Brad the Impala
October 12th, 2007, 22:21
Quite a title huh?!
This is an interesting analysis of the topic as it relates to Porn. However it is not for those of a queasy disposition, and is prinipally related to straight porn and it's symbolism.
Opening Paragraphs:
1Pornography can appear as a staid genre with a rigid series of rules and representations, each video consisting of a specified number of liaisons and pre-designated sexual acts, but it is also a genre that has developed and focused its numerous activities. What was considered to be an arousing taboo in the 1970s would not, for example, be considered as such today. Anal sex, while once comparatively rare in pornographic films, is now commonplace, and, while once utterly unspoken in mainstream heterosexual culture it is now acknowledged and celebrated, even by female targeted films such as Brigit JonesтАЩ Diary (Sharon Maguire, 2001).
2Pornography, however, has raised the stakes again. Hardcore is dependent on so called тАШnasty girlsтАЩ and most interviews with starlets focus on their ability to enjoy being тАШnastyтАЩ, to enjoy what are considered or labelled as тАШperverseтАЩ manifestations of sexuality by the normalising discourses of dominant culture and society. While once a porn star merely had to enjoy тАУ or pretend to enjoy тАУ sucking cock, now it is expected her repertoire will include a wider range of activities.
3With anal sex, an event that transpires in most modern pornography, the site of penises тАУ either singularly or in pairs тАУ pushed into swollen sore assholes is a visual commonplace. In the 1980s and 1990s (when the representation of heterosexual anal sex became truly dominant in pornography) there was a recognizable process of sexual acts, between penetration of mouth, vagina, and asshole. Each penetration would be edited and between each take the male star would wipe down his penis.
journal.media-culture.org.au/0610/03-sargeant.php (http://journal.media-culture.org.au/0610/03-sargeant.php)
This is an interesting analysis of the topic as it relates to Porn. However it is not for those of a queasy disposition, and is prinipally related to straight porn and it's symbolism.
Opening Paragraphs:
1Pornography can appear as a staid genre with a rigid series of rules and representations, each video consisting of a specified number of liaisons and pre-designated sexual acts, but it is also a genre that has developed and focused its numerous activities. What was considered to be an arousing taboo in the 1970s would not, for example, be considered as such today. Anal sex, while once comparatively rare in pornographic films, is now commonplace, and, while once utterly unspoken in mainstream heterosexual culture it is now acknowledged and celebrated, even by female targeted films such as Brigit JonesтАЩ Diary (Sharon Maguire, 2001).
2Pornography, however, has raised the stakes again. Hardcore is dependent on so called тАШnasty girlsтАЩ and most interviews with starlets focus on their ability to enjoy being тАШnastyтАЩ, to enjoy what are considered or labelled as тАШperverseтАЩ manifestations of sexuality by the normalising discourses of dominant culture and society. While once a porn star merely had to enjoy тАУ or pretend to enjoy тАУ sucking cock, now it is expected her repertoire will include a wider range of activities.
3With anal sex, an event that transpires in most modern pornography, the site of penises тАУ either singularly or in pairs тАУ pushed into swollen sore assholes is a visual commonplace. In the 1980s and 1990s (when the representation of heterosexual anal sex became truly dominant in pornography) there was a recognizable process of sexual acts, between penetration of mouth, vagina, and asshole. Each penetration would be edited and between each take the male star would wipe down his penis.
journal.media-culture.org.au/0610/03-sargeant.php (http://journal.media-culture.org.au/0610/03-sargeant.php)