Why is there little to no cussing in softcore porn?

Factual Questions
1

I was surprised tonight to discover we now have Cinemax on DirectTV. This means, of course, that we have Skinimax at night.

I’m watching some lame sitcom-ish type softcore porn thing now, and I realized that it, like apparently most in its genre, has next to no cussing. The occasional “shit,” “dick,” and “asshole” pops up (HA! I said “pops up”), but there is a decided lack of “Fuck me!” et al typical in the hard core stuff. Not that I’ve seen much. (And I say that not as a “No, not me, I don’t watch porn!” but as a "I have seen very little hardcore, so my observations are not coming from a very experienced perspective.) (HA! I said “coming.”)

Considering these shows are rated MA/Adult audiences, why is naughty language frowned upon? Seems odd, what with all the boobs and simulated oral that the occasional F-bomb isn’t dropped. What, are they afraid of offending people?

2

Because this woman is in charge.

3

I suppose it’s because some people - the kind of people who don’t like hardcore porn - find cursing unpleasent, or even silly.

4

Softcore porn is often considered to be “couples porn” for viewing by a man and woman. Cursing in this context would be off putting to setting a romantic mood.

5

Huh. I find the wooden dialogue and oddly shaped fake breasts to be off putting to setting a romantic mood, but maybe that’s just me. It’s not that I want cussing per se, I just find it odd that that is a no-no when a multi-party naked orgy is acceptable.

(And watching a woman jump up and down on a man’s belly button isn’t exactly convincing. Just sayin’.)

6

[tangent] I gotta say, that once you go hardcore, you never go back unless there is a dire masturbatory emergency. Softcore just isn’t the same.

Joe

7

I just wanted to say that this is going to be my new official catch phrase.

8

Just a WAG, but I wonder if it’s self-policing that dates back to the days when the video portion of premium cable was scrambled, but the audio was not. I remember as a 13-year old I listened to all sorts of cheesy Skinemax dialogue just get a glimpse of scrambled boob (or was it just an elbow?).

9

I don’t know how they work now but on our cable system in the beginning they had filters attached to the telephone pole. Over time with the wind working the lines to the house those filters would come loose and the premium channels would slowly come into view, eventually you received the entire premium line up.

First “high class” soft porn" I remember was “Young Lady Chatterly” with Harlee McBride on a somewhat scrambled cable channel.