Why studying porn is like taking a cold shower | Eva Wiseman

There is an ever-growing number of reports and studies on pornography. But is this obsession just another way of consuming it?It is almost impossible to talk about pornography without wading into a swamp of controversy. Facts are not neutral, the politics are contradictory and, if you suspend judgment altogether, it often reads as silently taking a side. And still, we try. Good old us.Last month’s Goop was The Sex Issue. If you browsed through pieces on the ethics of porn and one titled &l