A History of Porn

Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society

History Hit

Society, Sex, Scandal, Education, History

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

What did porn look like before the internet? Who was it for? And how has it changed since?

In this episode, Kate chats to Kathleen Lubey, a professor at St. John’s University and specialist in eighteenth-century literature. Kathleen talks us through the history of pornography … that is, the type of history that can’t be deleted.

*WARNING there are adult words and themes in this episode*

Produced by Charlotte Long and Sophie Gee. Mixed by Anisha Deva.

Betwixt the Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society. A podcast by History Hit.

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0:00.0	Hello my lovely betricksters, it's me Kate Lister, I am here with your fair do's warning.
0:06.1	Just in case you've wandered in by accident or if you've had a complete case of abnesia
0:09.4	and you've forgotten the kind of things that we talk about in this podcast, I have to warn
0:13.5	you.
0:14.5	So you can't get mad at us or me or anyone else because fair do's you have been warned.
0:18.8	So here we go, listen up.
0:20.6	This podcast contains adult themes spoken by adults in an adulty way, in an adult fashion
0:25.5	about adult things, two adults talking to other adults in an adulty way.
0:30.7	I think that's just about covered it.
0:32.2	Today we are talking about the history of porn.
0:34.9	This is your fair do's warning, if that's not for you, run, get out now while you still
0:39.1	can and for the rest of you who are only here to learn things.
0:43.3	Ah, I am ready if you are.
0:46.9	Porn, hmm, it's kind of ubiquitous in our modern society isn't it?
0:54.0	Because people worry about it, there's people watching it, there's people doing it.
0:58.1	It's just everywhere and no one can seem to come up with a reasonable answer to any of
1:03.1	this that keeps everybody happy.
1:04.9	Who should be watching it?
1:05.9	Who should not be watching it?
1:06.9	Where should you be watching it?
1:08.4	Who should be doing it?
1:09.4	What should be paying for it, etc, etc, etc?
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