Asa Akira doesn’t want your teenager learning about sex from her videos any more than you do. The industry titan understands the concerns about minors looking at porn, but she doesn’t think it’s a problem for her industry to solve. 🔗 www.wired.com/story/pornhu... - ThreadSky | a Reddit-style client for Bluesky

wired.com • 14 days ago

Asa Akira doesn’t want your teenager learning about sex from her videos any more than you do.

The industry titan understands the concerns about minors looking at porn, but she doesn’t think it’s a problem for her industry to solve.

🔗 https://www.wired.com/story/pornhub-awards/

Comments

wired.com•14 days ago

More so, she thinks it’s a societal issue that should be addressed with more practical sex education.

“If we had better sex ed, young people would not look to porn as education, just like they don't look to a movie to learn how to act in the world.”

peterdavieson.bsky.social•14 days ago

'just like they don't look to a movie to learn how to act in the world' ..

.. are you sure they don't do that?

woollahra.bsky.social•14 days ago

What people indulge in behind drawn curtains is none of our business as long as all involved are informed, willing, and practicing safe sex at the points of contact.

wired.com•14 days ago

Last week, Arizona’s House of Representatives passed a bill requiring adult sites to verify users are 18+. If signed, it’ll be the 21st state to do so since Louisiana kicked things off in 2022. Instead of adding ID checks, Pornhub has pulled content in at least 17 of them.

wired.com•14 days ago

Pornhub VP Alex Kekesi says traffic in Louisiana dropped 80% after adding age checks, as users didn’t want to share their IDs. While Kekesi says Pornhub is in favor of preventing minors from watching porn, the company doesn’t believe these bans are the right way to go about it.

wired.com•14 days ago

Still, Pornhub remains one of the world’s top sites, showing that porn—controversial or not—is deeply mainstream.

Read the full WIRED story from a day in LA with Akira and several of Pornhub’s other biggest stars as they attended the awards show: https://www.wired.com/story/pornhub-awards/

tanalam.bsky.social•14 days ago

VPNs lol. Appreciate the thoughtfulness of the folks you interviewed. Very smart and have morals and ethics - much more than any of our politicians.

cybirr.bsky.social•14 days ago

Yeah! I mean, a friend… told me about VPN’s and porn…

dachshuahuadad.bsky.social•14 days ago

You shouldn't need to work around antiquated religious content bans in the first place

Your bronze age mythology is not my law

godlessatheist.bsky.social•14 days ago

“just like they don't look to a movie to learn how to act in the world” So she’s not really a cultural anthropologist or a cinema theorist.

differance.bsky.social•14 days ago

I submit that a carefully curated and annotated Pornhub playlist would make better sex ed than anything currently being done in American schools.

stewardn.bsky.social•14 days ago

what lol

jizzwiz.bsky.social•14 days ago

I...don't think kids watch porn for "education" lmao.

catfrills.bsky.social•14 days ago

Oh, everyone gets their sex ed from porn subconsciously because there is no alternative.

jizzwiz.bsky.social•14 days ago

I think that depends on where you live? I grew up with a decent sex education but I get that others do not.

But fair enough, I guess?

catfrills.bsky.social•14 days ago

Yeah I didn't know there were places with sex ed, glad you got some education.

stahlfrau.bsky.social•14 days ago

that's the effect it ends up having if they don't have a better source of knowledge about sex and sexuality

jizzwiz.bsky.social•14 days ago

I understand that. I'm just...making a joke?

stahlfrau.bsky.social•14 days ago

Sorry, it's impossible to be sure these days.

oceandaddy.bsky.social•14 days ago

This article just hit the surface of several big issues (porn economy, trans acceptance, ageism, religion in politics, etc.) Looking forward to more in depth coverage of any of those topics in the adult industry.

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henrythedog.bsky.social•14 days ago

we can't educate teens about porn (ie its not real, real sex will be different) if we keep pretending teens never watch porn, if we can't educate them they'll keep getting their sex ed from sex entertainment, and trying to ban it will just push teens on the gray market, which is very bad.