12 Ways Guys Got Their Porn Fix Before The Internet
Mizuka Ishiwatari
Published
05/06/2015
Porn wasn't as easily accessible in the 80s or 90s, but it didn't stop the guys from obtaining it.
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Finding an issue of Playboy, in the wooded area closest to one’s home. A place designed as a communal porn storage by the boys living nearby. -
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Nudity in mainstream movies. The rise of cable television and video rental played a big part here. Children of the ’80s were the first generation to have watched boobs on TV. -
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National Geographic. This magazine routinely featured photos of women in tropical climates where clothing was optional. -
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Going To A Porn Theater. -
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Phone Sex Hotlines. The late ’80s into the ’90s were a boom period for expensive pay by the call or pay by the call hotlines, usually with the “900” area code in the United States. -
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Nude Paintings. Like National Geographic, you could find this at school or a public library if you really worked at it. -
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The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. -
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Album Covers. -
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Renting porn on VHS. The 90s kids remember the no entry zones in some video tape rental stores. If you took a peak inside, you've learened what kinds of treasures were kept hidden in there. Shelves with VHS tapes, but they didn't have Arnold Schwarzenegger or Dulph Lundgren on the covers. They've had boobs. -
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Weird Video Games. -
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Newspapers. But only in the UK. In the United States, nudity is shunned, but in the UK, you can open up the newspaper to page 3 and see boobs. -
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Scramblevision. When cable TV was analog, you could get most channels through your TV’s tuner, but the premium channels were “scrambled” - you got a scrambled picture, but you did get the audio.
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