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The "ick" factor, in these cases has more to do with the popularizing or the mainstreaming of these acts. 30, 40, 50 and many more years ago, gays were still having sex. It just wasn't talked about in "polite" society and certainly not in the media (such as it was in those days).
I feel that things like anal sex, blow jobs and other more kinky sexual pursuits are a direct result of easier access to porn. Throughout the 70s, as the laws softened in the US, porn became much easier to consume. As a result, men were seeing images of blow jobs in films like Deep Throat and the like. As the 80s rolled around, so did the use of the VCR and the 90s brought the greatest access to porn, the Internet.
With the advent of the Internet as a form of distribution people, like never before, have gained access to porn. This access has introduced them to greater and wilder sexual practices. It has, if not normalized, at least increased the understanding of these acts.
Will this greater access break through the "ick factor" for things like pedophilia, necrophilia and beastiality? To some extent yes. There were always people out there who were into these things. The Internet gives fuel to their fantasies and let's them "meet" others who share their interests.
Will these things end up being mainstreamed as a result? I don't think so. Most of these are *very* icky, to continue to use the euphemism. Unless there is a greater shift in morality in general and taste in specific, I don't see it happening. Previous shifts, have happened mostly, as others have pointed out, due to the activities occuring between consenting adults. Pedophilia, necrophilia and beastiality are not between consenting adults.
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