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I wouldn't equate prostitution with porn production. Prostitution implies an exchange of money. Porn can be produced without money.
In the same work by Engels that you are referencing, he is writing about abolition of the family unit. He says that the family unit and monogamy exists because women are dependent on men under patriarchy and monogamy gives men power over women. Engels says that without patriarchy, children will be raised by the community rather than by individual families.
Engels says that without the confines of monogamous marriage and the family unit, with women having equal footing in society, people are free to have sex for the purpose of love. I wouldn't say that people are limited to having sex for the purpose of love. It also doesn't mention filming the sex. It's also very heteronormative, but that is something else. The point of Engel's writing is that he's saying ending the family unit will give people, particularly women, more sexual freedom. It's not about enforcing heterosexuality or monogamy or limiting sex.
Editting my post to say that it's very weird that you think the word "cuckold" is related to porn. Engels used the word cuckold in the writing to describe an abusive husband whose wife decided to cheat on him. Not related to porn at all. Engels just sort of implies that adultery will be less likely in the future because women will have economic independence, leave men instead of cheating.
That's why I mention it. Wouldn't there be a lot less women getting into porn if they were economically independent?
Engels says in the conclusion of the writing that we don't really know what sex will look like after the end of capitalism and I think I agree. He says that after men stop paying for sex and woman are able to choose a sexual partner for reasons other than economic dependence, then there will be more sexual freedom. "they will care precious little what anybody today thinks they ought to do; they will make their own practice" He says that the new sexual freedom will create new sexual practices.
I think we can't really say whether it will lead to more or less pornography. Maybe without economic pressures of capitalism, people will feel more free to create pornography for pleasure. Maybe without social stigma against sex, people will feel that they can create pornography without being socially outcast. Currently many people film themselves doing sexual acts for the purposes of "sexting". In the future, people will invent new ways of doing sexual acts that we do not currently understand. Just 2 generations ago, sexting was an unimaginable concept, 2 generations from now will have sexual norms that we don't understand currently. However, I don't think people will stop filming sexual acts.
Solid analysis. Thanks for this exchange.