# Porn question- no blue language **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 17, 2006, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-question-no-blue-language/348751 "2006-03-17T15:20:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jacob\_Silj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Jacob\_Silj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jacob_Silj)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-question-no-blue-language/348751/1 "2006-03-17T15:20:57Z")
Not sure if there is a factual answer to this, but why is it when the average male porn actor removes organ from female porn actor when he is ready to “arrive”, it sometimes takes several minutes for him to actually “arrive” and only then after much coaxing, often to the point where the female, who was for a minute or two eager for the “arrival” seems to become tired of waiting? When I do same, it takes 15 seconds, tops. Is it because of their stamina, or frequency of performing? Is it because they remove before they feel the urge to arrive, otherwise the scene would take hours? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-question-no-blue-language/348751/2 "2006-03-17T15:30:30Z")
Well, given the two main items on the job description of male porn star are “have sex on camera for a long time without finishing” and “finish on command,” if you’re only going to be able to manage one of them, the first one is the one to go with. If you’ve just spent an hour or two trying to look your best while thinking about snowstorms and root canals and tax returns, it takes a rare talent to turn it right around. This is supposedly one of the reasons why some of the less-attractive male porn stars are in business; when the director says “now,” the actor says, “how far?” ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-question-no-blue-language/348751/3 "2006-03-17T15:31:09Z")
> [@Jacob Silj](#): > > Is it because of their stamina, or frequency of performing? Is it because they remove before they feel the urge to arrive, otherwise the scene would take hours? I read somewhere that men often use lidocaine containing desensitizing creams. That along with “training” would be my guess. ---
**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:** [March 17, 2006, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-question-no-blue-language/348751/4 "2006-03-17T16:02:39Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > This is supposedly one of the reasons why some of the less-attractive male porn stars are in business; when the director says “now,” the actor says, “how far?” See “Ron Jeremy.” ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-question-no-blue-language/348751/5 "2006-03-17T16:48:52Z")
The apparent stamina of porn stars is usually the miracle of editing. Several sequences of arousal, stroking, and finishing are patched together to seem like one continuous sequence. The big finish you see on screen is the best of six or seven they performed that day. In addition, other cameras are filming (or vidding) from a less explicit angle. These are used for some of the “softer core” cable tv channels. They show the same act, but without the extreme close-ups with pubic hairs the size of pencils. ---
**Author:** ![sweeteviljesus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@sweeteviljesus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweeteviljesus)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-question-no-blue-language/348751/6 "2006-03-17T16:54:46Z")
> [@Jacob Silj](#): > > Not sure if there is a factual answer to this, but why is it when the average male porn actor removes organ from female porn actor when he is ready to “arrive”, it sometimes takes several minutes for him to actually “arrive” and only then after much coaxing, often to the point where the female, who was for a minute or two eager for the “arrival” seems to become tired of waiting? When I do same, it takes 15 seconds, tops. Is it because of their stamina, or frequency of performing? Is it because they remove before they feel the urge to arrive, otherwise the scene would take hours? Maybe they can’t unless they do it themselves. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-question-no-blue-language/348751/7 "2006-03-17T21:24:07Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > See “Ron Jeremy.” Do I _have_ to? ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-question-no-blue-language/348751/8 "2006-03-17T23:33:17Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Well, given the two main items on the job description of male porn star are **“have sex on camera for a long time without finishing”** and “finish on command,” if you’re only going to be able to manage one of them, the first one is the one to go with. Bolding mine. You know, i know it sometimes seems like these guys are like the Energizer bunny, and that they just keep on going, but it’s usually not actually all that long. Most porn movies seem to have about 6 scenes and take a couple of hours. That’s about 20 minutes per scene, from the (usually perfunctory) foreplay to the money shot. Not exactly an earth-shattering level of endurance. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-question-no-blue-language/348751/9 "2006-03-17T23:35:20Z")
