Article note: It's such a good (fictional) example.
It's also such a classic "almost no one checked the references, and the person who propagated it misunderstood what they read." scenario.
…it is also true that in modern times the term “pornography” connotes mediocrity, commercialism, and certain strict rules of narration. Obscenity must be mated with banality because every kind of aesthetic enjoyment has to be replaced by simple sexual stimulation which demands the traditional word for direct action on the patient.