And content creators often sideline or omit all of the prep work and negotiation - the meticulous direction, warm up stretching, and vast amounts of lube and communication - that went into shoots, in the interest of building and maintaining momentum, integrity, and pull within their fantastical scenes. That sex is often framed by famously unrealistic, and at times problematic, scenarios and dialogue, built to play to or riff on a predominantly straight, male audience's escapist whims and desires, and the prevailing cultural forces that feed or inform them. Rather than depicting sex as performers enjoy it off set, most professionally produced porn - even amateur or reality content - favors acrobatic positions and exaggerated angles that can be exhausting or uncomfortable to shoot, but that highlights all the scintillating details viewers get off on. Welcome to Porn Week, Mashable's annual close up on the business and pleasure of porn.Īlthough the jury is still out on the effects of watching porn, most adult industry insiders actively try to dissuade people from emulating their content - because it's all fantasy, not documentary.

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