> [@Biffy the Elephant Shrew](#): > > Do I _have_ to? [Yes](http://www.smh.com.au/ffxImage/urlpicture_id_1037697742967_2002/11/20/21spike_jeremy_ron,0.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2006, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-question-no-blue-language/348751/10 "2006-03-18T07:29:30Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > Bolding mine. > > You know, i know it sometimes seems like these guys are like the Energizer bunny, and that they just keep on going, but it’s usually not actually all that long. > > Most porn movies seem to have about 6 scenes and take a couple of hours. That’s about 20 minutes per scene, from the (usually perfunctory) foreplay to the money shot. > > Not exactly an earth-shattering level of endurance. Cite? Any 20 minute scene could have at least 30 minute of trash footage, and maybe 30 more minutes of still photography. You’re implying that “most porn movies” have male stars that only last 20 minutes. That’s absolute crap. These shoots can last 4 hours easily. Not saying the guy’s “ready” the whole time, but to imply that their stamina is comparable to the average man’s is absolutely asinine. I’d prove my point with cites, but I don’t have to yet. You do the work. If need be, I’ll back up my data with cites. You seem to be making an unsubstantiated claim. Looped scenes do not count obviously. There are 2 types of guys in porn, guys with huge dicks, and guys that can last all day (sometimes you get a guy that has both qualities). Wait, a guy with a huge wang that last only 20 minutes, not getting any work (or at least not much). **mhendo** you are usually a poster to be trusted outright, however I think you have made an incorrect supposition here. The “couple hour” movie you refer to, is actually made up of many, many hours of footage, sometimes looped, most times cut. To say that a male porn star is only “enduring” for the final 20 minutes of screen time, is ignorant. The guy may have had 4 hours of “ready” time. Without climaxing. That, is why they work in that field. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2006, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-question-no-blue-language/348751/11 "2006-03-18T07:40:30Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > [Yes](http://www.smh.com.au/ffxImage/urlpicture_id_1037697742967_2002/11/20/21spike_jeremy_ron,0.jpg) _gag_ The very existence of Ron Jeremy proves that porn just isn’t aimed at women. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2006, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-question-no-blue-language/348751/12 "2006-03-18T07:50:49Z")
> [@dnooman](#): > > snipped sputtering harangue I have no dog in this, um, fight (or whatever it is,) but dude, you seem a little overwrought over it. ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2006, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-question-no-blue-language/348751/13 "2006-03-18T08:58:47Z")
> [@Ogre](#): > > I have no dog in this, um, fight (or whatever it is,) but dude, you seem a little overwrought over it. You sayin’ I doth protest too much? 🙂 Sorry, I’m usually on the other end of correction. I don’t really have a form for correcting people. Thanks for helping. ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2006, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-question-no-blue-language/348751/14 "2006-03-18T11:00:44Z")
Two answers, one technical, the other artistic: 1/ Multiple takes. Watch his balls. If he’s ready to shoot, they’ll draw back into his scrotum; if not, they’re danglin’ free. 2/ He pulls out _so_ you can see him come: a dramatic climax, as it were. If all the business ocurred downstairs, so to speak, you’d feel vaguely cheated, wondering if the consumnation devoutly to be wished had actually been consumnated. Japanese porn, they always pull out and shoot all over her face, which takes more self-control than I’ve ever mastered. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2006, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-question-no-blue-language/348751/15 "2006-03-18T14:15:03Z")
> [@dnooman](#): > > **mhendo** you are usually a poster to be trusted outright, however I think you have made an incorrect supposition here. The “couple hour” movie you refer to, is actually made up of many, many hours of footage, sometimes looped, most times cut. > > To say that a male porn star is only “enduring” for the final 20 minutes of screen time, is ignorant. The guy may have had 4 hours of “ready” time. Without climaxing. That, is why they work in that field. I never suggested otherwise, and you completely missed my point. I’m fully aware that the shoots last for considerably longer than the amount of final footage. That’s the case with virtually any type of film, porn or otherwise. And i’m also fully aware that the actors have to be able to perform over what is often a full day’s shoot. But most people, when they sit down to watch a porn movie, aren’t thinking about all this stuff. They look at the guy pumping away and think, “Wow, he’s got some stamina.” I’m simply saying that the actual amount of fucking that we see on-screen is nothing special at all, and we’re supposed to swallow the idea that this represents some sort of ultimate sexual experience. I don’t claim to be the world’s greatest lover, but if all my sessions with the missus were as short as the ones represented in porn films, she’d probably be pretty dissappointed. YMMV. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2006, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-question-no-blue-language/348751/16 "2006-03-21T19:55:43Z")
> [@alice\_in\_wonderland](#): > > _gag_ > > The very existence of Ron Jeremy proves that porn just isn’t aimed at women. Ze goggles! Ze do nozzing! ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2006, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-question-no-blue-language/348751/17 "2006-03-21T23:00:00Z")
When I saw the thread title, I thought this was going to be a discussion of why porn films don’t contain any blue language.