# I'm pretty sure I just saw porn on Netflix. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 17, 2013, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pretty-sure-i-just-saw-porn-on-netflix/647537 "2013-01-17T18:54:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pretty-sure-i-just-saw-porn-on-netflix/647537/1 "2013-01-17T18:54:46Z")
I was watching “Whores’ Glory” It’s a documentary about prostitution in various third world countries. In it, they actually showed a woman giving a guy a BJ. It was brief but they showed the whole thing. Just took me by surprise is all. I didn’t think that shit was legal. Also, I have to wonder if the boys in corperate know of this particular scene in the documentary. [BTW, if my Netflix crashes in the next five minutes, I’ll know who to blame you perverts! :p] ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pretty-sure-i-just-saw-porn-on-netflix/647537/2 "2013-01-17T19:01:41Z")
Does Netflix offer “The Brown Bunny?” Because that one is a lot more than “brief.” ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pretty-sure-i-just-saw-porn-on-netflix/647537/3 "2013-01-17T19:10:14Z")
What about “Shortbus”? ---
**Author:** ![GreasyJack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df705f/32.png) [@GreasyJack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreasyJack)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pretty-sure-i-just-saw-porn-on-netflix/647537/4 "2013-01-17T19:22:11Z")
Why wouldn’t it be legal? You’ve never heard of porn on the internet? ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pretty-sure-i-just-saw-porn-on-netflix/647537/5 "2013-01-17T19:30:05Z")
Netflix has had a ton of porn/sex industry documentaries. They usually feature at least some full on harcore scenes. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pretty-sure-i-just-saw-porn-on-netflix/647537/6 "2013-01-17T20:19:46Z")
HBO has done several docs about hookers that showed pretty graphic sex, usually right on the street, well an alley. I’m not talking about those “Cathouse” reality shows that really are basically porn, but real documentaries. Taxi Cab confessions also has had pretty graphic sex at times. So this is not unprecedented. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pretty-sure-i-just-saw-porn-on-netflix/647537/7 "2013-01-17T20:39:20Z")
They have (or had) a slew of movies that were basically softcore gay porn masquerading as legtitmate movies. Things like the **Daydream Obession** movies or the Olympia trilogy. ---
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pretty-sure-i-just-saw-porn-on-netflix/647537/8 "2013-01-17T20:45:47Z")
Porn on the internet? I’ll alert the media. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pretty-sure-i-just-saw-porn-on-netflix/647537/9 "2013-01-17T20:52:03Z")
Docs, smocks. Netflix streaming has The Pig Farmer’s Daughter which is actual porn (though I think it’s a vintage softcore edit of hardcore). ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pretty-sure-i-just-saw-porn-on-netflix/647537/10 "2013-01-17T21:03:29Z")
Not having seen it, I can only speculate, but I wish to point out that a scene in a documentary does not equate to porn. The primary purpose of porn is titillation. That scene in the documentary does not sound like it is done with the intent to be stimulating, but rather to show the reality of the situation. Now whether it fits in graphical material and whether that is or should be available by Netflix is a different topic. ---
**Author:** ![FrankJBN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@FrankJBN](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FrankJBN)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pretty-sure-i-just-saw-porn-on-netflix/647537/11 "2013-01-17T21:04:20Z")
You didn’t see “porn” - what you saw was explicit sex in a documentary. As such, it has nothing to do with pornography. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pretty-sure-i-just-saw-porn-on-netflix/647537/12 "2013-01-17T21:47:59Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > HBO has done several docs about hookers that showed pretty graphic sex, usually right on the street, well an alley. I’m not talking about those “Cathouse” reality shows that really are basically porn, but real documentaries. They also aired some retrospective documentary about Deep Throat which included footage of the title act. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pretty-sure-i-just-saw-porn-on-netflix/647537/13 "2013-01-17T21:55:31Z")
> [@FrankJBN](#): > > You didn’t see “porn” - what you saw was explicit sex in a documentary. As such, it has nothing to do with pornography. Eh, I’ll know it when I see it. ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pretty-sure-i-just-saw-porn-on-netflix/647537/14 "2013-01-17T22:23:36Z")
I think there is a blog dedicated to nothing but porn on Netflix. There is a surprising variety, form modern X-rated dramas to 1960s fetish films. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pretty-sure-i-just-saw-porn-on-netflix/647537/15 "2013-01-17T23:16:50Z")
I was given a gift subscription to Netflix several years back. Turned out the overwhelming majority of movies I wanted they didn’t have. Eventually I ended up running thru a bunch of 60-70s cheapo exploitation films and such. One of them was a Brazilian film and in the middle of it … oh. Nothing in the description or ratings indicated how explicit it was. ---
**Author:** ![jordanr2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/838e76/32.png) [@jordanr2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jordanr2)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pretty-sure-i-just-saw-porn-on-netflix/647537/16 "2013-01-18T00:53:45Z")
Looks like _Anatomy of Hell_ and _The Piano Teacher_ are both currently streaming, both with similar scenes (in fact if I remember correctly the first shot of _Anatomy_ is someone getting a BJ). Both movies, btw, are very much worth watching even if they depict various other depravities at uncomfortable length. I wouldn’t say either qualifies as pornography, though I suspect _Anatomy_ was meant to be weirdly titillating. I was surprised when the whole tempest-in-a-teapot over Netflix refusing to carry _Trash Humpers_ took place a couple years ago - I thought “okay, they’ll willingly carry Catherine Breillat flicks, but _this_ is what makes them put their foot down?” ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pretty-sure-i-just-saw-porn-on-netflix/647537/17 "2013-01-18T01:20:29Z")
So did you learn anything about prostitution in third world countries?