I thought this was a discussion worthy article. We all know, through camming, that many men have a homosexual side to them... this may shed some light on why male porn stars look the way they do.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor...fortable_.html
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I thought this was a discussion worthy article. We all know, through camming, that many men have a homosexual side to them... this may shed some light on why male porn stars look the way they do.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor...fortable_.html
Very interesting! Thanks for posting...
Sometimes I think that the prevalence of the "studly porn star man" as described in this article is fairly similar to the "barbie porn star" that used to be the only flavor of female in mainstream porn. As time goes by, there is a bigger range of women in porn - different shapes and sizes, different looks...producers and agents are realizing that not all men want all barbie, all the time.
I think that it is a slower transition for the male actors, but hopefully this is the beginning of a change in the right direction - with a similar range of looks and body types for male actors.
I think that there are a couple reasons why this is such a slower transition for male actors (to become more "realistic") and its a bit of a vicious circle. Porn is traditionally directed at men, because of the belief that women won't buy porn. Because it is directed at men, it is centered around cock sucking/pounding etc etc. So the vast majority of women who DO watch it, aren't really impressed, and don't buy it. And that reinforces the studio's belief that women don't buy porn, and so on. Again, I think that this is changing - there is a growing realization that women LOVE porn, just maybe want something a little different from it, and studios are starting to produce porn that women prefer.
As for the homophobia aspect - I'm not sure that this is really an issue. I think that it is more about a blank slate for a guy to project himself onto (also why you see a WHOLE lot of "perspective of the man" and almost no "perspective of the lady") combined with an assumption about what the natural counterpart of the stereotypical female porn star would be.
I can't wait for the day that porn does NOT have a beginning, end, and large central part of pure cock sucking. THAT is the day I will watch it. Until then, i much prefer lesbian porn.. no not the made by men, for men, with barbie dolls and their cringe worthy long fake nails that wouldn't go near a real woman's pussy, but real lesbian porn, made by women, FOR women! I also hate looking at the ugly, weedy men that seem to populate most mainstream porn films. I'd like to see some hot guys, maybe even sexy rocker types instead of those guys you just KNOW wouldn't pull in real life, hence why they do porn, ugh *shudders*
I'm all over lesbian porn too. Puting guys in porn just fucks it up. Seriously quality just DIES.
I think I wanna see more of this James deen guy!
LMAO
What a bunch of BS.
Porn industry choses men NOT by looks or muscles but by how the guy can perform no matter what the situation or who they have to work with. Failure to perform more than 3 times in a short period of time the guy no longer gets gigs.
Better looking the guy is, then more likely female performers will request them in shoots.
I know all the top guys they all vary in looks & races.
Producers give out jobs to males who steadily recruit new girls to be in the business. That is how it works.
It is almost impossible for a man to get a start in this biz. Then it takes a long time of networking with industry insiders to get steady gigs.
I wish they were all studly muscular hunks, but their not.
Smooches,
Sam
www.Samantha38g.com
I'm not into porn guys. I actually find the whole muscular white guy thing to be a turn off. I only watch it for the girl anyway. Lately I've been into black guys with white girls, Sasha Grey, Faye Reagan, Faye Reagan with her ex she used to exclusively fuck, Kayden Kross, and that's about it lol.
Ditto with Sam! Muscle men are not the norm.
Ya'll haven't seen James Deen (swoon!) He's a sexy skinny Jew, with a nice cock, best kisser ever, makes eye contact, is rough...oh so yummy. lol I love everything about this guy.
Anyway, I watch a lot of homemade porn. Or anything by Tristan Taormaro or "underground" porn. And Kink.com stuff. I like "real" people. "Real" reactions. I don't like the mainstream 'bimbo' i-moan-the-same-way-everytime-im-fucked porn. I have certain pornstars that I'm stuck on, both men and women. Dylan Ryan, Jizz Lee, Billy Castro, Mark Davis, Bobby Starr, Sasha, etc.
Mainstream society is starting to realize that woman don't want the stableboy to make "sweet-sweet love" to us anymore. Women like hardcore porn. Women like kink. Women like lesbian porn. Gimme some rough sex over HD kissing any day.
