The way I see current porn industry, I find it horribly tasteless and becoming more and more disgustingly extreme. The women in the industry are encouraged to do more and more extreme acts (anal, hardcore, *****, etc.). I absolutely ***** that trend, and loath people who get their kicks off from watching women *****, violated, *****, tormented... (real or simulated).
I'm with you on that one, but I think that the current crisis will only exacerbate the trend. The businesses that push the boundaries of good taste and taboos will have a wider pool of willing models to choose from. Some businesses won't survive for economic reasons, but new ones will take their place, if there's a market for it. The virus and its economic impact won't affect people's desire to see women *****. Many people would regard our taste for vids of striptease and masturbation as *****.
One thing that would affect it is widespread state intervention, primarily in the area of universal basic income. Performers would then have the freedom to choose not to work for the most extreme sites.
Another possibility is state censorship for the moral wellbeing of the populus (i.e. everybody except the patriarchs), or for the avoidance of exploitation of vulnerable women. Proponents of this sort of stuff (nannies) forget that the vulnerability is caused by iniquitous state policies and religion as a tool of repression, all to preserve the hierarchy.
Or maybe fashion will swing against extreme porn and the women will rebel as you suggest.
But I don't see any evidence of any of these ideas becoming mainstream, even during pandemic times. Vested interests like the media and banks will resist it, public opinion will follow and politicians, including the populists, will ***** the voters.
The important thing is to resist the extreme becoming the new normal. Avoid women becoming victims of exploitation, rather than being performers revered and celebrated by those of use who pay them to entertain. Avoid businesses that exploit male powerlessness and frustration. We may not be able to resist some widening of the envelope of what's available in times of economic trouble, but at least we can avoid supporting businesses that ***** and degrade people, physically or mentally.
