Porn and Disability
| 09:47 UK time, Wednesday, 14 April 2010
Hi it's Sarah posting for the first time on the blog. I spotted this story this morning and thought it might interest you.
A porn magazine, called , has been launched in Canada specifically for the blind.
The magazine's creator, Lisa Murphy, says she is filling the gap in the market because the 'blind have been left out in a culture saturated with sexual images'.
Tactile Minds has been labelled a by one store stocking it in Canada.
This story is being shared all over the place right now, with some of you finding the idea quite entertaining.
Kambai75 tweeted a this suggestion, 'I wish they'd call the pornographic magazine, "Sexual Feeling" while SteveHills says 'Now that's what I call filling a niche market!'
Some of you are not so keen on the idea though. Connorwalsh tweets 'This reminds us how much pornography is about exploiting its consumers.'
Also, at $230 per copy, the is questioning the high price of the magazine.
But says in spite of the price, the magazine has the potential to make real money.
Perhaps it's not for us to comment at all. fOrTyLeGz tweets, 'NPR had a blind man on talking about the porn. He said it was ridiculous and not sexy. The nonblind don't get blindness, he said.'
So, what do you think of this magazine?
