History of Feminism
In reply to the discussion: Pornography is more popular in red states. Why is that? [View all]patrice
(47,992 posts)people who have come together to live there are authoritarians, i.e. persons who prefer/need mostly external locii of control, then the power of physical interaction between a man and a woman, caused by an external factor, could also ergo be seen as yet another power, another form of control, and under the right circumstance, more often than not, resented and feared.
If any of that is valid, such persons would seek some way of distancing themselves from the power/control source, especially when said source is as unpredictable as their mutual misunderstandings make them to be.
Pornography could provide a safe, or at least uncomplicated, substitute for the real thing if the real thing, women, cause you not only fear and resentment, but also trouble your whole externalized authoritarian world-view.