Straight Men, Intimacy and Porn

I’ve bitten women’s stomachs before, and there’s nothing wrong with me.

I thought the OP was a troll, but now I believe him to be entirely serious, in which case surely the gentlemanly thing to do is to leave him alone? I would suggest he join an adult film discussion group and see if he can get enough like minded people involved that the pornographers create him something he can enjoy.

Also, might I suggest he get a copy of “Sex and Lucia”. That’s about as explicit as you can get in a non-pornographic film, and has plenty of build up…

Well I think it would work if done right. But like I said it would have to be lesbian porn. A lot of guys aren’t into it. Then we have guys like you who just want to get to the good stuff. That’s fine.

Maybe that leaves 10~15% of men? Who knows, I’m curious what the actual numbers would be. And also what I’m typing is in no way as hot as what I’m thinking. So I think if this type of movie was actually made, most men would be pleasantly surprised by how arousing it is.

With a $10 billion dollar a year industry, I find it pretty odd that no one has ever attempted this…

That would be Dick Martin. Deano was Jerry Lewis’s straight man.

Ah, yes, of course. Carry on.

Okay, serious discussion. Your idea doesn’t work because men aren’t interested in emotional porn. I think you’re right, men do enjoy intimacy more than they’re usually willing to admit, but they don’t fantasize about it. They don’t see a woman walking down the street and think, “Man, what would it be like to flirt with her?” They do think, “Man, what would it be like to fuck her?” Porn answers that question. What would it be like to fuck Jenna Jameson? Well, here’s a video that shows you what it would look like. No one sits around wondering what it would be like to share a malt with her. (Hint: use seperate straws) Porn is the way it is because it fills a specific need. They don’t make the sort of porn you’re talking about, because there’s no real market for it among men. Hell, I said I’d watch your porn movie upthread, but after the first viewing, I’d skip the flirting stuff and just get straight to the muff diving.

Nora Ephron’s movies are already all about the gag reflex.

Is that like reading stuff in the Pit?

I doubt there would be any sex after that.

This is logically inconsistent.

If he wasn’t a raving loony, he wouldn’t have started his first thread in the Pit with the topic of pron.

Ooh! And can they say “I’ve never done this before” a lot? 'Cause that really does it for me.

Mmmmm. Food porn.

Can I get ‘EVOO. It’s Not Just For Dinner’ starring Rachael Ray?

Check out Savannah Sampson porn. She’s not the most beautiful of stars, but she actually kisses the men she fucks. The women too. Mmmm… more porn intimacy.

Well if that’s the case, and you can back that up with scientific data, then I honest to god think my brain is wired much differently than most men.

The thing is I’ve never been much of a “manly” man. I mean I’m not quite Clay Aiken, but really I’ve never been interested in sports, fast cars, or fake boobs. I’m very open about my sexuality and I’ve often wondered if I could be gay. However when I look at a man’s face, there’s just nothing there. Even the “pretty” guys, models or whatever don’t do anything for me.

As far as women go, I’ve always been more attracted to the natural, cute, sweet girls, rather than “babes”. This probably borrows deep into my subconscious, and I don’t quite know what caused it, but at the age of 28 I don’t think it’s ever going to change. I’ve always been this way, and I’ve always thought the porn star look is disgusting.

Does it really matter? Even if you are a bit pinko, so long as you’re happy with yourself then there isn’t a problem… but you can hardly expect the porn industry to be creating such niche products. Then again, they do things with drawfs.

Like I said, check out sex and lucia.

How about market data? Porn’s been around a long time. It’s a billion dollar industry, made up of people who are willing to do absolutely anything for a buck. They’ve figured out how to make money off of people who are sexually attracted to friggin’ balloons. If there were money to be made from men for intimacy in porn, they’d be making it already.

Well, that’s not entirely true, because they do make porn like this. Just not a lot, because the demand is low. But it’s out there if you’re willing to search for it, and if you’re willing to keep your standards realistically low, because with such a small pool of material to work with, you’re going to find a lot of stuff that’s substandard or approaching it from a way you don’t like.

I agree. But when it comes to the kind of girls involved, there’s all kinds of porn out there. I suspect that much of the market for “teen porn” is simply people who prefer the “natural, cute, sweet girls” to the standard porn star look. (Or, as Sage Rat said in this thread, ‘I think that “teen” mostly just means “hasn’t had a boob job.”’

I also sympathize with some of your other points. I, too, think sexual tension can be sexy and that there ought to be a way to work it into porn. I, too, love intimacy and wish there were a good way to simulate that experience with porn. And there probably is something at list kinda close to what you’re looking for out there in the Big Wide Wonderful World of Porn; it just may be hard to find in among all the other stuff that isn’t what you’re looking for.

I don’t even put THAT much thought into it. It’s more like Man, that chick at the SuperAmerica with the short skirt and the boobies was really hot. I’m going to imagine that I’m doing her right now…::fap::fap::fap::…splortch…what time does the game start?

Seriously, I understand some of what you’re saying and I think you do have a reasonable, underlying question in that porn tends to lack a lot of the more subtle erotic qualities, tension and emotional connections which are part and parcel of real sexual experiences. I think the answer, simply enough, is that those qualities are diffult to translate to a purely visual medium, especially when you don’t have real actors, real writers or a real director. Porn is not about conveying a realistic experience but about quick and easy visual stimulation. Most guys are not looking for a deep emotional experience or a textured erotic journey. They’re looking to yank one out before the game starts.

Well, how about a skin flick with Jack Nicholson* and Kathy Bates?

  • I know, he can’t act either.

Thank you. I’ll bill you for my replacement eyes, now that I’ve ripped them out in horror.

But intimacy is arousing. I can’t be the only guy who agrees with Senior Smith here. I’d love to see the kind of lesbian porn he describes (provided the actresses were actually, you know, good at acting). Plots, situations - there must be demand for this.

Well I’ve always been into Japanese Gravure (Idol Video). These videos show very pretty, very sexy models in bikinis or skimpy underwear. It’s kind of like Maxim photo shoots, except that it’s a lot more revealing, and a lot more personal. They make an effort to show just how beautiful and exotic the girl is, rather than treating her like a whore. These videos can be very intimate and very erotic.

However I just find it strange that no one ever thought of bringing this simple concept into lesbian porn. If you enjoy the intimacy of watching this beautiful girl by herself, wouldn’t it be twice as awesome to see her with another woman?

You would think that since the Japanese created Gravure, they’d be able to put 2 and 2 together. However Japanese lesbian porn is just god awful. These girls are so completely over the top it’s ridiculous. The way the kiss is completely erratic and sloppy. You remember the face hugger scene from Alien? Yeah it’s pretty much a reenactment Japanese lesbian porn.

There’s a small demand for it, but not enough to counter the enormous amount of effort involved to do it. It takes two or three times as long, and therefore more money, to make a more structured film, even when your standards are slightly lower.

If your average 60 minute porn film cost $10k to produce, then one that took longer to do, and also would require a larger crew to helm all that would be required, might be as much as $25k.

Is the potential audience large enough to cover that? Experience suggests to me that, unfortunately, the answer is no. The silent majority like the default, I’m sad to say.

Nope, it doesn’t work. In regular movies, there’s tension because you don’t know the ending. The girls could get together or one of them could get hit by a car or, preferably, I could be in the movie and fuck one of them, but there isn’t a set outcome. Porn, by nature, and even with how you envision it, decrees that it’s going to get hot and heavy, so all that your 20 minutes of flirting is going to do, is burn up more tape.

I realize that. I was speaking against the apparent general sentiment that Senior Smith is flipping weird.