A Question about Porn [Adults Only?]

[Johnny Impact]

George Carlin said it best: "I don't like porno movies. They piss me off. First they show a great-looking naked woman who starts playin' with herself. And while I'm watchin', she sort of becomes my girlfriend. And then, suddenly, in walks some guy with a big dick, and he starts fucking my girlfriend. Pisses me off."

I guess the idea with hetero porn is guys are supposed to identify with the guy. Doesn't work for me. Guys with chiseled jaws, big muscles, and bigger egos have always gotten the girls I lusted after. All I see on the screen is the same thing happening over again. That's not my fantasy.

I don't care for porn of any type. Much like cigarettes, I gave it a try, found it abhorrent, and haven't touched it since.

 

[A Weakgeek]

I don't like watching hetero porn where the man is shown much. But the positions, etc. in hetero porn for me are way hotter than solo,lesbian ( I mean theres only so much 2 or 1 chick can do, gets stale after a while)

 

[idodo35]

Yeah, It's like role playing. You are the guy! I personally don't see it.
There is such a thing as lesbian porn.

wow...
that was word to word what i was going to commet XD
i guess great minds think alike!

 

[Elsarild]

I think most men see the man in the movie kind of like a placeholder for themselves.

 

[Jonluw]

I have no idea, to be honest.
It's up there with "why does the porn focus so on blowjobs?", "what's the deal with anal?" and "in what way are cumshots appealing?" on my list of mysteries.

For some reason I need there to be a guy there though. Lesbian porn can be arousing, sure, but it just feels like they aren't going all the way. And toys don't do the job either, for some reason.
Preferrably, the guy should practically just be a diembodied penis though. Which is why I like POV stuff.

 

[Jonluw]

Yeah, It's like role playing. You are the guy! I personally don't see it.
There is such a thing as lesbian porn.

It doesn't bother me as long as the dude isn't some ugly fuck with a porn stache, but I'm assuming you don't like it because seeing their face and hearing them talk makes it harder to imagine the guy as you right? I feel you.

Pretty much. It would probably be better if it was from the POV of the guy.

You know they do make porn like that, yes?

 

[Cazza]

Even worse is when the male actor starts talking or the camera focuses on him or similar - why is this in porn? Who (Other than bi / pansexuals and heterosexual girls) s asking to see another sweaty bloke naked and waving his pork sword around?

I bet the heterosexual video have way more shots of the girls compared to guys. What about the poor girls. If they had the same problem of not liking as many shots of the girls. Well to bad because porn is made for guys.

I don't really so an issue.

 

[MasterOfWorlds]

snip for space

It's pleasurable because, in theory, the viewer has had sex before, or at the very least can somehow imagine what it's like to have sex. Since they can either draw on past experience or simply use their imagination of what it feels like, they can relive/imagine the experience. It's sort of like having sex through a proxy, I suppose. I never really thought about it much, actually until now.

Also, when the girl does things to the guy that she can't do to another girl (and toys don't count here) with a guy, it makes guys appreciate it a bit more. Again, this is based on the theory that they eiter relive past experiences or imagine the feeling.

 

[MasterOfWorlds]

I would assume for the same reason that watching two other people (of whatever variety) having sex in the same room with you is hot. Because watching people have sex is in-and-of itself sexy.

It's called voyeurism. It's fun.

As far as the rest, as a bisexual woman, I don't particularly mind any combination or who gets focused on when, so I'm not really sure I can comment on your picture there.

This also makes sense to me. Minus the perspective of a bisexual woman. And I must admit that I wouldn't find two guys having sex as sexy. Just not my thing.

Also, Princess, seriously, you're like in every thread I post in. It's scary. XD

 

[JesterRaiin]

Why is it that a heterosexual male would want to watch another guy having sex when he is watching porn - presumably as a pleasurable activity?

Your assumption is wrong sir. It's not that we demand it - it's just that directors and cameramen have some problems i suppose. :|

 

[Princess Rose]

Also, Princess, seriously, you're like in every thread I post in. It's scary. XD

What can I say; we have similar interests. ^^

Lately, though, I appear to be posting first - so how do I know you aren't just stalking me?

