Let’s Talk About Porn

Hot Scientists In Your Area Are Looking for You! From sexy MILFs to slutty schoolgirls, plumbers to pizza delivery boys, pornography is full of social stereotypes. But why? Do these stereotypes evoke pleasure? Is this pleasure universal? And what is the relationship between explicit content and our own views on sexuality?

During this evening full of stimulating conversations, discussions and experiments, we will delve into these questions together with researchers from the PORN-TYPES project and porn actors:

Samira van Bohemen, leader of the project, will tell all about pornographic stereotypes. Why do they exist, and why is it important to do scientific research on pornography?

Live experiments: Researcher Lena van de Lande will talk about the Pornfession Booth, in which visitors to this year's Lowlands festival secretly shared their porn preferences. In addition, Michael Giffin will present the 'Sexperiment' that was performed at the festival, which shows how sexual stereotypes manifest themselves in our bodies.

Porn actors Esluna Love and Marvin will give insights from the production side of pornography. How do they experience the industry and its demands?

Olga Lyashevska of the Netherlands eScience Center reveals the statistics behind porn use. Spotify Wrapped, but for sites like PornHub. What do the metadata of these online web pages reveal about porn use and stereotypes within pornography?

This event is organised by Studium Generale in collaboration with the Erasmus Love Lab and the Student Wellbeing Week.