Why do you say that lads mags are part of the porn industry?
Links to hardcore pornography and prostitution are made explicit in the pages of ads at the back of every lads’ mag and essentially the entire content of The Sport (which comprises thousands of ads for hard core porn, sex chat, masseurs and escorts). But even without these direct links, the purpose of lads’ mags and papers like the Sport is to sexually stimulate male readers by turning women into sexual objects who are always sexually available and who represent the ‘porn dream’. Lads’ mags also publish articles specifically about pornography. For example, in 2006 Zoo published an A – Z of pornography which included wrapping your girlfriend in cling film and defecating on her. It also included lots of references to women as the ‘B’ word with advice on how to deal with your ‘B’ if she doesn’t comply. It is clear that these publications are part of the sex and porn industries and they should be recognised and regulated as such to take into account the harmful effect that they have on how
