾只是喜歡認為 我們所有的人都買了更多的色情片，比

we actually did.

我們實際上做了。

6.

6.

The Richest Man in Hungary

匈牙利最富有的人

Because of the loss of revenues from being able to sell prints and videos, one of the

因為被的收入損失。 能夠銷售印刷品和視頻，其中一個是

new main sources of revenue is to do sexual webcam streaming directly to clients, either

新的主要收入來源是做性 網絡攝像頭直接流向客戶，或者

one-on-one or to groups.

一對一或對團體。

This particular method can still be highly lucrative, though not necessarily so much

這種特殊的方法仍然可以高度 有利可圖

for the models who can expect to make maybe sixty cents a minute ($36 an hour) before

的模特兒來說，他們可以期望賺到也許 每分鐘六毛錢(每小時三十六元)，然後是

tips.

技巧。

One of the biggest successes is the hosting site Livejasmin, which has more than twenty-five

最大的成功之一是主辦 網站Livejasmin，該網站有超過二十五個

million unique visitors each month.

每月百萬獨立訪客。

By far the biggest beneficiary of this model has been György Gattyán, a billionaire and

到目前為止，這種模式的最大受益者 一直是György Gattyán，一個億萬富翁和。

the richest man in his home country of Hungary at age 44 (though he is currently in stiff

匈牙利首富 四十四歲(儘管他目前正處於僵硬的...)

competition with Sándor Csányi, an investment banker).

與Sándor Csányi的競爭，他是一位投資人。 銀行家）。)

Gattyán is also a fairly prominent figure in mainstream Hungarian media, producing several

Gattyán也是一個相當突出的人物。 在匈牙利主流媒體上，製作了多部

movies and TV shows, as well as supporting charities for Hungarian folk art.

電影和電視劇，以及支持 匈牙利民間藝術慈善機構；

5.

5.

Gender Divides

性別差異

It's traditionally assumed that men have stronger sex drives than women.

傳統上認為，男人有 性慾比女性強。

Reasons for this include the idea that patriarchal societies are inherently going to be more

原因包括：重男輕女的思想。 社會本質上會更

open to men expressing their sexual desires, and since men had more money and more access

對男性表達自己的性慾持開放態度； 而且由於男人有更多的錢和更多的機會

to media outlets naturally more porn was going to be marketed to them.

到媒體上自然會有更多的色情片 要向他們推銷。

A 2013 Pew study seemed to support the idea, reporting that only 8% of women who used the

2013年皮尤的一項研究似乎支持這一觀點。 報告說，在使用了《公約》的婦女中，只有8%的人使用了《公約》。

internet would visit porn sites.

互聯網會訪問色情網站。

However, the actual data from the porn sites themselves tell a very different story.

然而，色情網站的實際數據 本身就講述了一個非常不同的故事。

The pornographic video streaming site Pornhub reported a 33% female customer base in 2013.

色情視頻流網站Pornhub 據報道，2013年女性客戶群佔33%。

In 2015, Times of India also reported that thirty percent of Indian women who used the

2015年，《印度時報》還報道稱 30%的印度婦女在使用了

internet visited porn sites, and even 34% of churchgoing women were admitting to regularly

網絡訪問色情網站，甚至有34%的人 上教堂的婦女承認經常

viewing it, which goes toward showing just how taboo the notion of women watching the

觀賞，這正好說明 女人看電影是多麼忌諱的概念

stuff was (and to a degree, still is).

東西是（在一定程度上，現在也是）。

4.

4.

Porn Did Not Decide Entertainment Formats

色情片沒有決定娛樂形式

A common misconception was that in the late 1970s, the reason that the dominant form of

一個常見的誤解是，在晚期 20世紀70年代，主要形式的原因是。

home video became VHS over Betamax was that companies like Sony refused to let porn be

家庭視頻成為VHS比Betamax的是，。 索尼等公司拒絕讓色情片成為

released on its format.

在其格式上發佈。

Later, during the late aughts, it also got people to assume that HD DVD would become

後來，在上世紀末，它還得到了。 人們認為HD DVD將成為

the dominant format over Blu-Ray because porn companies were supposed to go with the HD

的主導格式比藍光，因為色情 公司本應與HD

DVD format.

DVD格式。

But not only was that wrong in the more recent case, it was wrong back in the 1970s as well.

但是，不僅在最近的較量中，這種說法是錯誤的。 的情況下，在上世紀70年代也是錯誤的。

For starters, Sony did allow their format to be used for pornography, most prominently

首先，索尼確實允許他們的格式 用於色情，其中最突出的是：

Playboy entertainment.

花花公子娛樂。

The thing that really decided the issue was the relative costs of the formats, not some

真正決定這個問題的是 格式的相對成本，而不是一些

embargo against pornography on Sony's part.

索尼方面對色情製品的禁運。

3.

3.

Flexible Sexual Interests

靈活的性趣

Among the aforementioned growing number of heterosexual women that will admit they consume

在上述越來越多的。 願意承認自己消費的異性戀女性。

pornography, there's a curious trend.

色情，有一種奇怪的趨勢。

You'd probably expect them to want to see heterosexual sex most often, or maybe watch

你可能希望他們想看到的是 異性性行為最常見，或者可能觀看

homosexual male acts and imagine themselves being in the room with them.

