I couldn't post to one of the children under you, so I'll post here, agreeing with you.

http://www.japanese-buddhism.com/giant-pink-penis-festival.h...

The Japanese have had a penis festival since the 1600's.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maypole#Scandinavia

"The central part played by young children in the celebration emphasize the procreation aspect of the celebration"

We've had celebrations and representations of sexuality throught history.

The Romans took to this a climax (pun intended)

http://www.mariamilani.com/ancient_rome/Ancient_Roman_Orgy.h...

Interesting thing is in most of these historical cases, there is a strong authoritarian push to stop these festivals to keep from corrupting people. This is the wheel of history coming around again.

Just because porn existed doesn't mean it was a "staple" of society. It would have been too expensive for the average person to afford.

Even 20 years ago porn was too expensive for the average person to afford very much of it.

What I meant is that porn is not a "thing" of Western societies alone, but something of all societies, I think it doesn't matter how much there is.

"Even 20 years ago porn was too expensive for the average person to afford very much of it."

They could afford it, they could not afford to hoard and stream it at will. The mechanics have not changed significantly, even as we spend more time searching for "novel" mp3s and video.

Do we have a "problem" with Netflix? Pandora? I spend constant (wasted) hours cataloging and retagging my music collection.

Saying it's a staple of Western society is not saying it's not a staple of other societies.