Pornographication and heterosexualisation in public space

The fragmenting and blurring of pornography into popular culture has been a visible trend for almost two decades, but only limited work exists on how it manifests in public space. In this chapter, we re-theorise the trend of pornographication as a twin process with heterosexualisation. Using examples from outdoor advertising, architecture, and the visibility of sex industry businesses, we bring our analysis together through the concept of ‘the prostitution of sexuality’, which provides a frame for recognising the male sex-right in public space; how it makes places hostile to women, and how it maintains women’s inequality in the public sphere.