同志男性行為和想象自己 在房間裡與他們。

Instead, the most popular smut among straight women is lesbian porn, according to the prominent

反而是直男中最受歡迎的smut 婦女是女同性戀色情，根據著名的。

site Pornhub, with gay male erotica coming in second.

色情網站 在第二位。

Heterosexual porn that is meant to appeal to women isn't even in the top three.

旨在吸引異性的色情片 到女性甚至不在前三。

The reason seemingly boils down to heterosexual porn being designed for the heterosexual male

原因似乎歸結為異性戀 為異性戀男性設計的色情片

fantasy (since men comprise two thirds of the customer base), so there tends not to

幻想（因為男人佔了三分之二）。 客戶群)，所以往往不會有

be much foreplay, and body standards for male stars are much lower.

前戲多，男性的身體標準也多 星級要低很多。

Others have tried to go the other way with this and claim it's evidence that far more

其他人則試圖用另一種方式 並聲稱這是更多的證據。

women are bisexual than you might expect.

女性是雙性戀，比你想象的要多。

In fact, the University of Essex claimed that 82% of the 235 women in a study were aroused

事實上，埃塞克斯大學宣稱。 在一項研究中，235名婦女中有82%的人被喚醒；

by lesbian porn as well, although that data is fairly dubious since the criteria for whether

由女同性戀色情，雖然該數據。 是相當值得懷疑的，因為標準是否是

women were aroused was whether or not their pupils dilated.

婦女被喚醒的原因是她們的性慾是否被激發。 瞳孔放大。

2.

2.

Technical Innovations

技術創新

Because there's already so much porn out there, producers of the stuff are increasingly

因為已經有這麼多色情片了 在那裡，東西的生產者越來越

turning to novelty equipment to try to stay ahead of the curve.

轉向新奇的設備，以嘗試保持 領先於形勢。

For example, in 2014 the GoPro camera usually used for filming sporting events from a supposed

例如，在2014年，GoPro相機通常是 鏡頭前

first person perspective was being used for porn, though the company refused to comment

第一人稱視角被用於 黃片，不過該公司拒絕評論

on this.

關於這一點。

There were issues with the equipment, like if the shooting angles are wrong the fish-eye

設備存在一些問題，比如 角度不對，魚目混珠

lens on GoPro cameras will often exaggerate anatomy until it looks ridiculous.

GoPro相機上的鏡頭往往會誇大。 解剖學，直到它看起來很荒謬。

On the opposite end of the spectrum, drones were used by Brooklyn director Brandon LaGanke

在相反的一端，無人機 由布魯克林導演布蘭登-拉甘克使用。

to make some porn in 2014, as he filmed people having sex outdoors.

在2014年拍了一些色情片，因為他拍了人 在戶外做愛。

Presumably with their permission, of course.

當然，大概是經過他們的允許。

LaGanke claimed he was making the porn not for arousal but to make a point about the

LaGanke聲稱他是在拍色情片而不是 為了喚起人們的興趣，但要說明的是

military use of drones and the way technology like that is being used to invade privacy.

無人機的軍事用途和技術的發展方式 像這樣被用來侵犯隱私的。

Speaking of ambitious porn…

說到野心勃勃的色情...

1.

1.

Most Expensive Adult Movie

最貴的成人電影

Obviously, porn is associated with a lack of production value and acting skill.

很明顯，色情是與缺乏 的產值和演技。

When you have a form of entertainment where someone talking into a webcam can be highly

當你有一種娛樂形式，其中 對著攝像頭說話的人可能是高度

lucrative, spending time on lighting, sets, and getting a professional performance can

利潤豐厚，花時間在燈光、佈景。 並獲得專業的表現可以

only seem gratuitous, if not pretentious.

如果不是矯揉造作，也只會顯得無禮。

We're not exactly watching for the story, after all.

我們不完全是在看故事。 畢竟

Still, in 2005 that didn't stop the production company Digital Playground from deciding to

不過，在2005年，這並沒有阻止生產的腳步 公司數字遊樂場從決定

set a pretty impractical record by spending one million dollars on a parody of Pirates

創下了一個不切實際的記錄，花 一百萬美元用於模仿《海盜》。

of the Caribbean that, for mainstream release, was just called Pirates.

的加勒比地區，為主流發行。 只是叫海盜。

Apparently spending more than six times what even a very high end porno would have cost

顯然，花費超過6倍的 一部高級，上等A片也要花錢

at the time managed to pay off anyway and by 2008, the same company decided to make

當時還是設法償還了，而且 到了2008年，同一家公司決定讓

a sequel with the subtitle Stagnetti's Revenge, which cost eight million dollars.

一部副標題為《Stagnetti的復仇》的續集。 花了八百萬美元。

To help put into context how expensive that was, it topped the budget of the 1996 film

為了幫助說明這有多貴 是，它的預算超過了1996年的電影。

classic Fargo by a million dollars.

經典的法戈一百萬美元。

Unless someone really splurges on one of their webcam shows, that seems like a record that

除非有人真的花錢購買他們的一個 網絡攝像頭顯示，這似乎是一個記錄，即

will last forever.

將永遠持續下去。