In Reply to: Re: Unless you've been living in a cave... posted by Heidi2000 on November 18, 2004 at 12:13:31:
. . . lifestyle marketing, IMHO.Especially gay porn. The designer clothes, the fake tans, the gym and protein supplement muscles, the houses on the beach, the posh cars, the parties. Perfection has a big, big price tag. A lot of gay porn is essentially a commercial. Straight porn isn't quite as bad yet, but it's getting there. And personally, I find marketing-centric porn of any persuasion pretty boring.
If you read Savage Love or other sex advice columns targeting young people, it becomes pretty obvious that young people today (1) watch a lot of current porn, (2) think that real people should look and act like today's porn stars, and (3) suffer from a lot of sexual anxiety and self-image problems because they or their partners don't measure up to current porn standards. People my age (I'm 39) seem to be able to watch porn and enjoy having sex with normal people (not always simultaneously!), but I think the younger generation is having some trouble recognizing the difference between fantasy and reality. Maybe they'll wise up eventually.
Jeffery
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- Porn today is way more about . . . - JefferyK 09:22:56 11/21/04 (2)
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