How does porn inspire both technology and art? Is there a clear science behind deciding the difference between porn and art? Do you want to be a porn inspector when you grow up?

These questions and more in the 16 May 2013 edition of ‘Sex in the Press’, which embraces the tech without forgetting the ways of the flesh.

Does porn cause rape? Was Anne Frank a pornographer? Perhaps a new academic journal dedicated to ‘Porn Studs’ will be able to answer such questions…

These news flashes and more in the 9 May 2013 edition of ‘Sex in the Press’, which seeks the balance between the hysterical and the lyrical.

So there’s a raging debate about pornography all over India these days.

It’s always been in our consciousness but it took two potbellied right wing politicos to put good old porn in the spotlight. There are two extreme camps slugging it out. Either you sat up till midnight yesterday to see Poonam Pandey reveal her topless pic on Twitter. Or you sat up all night staring at it.

“I really find reading erotic literature engaging,” says Leena. “Shhh, don’t say it out loud, but it’s almost addictive.”

Leena calls herself a ‘book worm’. Her room’s always littered with books – on the shelves, on the floor, everywhere. However she is wary of exhibiting her erotica collection eventhough around the world millions of people find it pleasurable to read erotica.

Last week it emerged that model/actress Sherlyn Chopra will become the first Indian to be featured on the cover of Playboy magazine.

People began lashing out at Sherlyn on social media sites. An Indian woman? Nude? In a dirty magazine? Shame, shame! But for me, these are just hypocritical moral judgments on a woman just doing her job.

Q: I’ve been living with my boyfriend for two years and I’ve just discovered that he still watches porn and also masturbates.

Our sex life is certainly not as exciting as when we first got together but I don’t see that as an excuse. These activities make me feel both cheated and unwanted. What should I do? Should I confront him? Richa Mehra, Bangalore

During my teenage years, I was the only 'single' guy in the class, jealous of everyone else.

When I finished school, I never thought I’d ever see those guys again. I still fantasised about all the girls though. But then Facebook happened. And I got a whole new way to ignore the men and gawk at their women.

“When I first watched it, I never thought I'd like porn,” 24-year-old Seema says, admitting she now enjoys it on a regular basis.

Studies worldwide show that the market for female-oriented porn is on the rise. However, it will still be a while before the secrecy around this form of self-indulgence disappears, the Mumbai-based advertising professional says.

Q: I watch a lot of pornography and almost on a daily basis. I also indulge in online sex. Am I cheating?

I have never met my cybersex partner and I don’t wish to. But I like the online sexual relationship I share with her. Does this mean I’m being unfaithful to my wife? Santosh, Varanasi

The end of the Amsterdam peepshow is nigh. For those who like to ogle naked flesh, the internet is a lot handier.

A scantily-dressed or naked woman poses on a slowly-revolving platform. Customers pay to peer in through a peephole. For decades peepshows were crowd-pullers in Amsterdam’s Red Light district, but today there's just one left.