Porn in theory I have zero issues with, sex work is work. My issue is the content and the fact it’s not well regulated.
Content… there’s so much choking, violence, verbal abuse and sexual assault/incest. What really concerns me is I’ve never seen a film where they discuss boundaries and safewords at the start. It takes under a minute! “I’m so horny! Just fyi I don’t do ABC but love DEF. Safeword is pineapple. What about you?” Choking is a known danger flag in DA and its being normalised in porn with no safety net.
Then there’s the type of sex. People are fetishised a lot (“exotic”, trans etc) which is dangerous. Anal is everywhere, and IME a lot of young people think they HAVE to do it. So much porn is the man jack hammering away and I’ve NEVER known a woman that’s liked that start to finish in sex. Shaved or at least styled vaginas are expected, and theres rarely condoms. What kind of ideas are young people getting about what’s normal in sex?
The industry isn’t well regulated. You regularly see videos where people look at best uncomfortable, and they’re often really young. There’s a lot of abuse in the industry and it’s really not ok.
I do wonder, if it wasn’t young women at risk, would there be more action?
Really depends on the genre and the watcher. I think for more kink focused stuff, having that included could definitely make it hotter sometimes, for me anyway. I don’t know how good of a litmus I am for that, but there’s probably at least some level of commonality there
By the way, the BDSM porn from kink.com is usually prefaced with an interview where the actors discuss bounderies, limits, safewords, turn ons, etc. And at the end they debrief on the scene. Other sites seem to copy that format as well. It’s very nice. And with their behind-the-scenes site behindkink.com you can get even more insights, like a supercut of this big angry fearsome dom guy checking in with the sub after every cut to see if she’s really doing ok.
It’s only sad that you seldome get to see those interviews on the free sites that are basically just ads for the paid sites.
It’s really not offputting but rather a great insight into the actors and their chemistry and sets the mood. @guy@pixelfed.social
Porn in theory I have zero issues with, sex work is work. My issue is the content and the fact it’s not well regulated.
Content… there’s so much choking, violence, verbal abuse and sexual assault/incest. What really concerns me is I’ve never seen a film where they discuss boundaries and safewords at the start. It takes under a minute! “I’m so horny! Just fyi I don’t do ABC but love DEF. Safeword is pineapple. What about you?” Choking is a known danger flag in DA and its being normalised in porn with no safety net.
Then there’s the type of sex. People are fetishised a lot (“exotic”, trans etc) which is dangerous. Anal is everywhere, and IME a lot of young people think they HAVE to do it. So much porn is the man jack hammering away and I’ve NEVER known a woman that’s liked that start to finish in sex. Shaved or at least styled vaginas are expected, and theres rarely condoms. What kind of ideas are young people getting about what’s normal in sex?
The industry isn’t well regulated. You regularly see videos where people look at best uncomfortable, and they’re often really young. There’s a lot of abuse in the industry and it’s really not ok.
I do wonder, if it wasn’t young women at risk, would there be more action?
Good post! But damn, having the start of a porno beginning with a discussion about safewords and boundaries would probably be severely off putting
Really depends on the genre and the watcher. I think for more kink focused stuff, having that included could definitely make it hotter sometimes, for me anyway. I don’t know how good of a litmus I am for that, but there’s probably at least some level of commonality there
By the way, the BDSM porn from kink.com is usually prefaced with an interview where the actors discuss bounderies, limits, safewords, turn ons, etc. And at the end they debrief on the scene. Other sites seem to copy that format as well. It’s very nice. And with their behind-the-scenes site behindkink.com you can get even more insights, like a supercut of this big angry fearsome dom guy checking in with the sub after every cut to see if she’s really doing ok.
It’s only sad that you seldome get to see those interviews on the free sites that are basically just ads for the paid sites.
It’s really not offputting but rather a great insight into the actors and their chemistry and sets the mood. @guy@pixelfed.social
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