From eSex to eCommerce

First of all I would like to say, 57 billion dollars revenue world wide is made by the sex industry- that is an enormous amount. I suppose if you look at Hugh Hefner he is certainly doing well for himself (smart man). This Industry is certainly not suffering from the recession, looks like people are still spending money on porn even if they do not have money for their bills! I think this is a crazy amount for something which is not totally accepted by society.

From the statistics I have read there are many negative effects of internet pornography. The fact that 3 billion dollars is spent on child porn annually makes me feel a little bit sick. It seems that it is very easily accessed on the internet which is a horrible thing. To think that there are people out there who would spend money on that type of stuff is unbelievable, this is when pornography becomes completely seedy and dangerous. You never really know who is out there and who could be looking at your pictures. I would have thought that these people could be tracked with Geo location software or some type of software, but obviously we are not advanced enough.

I also cannot believe that 20% of men and 13% of women watch porn in work! Have they not got jobs to do?! I think they deserve to get caught if they are going to be doing that in work, around their colleagues and bosses. I just do not know how something like this would even be on their mind at work, maybe when they are at home but work is somewhere the atmosphere is usually serious and also generally you are surrounded by people. But I do accept that there is a huge industry out there for pornography and I think it is acceptable if it is kept somewhat 'innocent' and if child pornography is prevented. I'm not sure I agree with the statement that people have porn addictions but maybe you have to see it to believe it.

On a positive note I think that what internet porn has done to advance the internet is incredible! Video streaming, iplayer, live chat, payment systems, subscriptions, security, advertising with no seed capital, video conferencing, Geo location software, adult check age verification, web analysis software and affiliated networks. These are big innovations for the internet and I think it is great because we all use these technologies on a regular basis and I would never have thought they came from the porn industry. Without many of these technologies we could not have half of the websites we use regularly. Without payment systems there would be no online shopping, without security our computers could be full of viruses and without video streaming I could not watch any of my favorite programs before they are released in Ireland! So we should also be thankful for the internet sex industry. I think many people out there are not aware of these advances either and many of them are still afraid to talk about this industry openly or even accept it.

I wanted to mention the series Sex and the City. This show is also full of pornography and sex but it is shown on regular television channel and is accepted more than internet porn. It was so successful that 2 movies were made. I wonder why this sort of program is acceptable and seen as normal but internet porn is still not 100% accepted around the world. I think people still do not like to admit that they watch porn. But it is clear from the sex industry revenues that many many people do. I always thought it was just men who watched porn but obviously they are just the only ones who will admit it!