What's Up with Men in Porn?

[errantember]

I mean, these guys are getting worked over by people whom they, as a sex, have been most conditioned to want, and yet they have virtually no facial expression or commentary beyond the occasional canned "take it baby." Obviously they're *in* to what's going on, or we'd know otherwise. Unlike the women, they can't fake it. And yet, they're *so* undemonstrative.

I don't get it.

Comments

[goudananda.livejournal.com]

I've noticed that for some people sex seems to be a pretty basic reptilian brain function. There isn't necessarily alot of cortical firing going on. I seem to be very focused and cerebral even during the act but I get the notion that most men just enjoy tight and wet.

I also wonder whether some of that is acting. For instance, what can a porn star say that's not in the script that isn't allowed. The audience for porn is maybe considered to not want verbal interaction?..not sure.

It is my feeling that most of what I see in pro porn just isn't my bag. I prefer amateur as everyone seems into it and real.

[athene.livejournal.com]

That's why I prefer the animated stuff

[laughingturtle.livejournal.com]

I agree with you there! I personally prefer it when they have some sort of "I'm really enjoying this" look on their faces. Maybe they are just concentrating to make sure that they don't lose it too soon?

Of course, most of my favoritest sexy times I've had with partners involved a lot of silliness and giggling and I guess most of the world wouldn't want to watch that either. LOL

*shrug* That's why I'm busy watching the girls in porn...the guys are usually pretty boring...unless it's gay porn...in which case they do tend to be a bit more demonstrative in their joy (the catchers at least).

[gryphynshadow.livejournal.com]

Ah, the joys of professional sex...

The guys are in to it, in as much as they need to be to get an erection, but as for keeping it, well. They have drugs for that. Most of the pro porn features male actors that have been to an obliging doctor who prescribed for them drugs to help with their impotence... Viagra to the rescue of the film industry.

The guys are focused on maintaining an erection, as opposed to having a good time. The refractory period for a male means that every time they ejaculate, you've lost film time, and in the porn biz, time is money. Think of how long those guys are going at it, and how often in a given scene you get to see the poor guy come. Now take into account the demands of filming a sex scene: stop and start while they change the film angle, adjust the positioning, apply makeup, lube or whatever else needs applying... The poor dears are so focused on keeping an erection that they can't just let go and enjoy themselves.

Women don't have to be actually 'in' to whatever's going on. A bottle of lube and some simulated moaning and screaming, and their job is done. It's easy to act when you don't have to also focus on what your body's doing. Poor men in pornos, however... They actually have a very hard job.

Add in the modern porn marketing scheme... The woman is an object, for the use of the penis, she exists to moan and scream and tell the penis how amazing it is. The male actor is a stand in for the viewer's penis (the assumed audience is almost always male, except for those films marketed to women). In a sex scene, you'll see the woman's face more often than you'll see the man's, because the man is supposed to be 'you', the viewer. If he had a face different from yours, it would break the fantasy for the viewer.

No, really, look at most porn... during the sex act, the odds you'll see the guys face are pretty slim. And if you do see his face, well, he's working and concentrating really hard on, well, being hard.

[dj-warhammer.livejournal.com]

Watch gay porn if you wanna see guys having fun. :)

[emmainfiniti.livejournal.com]

I am a fan of many of the kink.com vids because it looks like everyone is enjoying the play and it is just happening to be filmed. I am notably not a fan of traditional porn.