Porn Goes Mainstream

When exactly did pornography become a mainstream product? A scant few years ago, porn was the elephant in America’s bedroom: constantly present, but rarely, if ever, spoken of in polite society. Today, the porn industry is crossing over with mainstream Hollywood like never before, and no one is blinking an eye. What’s changed? Well, “the adult-film industry is bigger than ever, making some 6,000 movies a year and grossing more than $4 billion – roughly as much as the National Football League. Money like that attracts other business people.”