 

[MasterOfWorlds]

What can I say; we have similar interests. ^^

Lately, though, I appear to be posting first - so how do I know you aren't just stalking me?

I suppose you don't. XD

Nah, it's just that you've been beating me to the threads and I happen to come across your posts when I'm reading through them. The camera that I have installed behind you helps too. XD

 

[PurpleLeafRave]

Yeah, It's like role playing. You are the guy! I personally don't see it.
There is such a thing as lesbian porn.

It doesn't bother me as long as the dude isn't some ugly fuck with a porn stache, but I'm assuming you don't like it because seeing their face and hearing them talk makes it harder to imagine the guy as you right? I feel you.

Pretty much. It would probably be better if it was from the POV of the guy.

You know they do make porn like that, yes?

Yes, it's just that's not what this guy is talking about.

 

[Jonluw]

Yeah, It's like role playing. You are the guy! I personally don't see it.
There is such a thing as lesbian porn.

It doesn't bother me as long as the dude isn't some ugly fuck with a porn stache, but I'm assuming you don't like it because seeing their face and hearing them talk makes it harder to imagine the guy as you right? I feel you.

Pretty much. It would probably be better if it was from the POV of the guy.

You know they do make porn like that, yes?

Yes, it's just that's not what this guy is talking about.

Ah okay, I thought you were saying "I have also noticed that, OP, and it bothers me as well. Porn would probably have been better from the point of view of the guy."

 

[6_Qubed]

What baffles me more is why they always keep their shoes on. Seriously, why?!

They don't want their feet to get cold. Seriously, if your feet get really cold, it's hard to focus on anything else.

OT: I've heard two different complaints lowered at the "money shots" in male-on-female porn, curiously enough from two very different viewpoints. The first is the feminist side, saying that at the end of it, having a guy just jizz on the woman objectifies her by basically reducing her to (hopefully stain-resistant) set dressing. The second complaint comes from the sorta-adolescent male just-homophobic-enough-to-really-notice-it camp that states that regardless of how hot the woman, how minimized the guy's role is, at the end of these movies you're basically jerking off to another guy jerking off.

Which is why, personally, if I'm gonna watch porn with a man and a woman (or women, let's be honest) in it, I prefer the ones where the woman(women) get the guy off rather than him doing it. It splits the difference and solves both complaints, not only because now the female principle is actually a participant in the scene, but also the SAMJHETRNI bunch get to fantasize about a woman jerking/sucking them off, which I heartily suggest trying if you ever get the chance at it because it's awesome.

And an aside: I don't watch porn for the men, but at the same time I do notice repeat performances. There's one guy, Mark Ashley, whom I remember because before I learned the guy's name, I just called him "Porno Shaggy," because he looked like Shaggy from Scooby Doo. Mind you, the main reason I like the guy is for his rare talent at robbing his female costars of the ability to form coherent sentences, but the fact that he looks like the last cartoon character you'd expect to see in a porno doesn't hurt either. (I wish they'd find a female actress that looks like Velma. I'd pay money to see that pair-up.)

 

[Delsana]

I love how the OP generally typifies sex as something a man does with a woman or "girl" rather than something two people do together.

Perhaps not everyone has your particularly male centric view of sex?

I have not and will never watch porn, but I'll respond to your statement.

I'm positive if we look at the definition and etymology of sex, it started as one man and one woman. So... he's correct.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

People who find porn stimulating usually don't focus on either participant. They use it as stimulation for their own fantasies.

There's quite a severe difference between onanism and copulation. And for the former, you have to bring your own focus.

Contrast playing poker against a computer or against another player. You're not actually watching the computer for 'tells', are you?

 

[ToxicOranges]

OP here, I'd just like to say thanks for all the responses and not have this turn into a flame war or anything like that, and it was a cool discussion to read!

Glad I'm not the only one sat here wondering about adult stuff... Great thread, thanks guys!