Adult Industry and Society: Rights, Ethics, and Regulation
A 60-minute session on how adult life is handled in public and in private: the song at the wedding, the chemist's counter, the hotel front desk, the bold reel, the chatbot that always replies and the job offer you'd hesitate to explain. Who gets to set the rules, who gets judged for breaking them, and whether the gap between what we say and what we do is hypocrisy or just being human. Twelve independent cards, framed around everyday life and nothing graphic. Open three or four.
The opening question
On anything to do with sex and adult content, which is truer for you: you're more open than your parents, about the same as them, or more old-fashioned than people would guess?
Everyone in the room answers this in one line before any card is opened. Write the answers down; you will come back to them.
The cards
12 ways into the topic
Each card is independent. Your group votes on which to open, and four or five is plenty for an hour. Behind every card sit three prompts, one at a time, that only appear once it is opened on the board. Unopened cards keep for next time.
- 1
Double Meaning Songs At Weddings
At a cousin's wedding, the DJ plays a song with very naughty lyrics. The kids scream the words.
- 2
Kids Dancing To Item Songs
At the school annual day, a group of eight-year-olds performs to a famous item song, moves and all. The parents film it and cheer.
- 3
Buying Condoms At The Chemist
You walk into the chemist. There's a queue, an uncle you half-know, and a shopkeeper who talks loudly. You walk out with cough syrup instead.
- 4
Hotel Rooms For Unmarried Couples
Two adults, together for years, book a hotel room. At the desk, they're asked to prove they're married. They can't, so they're turned away.
- 5
Bold Reels On Instagram
A girl from your neighbourhood posts dance reels in short outfits. She has thousands of followers and earns real money. Her relatives are horrified.
- 6
Liking Bold Photos Online
Your partner is scrolling Instagram in bed. You notice they've liked a stranger's very bold photo. They say it's nothing, just a tap.
- 7
When Women Watch Too
Friends are joking about adult videos, assuming only the men watch. Then a woman calmly says she does too, and the room goes quiet.
- 8
Getting Hooked On Adult Content
A young man confides that he watches adult videos every night. He wants to stop and can't. His friends laugh and say everyone does it.
- 9
AI Girlfriends And Boyfriends
A lonely young man chats every evening with an AI girlfriend on his phone. She remembers everything, never argues, and is always there.
- 10
A Job At An Adult Website
You get a job offer: great salary, friendly team, ordinary office work. The catch is the company runs an adult website.
- 11
Are Viewers Responsible Too
Millions of people watch free adult videos online. Almost nobody stops to wonder who's in them, whether they agreed, or whether they were paid.
- 12
Public Morals, Private Habits
The relative who complains loudest about vulgar films is sometimes the one watching them late at night. Everyone suspects it. Nobody says it.
The line to leave with
Which of your rules about adult life would you still keep if you knew for certain that nobody, not even your family, would ever find out?
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