[lbo-talk] "War on porn" felt at Suicide Girls

Chuck0 chuck at mutualaid.org
Thu Sep 29 13:07:27 PDT 2005


Doug Henwood wrote:


> I know you're exaggerating for effect, but it's not even close.
>
> U.S. government revenues, 2005: $2.2 trillion
> Wal-Mart revenues, last 12 months: $298 billion
> porn industry, recent year: well under $10 billion
>
> Forbes ran the numbers on porn a few years ago
> <http://www.forbes.com/2001/05/25/0524porn.html>. Quoting the article:
> "Skepticism is in order, though, because as David Klatell, associate
> dean of the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism notes, '[Pornography]
> is an industry where they exaggerate the size of everything.' The fact
> is pornography, or 'adult entertainment,' is as marginal now as it ever
> was."

That's Forbes conclusion of 4 years ago, which is ancient history in Internet years.

I think Forbes is grossly underestimating the size of the porn industry, the sex trade, and the genre in general.

Forbes could use some Viagra.

Chuck



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