While pornography was available years ago, it was difficult to get. A person had to go to the bad part of town and risk being seen going into an X-rated theater. Today, however, a person can find pornography at the gas station, on TV, on the Internet, and even on cell phones and iPods.
Porn has fully entered the mainstream, and is now being peddled by hotel chains, cable companies, telecommunications companies, record companies and even clothing and sporting goods stores. Some pornography companies are even publicly traded on the stock market.
Citizen pressure has convinced some of the mainstream companies, sometimes referred to as "white collar pornographers," to drop their holdings in porn, but many companies continue. Surprisingly, national hotel chains are now among the largest porn distributors in the land through their in-room pornographic offerings. To counter this, a Web site was launched to direct morally minded travelers to porn-free alternatives. Visit www.cleanhotels.com to learn more.
