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I would say that while people are generally able to differentiate between reality and fantasy, their is often a lot of smudging around the edges. I'd suggest it's because people don't want reality or it's that fantasy is a powerful thing that can influence on levels that we not always conscious about.
I think there is something to be said for some of what was posited in the article. Just as trends, needs and wants can be manufactured on Madison Avenue so too, it is possible to extrapolate, can sexual trends, needs and wants be manufactured in the San Fernando Valley.
As the article points out, it was not all that long ago that anal sex and facials were exceedingly rare in everyday sex. Now they are as mainstream as missionary. It wasn't long ago that a hairy pussy was the norm. Today, if a woman doesn't shave it bare, or at least keep it very trimmed, she is deemed to be a hairy monster. I didn't see this trend start to happen until I started seeing it in porn.
I am not making a judgment on this. I like all of these things. I am simply pointing out the correlation between porn and the mainstreaming of certain sexual acts and trends.
I would suggest that just as body image is mass marketed by Madison Avenue, so too has our sexual image been shaped and marketed by the San Fernando Valley.
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