Hear Me Out: Less Porn, More Sex Tapes

Published: Aug. 1, 2023, 7:03 a.m.

b'On today\\u2019s episode of Hear Me Out\\u2026 let\\u2019s get it on.\\xa0\\n\\nWhether you watch porn or not \\u2014 admit it, or not \\u2014 adult entertainment shapes the way we think about sex, gender, and power.\\xa0\\n\\nOur guest today argues that porn is an industry, but it\\u2019s also a genre, and it\\u2019s much closer to fantasy than it is to reality. But if we abandoned porn and replaced it with watching real people have real sex, we might not just shake off taboos; we might also become better lovers, and better people, too.\\xa0\\n\\nCindy Gallop, CEO of MakeLoveNotPorn, joins us.\\n\\nIf you have thoughts you want to share, or an idea for a topic we should tackle, you can email the show: hearmeout@slate.com\\n\\nPodcast production by Maura Currie\\n\\nYou can skip all the ads in Hear Me Out by joining Slate Plus. Sign up now at slate.com/hearmeoutplus for just $15 a month\\xa0for your first three months.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'