Idek, but James Deen is seriously sexy, and he can eat pussy really really well. Seeing any reference to him makes me melt on the inside. #justsayin
You know what was a great non porn scene? The one in the rain in "The Notebook". Fucking perfect mix of sweetness and raw passionate energy. Best sex scene ever. Just saying.
This James guy seems like a normal porn guy to me. I can't tell the difference. Just another cock looking to get off.
;)......
Okay, I've never even given half a fuck about male porn stars. Just looked up this guy though, and..I don't have words to describe...
Where do I sign up to do a scene with this guy. No payment needed, this is the one time I will accept payment in the form of a penis.
He's one of the rare male stars that don't either bore me to death, or completely turn me off and he's actually memorable. I like him.
That aside. I don't need the guy to be super duper Hollywood attractive (rarely find those guys attractive in RL or porn), but please spare me:
- guys fiddling and not having a clue
- guys who can't SHUT THE FUCK UP for a minute when they're fucking and are either constantly rambling, either doing odd girly moans
- long Hollywood-wannabe closeups of kissing
- closeups of pounding through 80% of the whole scene. Yes, I like to see that too, however, I want to see the rest of the bodies and face expressions, too. Especially face expressions.*
- fake moans and fake reactions: this is what makes me stop watching immediately. I just cannot. I would be equally excited by the sight of an elderly man changing a lightbulb in a dusty room.
It's interesting how there's still this widespread opinion that girls think porn is "yuck" or if they are kinky enough to like it, they only want to see the softcore movies where penetration is faked. My friend's bf once said girls don't watch porn...especially not for the same reasons guys do. People. WHY? You're hurting my pervert feelings and you're also making me sad because I have practically no friends who want to admit they watch porn and they only mention masturbation as a sidenote confession once in the 20 years we know each other. I actually had a guy friend ask me can I get myself off with fingers. I...really? Give me some good porn, a minute and a half and I'm there!**
* While writing this, it hit me: this is where the dick pics originated! This is the reason there's a vast amount of guys out there thinking we swoon when we get a dick closeup. Oh, porn. I love you and I hate you too.
** Due to everything written above, I also need about 30 mins to actually find porn that turns me on.
I'm very picky about the porn I watch. I love real stuff, films from swingers conventions and stuff. I love lesbian porn but I hate hate HATE when I turn on some lesbian porn and the first thing I see is the girls sucking on dildos and strap-ons! Strap-on sex is fine but seriously? You have a gorgeous lady there and you're gonna suck on her fake dick?? SMH
Ooh now I'm wondering if I'll see James Deen at the AEE expo in vegas..... hmmmmm
what?? really? i love sucking my girlfriends strap-on. its such a huge turn on for me and I love to watch it in porn. I'm in a lesbian relationship and I do make porn (commercial as well as personal) and If i can include this, its been a good day. I hate sucking "real dick" ...something about balls in my face grosses me out. to each her own, i guess
I dunno, if I know the girls are genuinely enjoying it that's cool. I'm just not a big fan of sucking on something that can't feel me sucking on it unless it's food or something lol. I have a real sensitive gag reflex and I've just always seen sucking on phallic objects as appealing to men mostly. I do understand the concept of oral fixation though and the pleasure of sucking on things.
I'm orally fixated, I pretty much always have been. (So my boyfriend gets to spend his life in blowjob heaven, lol). But that always kind of annoys me in lesbian porn too. It's kind of like "This is lesbian porn! Don't suck FAKE DICK! EAT PUSSY!!"
Yeah the majority of those films, like the ones from Brazzers where the chick is forcing the other chick to "suck my cock, bitch." And violently skull-fucking her face...that is FOR MEN! Lol. (I'm sure there are women out there who like it too, but it is mass-marketed for males)
And then all of the guys are like, "Herpderp, I want to date a lesbian!"
That line kills me. LESBIANS like WOMEN. That is why they are not STRAIGHT or BI-SEXUAL. lololol. But there silly little brains can't understand it and that's why people bank off of books like: 'Lesbian Sex Secrets for Men.' Or 'Guide to Dating a Lesbian for Men'
Men are so stupid. ::)
kink.com is my favorite - and when did spitting become a turn on?? As soon as i see that I totally lose all intrest- major mood killer for me -