Lynn Hunt points out that early modern "pornography" (18th century) is marked by a "preponderance of female narrators", that the women were portrayed as independent, determined, financially successful (though not always socially successful and recognized) and scornful of the new ideals of female virtue and domesticity, and not objectification of women's bodies as many view pornography today. The sexual revolution was not unprecedented in identifying sex as a site of political potential and social culture. It was suggested that the interchangeability of bodies within pornography had radical implications for the meaning of gender differences, roles and norms.
Lynn Hunt points out that early modern "pornography" (18th century) is marked by a "preponderance of female narrators" that the women were portrayed as independent determined financially successful (though not always socially successful and recognized) and scornful of the new ideals of female virtue and domesticity and not objectification of women's bodies as many view pornography today The sexual revolution was not unprecedented in identifying sex as a site of political potential and social culture It was suggested that the interchangeability of bodies within pornography had radical implications for the meaning of gender differences roles and norms