Catering to public demand for more information, media outlets like MTV News are increasingly turning to Dr. Chauntelle as one of the leading experts on the adult industry. In addition to sharing observations derived from extensive research behind the scenes, Dr. Chauntelle’s experiences with the business of porn are available her upcoming book, Exposure: A Sociologist Explores Sex, Society, and Adult Entertainment. The book is available for pre-order exclusively through Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
“There’s all kinds of things porn does that’s good for society, but no one wants to talk about that,” Dr. Chauntelle said in the MTV.com article. “Porn has a deck stacked against it,” she expanded, providing examples of other social-sexual issues people struggle with. “Women’s sexuality is something we struggle with. Wild and crazy sexuality is something we struggle with.”
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In the article, Dr. Chauntelle took issue with efforts to restrict or curtail porn for political purposes: “If you limit people’s ability to safely create it, legally and within a community that has checks and balances,” she said, “that brings so much danger and so many problems for the workers in the industry and the consumers who want to see it. Right now when people watch porn legally made, they know that they’re watching consensual sex on a safe set run by professionals.”
Echoing themes from her upcoming book, Exposure, Dr. Chauntelle explains some of the myths and misconceptions facing the adult industry today.
“There are carvings and chalk drawings in caves on the other side of the planet of people in different sex positions. Us wanting to visually represent sex has been around since humans have been around,” she said.
Delving deep into the shadowed world of adult entertainment, Exposure: A Sociologist Explores Sex, Society, and Adult Entertainment offers intriguing insight into Dr. Chauntelle’s explorations of porn. She recounts humorous personal tales at her first adult industry trade convention, reflects on being an AVN Awards judge, and discusses her struggles as a scholar interested in learning more about adult entertainment. She shares her perspectives, as well as gained knowledge within the industry, in a balanced and accessible way.
Exposure will be available to purchase July 7, 2015. To pre-order the book, click here.
