February 13, 2009

Porn-Culture Antidote: A Slow-Sex Movement?

To the Editor:

Porn and the commodification of sex are unsatisfying when we allow them to substitute for the real thing. As I read Meenakshi Gigi Durham's essay ("X-Rated America," The Chronicle Review, January 9), I substituted "food" for "sex" and saw a possible way through the porn culture. Durham writes, "But in a culture where pornography is becoming the only script we have for sex, what constitutes sexual health? Pornography is designed to generate profits." In the same way, the