The Psychology of the Male Porn Performer
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Bruce Barnard
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The Psychology of the Male Porn Performer
Please bear with me?.
Magic Bob, a stoner pal of mine recently decided (after his girlfriend left him and he started drinking heavily) that his life long dream has always been to fuck on film for a living. He asked me what I thought of the idea and looked deeply confused when I listed the many negatives in choosing pig sticking as a career.
It got me thinking: apart from the sex why would any man choose to make a living performing in smut?
The money is useless, that is if you get paid at all.
You face public mockery if your dick turns to putty on set. You have to make regular trips to the gym. You sometimes have to travel distance to get your STD certification, and worse of all you never achieve any kind of fame (or indeed infamy), because the punters always see the male performer as nothing more then a blank canvas onto with they project their own fantasies.
The geezers who provide the ?dick flesh? in porn have always been relatively faceless (with a few notable exceptions over the years), but this seems to be changing.
I?d argue that most porn punters liked it the old way, especially in view of the recent vilification we have witnessed when it comes to the game gals? who have dipped their toes in the world of bukkake and gangbang.
One genuine question:
The powerful urge you feel to dip your wick taken for granted, what?s the motivation?
Motivation
To put it bluntly - to get it on with beautiful girls; genuinely hot and up for it girls; and find myself in some genuinely hot and extreme scenarios - to BE a part of the action as opposed to not being a part of the action.
It's a lively, vibrant, friendly and enjoyable industry.
Believe me - it IS hard work... Getting in positions where the camera can get a good shot, holding those positions... stopping when you're told to stop and then starting again when you're told to start... not cumming when you're not supposed to cum and cumming when you're told to cum... And then, as you said, there's the travelling for certs, there's the bookings that fall through, theres the times you turn up an set and the girl hasn't and there are the times when weather goes tits up or the trains go on strike.... So yeah - a good question - what does motivate you to keep at it...
It's the girls, it's the sex, it's the atmosphere and it's being on the inside rather than being on the outside... it's a great industry I love it and and all the characters within it.
It's a lively, vibrant, friendly and enjoyable industry.
Believe me - it IS hard work... Getting in positions where the camera can get a good shot, holding those positions... stopping when you're told to stop and then starting again when you're told to start... not cumming when you're not supposed to cum and cumming when you're told to cum... And then, as you said, there's the travelling for certs, there's the bookings that fall through, theres the times you turn up an set and the girl hasn't and there are the times when weather goes tits up or the trains go on strike.... So yeah - a good question - what does motivate you to keep at it...
It's the girls, it's the sex, it's the atmosphere and it's being on the inside rather than being on the outside... it's a great industry I love it and and all the characters within it.
I retired when I sadly realised nobody wanted me!
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Bruce Barnard
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Re: Motivation
Literally, as well as metaphorically I guess.
So you?re saying it really is all about dipping your wick, rather then any attempt to gain a degree of ?outlaw? fame and have interesting sex stories to tell the geezers down the pub?
I must be missing something here because I just don?t get it?
You must have a day job? Porn alone is never going to pay the bills.
That?s what makes me laugh about the whole ?pro? V ?am? argument.
How many male performers actually made a living from fucking on film last year?
A living being defined as a net income of over ?12,500 from being paid to have sex and nothing else?
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Bruce Barnard
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Re: long term gain over quick cash
Tomsk,
I make no moral judgment, but you really do conform to every clich? regarding smut peddlers; specifically the section dealing with a grossly inflated sense of importance.
I make no moral judgment, but you really do conform to every clich? regarding smut peddlers; specifically the section dealing with a grossly inflated sense of importance.
Re: Motivation
Bruce Barnard wrote:
> So you’re saying it really is all about dipping your wick,
> rather then any attempt to gain a degree of ‘outlaw’ fame and
> have interesting sex stories to tell the geezers down the pub?
I'm not saying that "dipping my wick" is the be all and end all - absolutely not! Read again what I wrote... I said it's about the sex - yes, but it's about the whole damned shooting match... being a part of porn, being on the inside, having fun, meeting cool people, enjoying the buzz, the atmosphere.
Read what I wrote ABOUT THE SEX - the "dipping your wick" as you eloquently put it - It isn't what you think it is. In many ways it's quite clinical, choreographed, going through the motions. Ocassionalyy you might "hit it off" with one of the girls you're working with, it all clicks, and the "dipping of the wick" is a mind-blowing, awesome experience... but most of the time IT'S JUST A JOB... Albeit an enjoyable job, but not without it's difficulties.
> I must be missing something here because I just don’t get it?
>
> You must have a day job? Porn alone is never going to pay the
> bills.
Perhaps for the likes of Mr Henshaw, Hooper, Sloane and Di Sergio a day job is unneccessary... for the "also rans" - yes, it's a necessity.
> That’s what makes me laugh about the whole ‘pro’ V ‘am’
> argument.
I don't do it for nothing... I have the same paperwork as any of the other pro's, I provide the paperwork, the signatures and the performance... I'm a pro - albeit Non-League/3rd Division compared to those mentioned earlier... Why am I Non-League? Same reason as there are non-league football and rugby players... I obviously don't cut it to be premier league... I certainly don't class or consider myself an amateur though.
Have I done work for no gain... No... Content shares are content shares - there's a gain involved on my part... Have I done stuff for way below market rate? Yes... because I've done so with the intention of enhancing my reputation, gaining recognition... but I've never just gone through the motions for the sake of "dipping my wick".
> How many male performers actually made a living from fucking on
> film last year?
> A living being defined as a net income of over ?12,500 from
> being paid to have sex and nothing else?
Haven't a clue...
> So you’re saying it really is all about dipping your wick,
> rather then any attempt to gain a degree of ‘outlaw’ fame and
> have interesting sex stories to tell the geezers down the pub?
I'm not saying that "dipping my wick" is the be all and end all - absolutely not! Read again what I wrote... I said it's about the sex - yes, but it's about the whole damned shooting match... being a part of porn, being on the inside, having fun, meeting cool people, enjoying the buzz, the atmosphere.
Read what I wrote ABOUT THE SEX - the "dipping your wick" as you eloquently put it - It isn't what you think it is. In many ways it's quite clinical, choreographed, going through the motions. Ocassionalyy you might "hit it off" with one of the girls you're working with, it all clicks, and the "dipping of the wick" is a mind-blowing, awesome experience... but most of the time IT'S JUST A JOB... Albeit an enjoyable job, but not without it's difficulties.
> I must be missing something here because I just don’t get it?
>
> You must have a day job? Porn alone is never going to pay the
> bills.
Perhaps for the likes of Mr Henshaw, Hooper, Sloane and Di Sergio a day job is unneccessary... for the "also rans" - yes, it's a necessity.
> That’s what makes me laugh about the whole ‘pro’ V ‘am’
> argument.
I don't do it for nothing... I have the same paperwork as any of the other pro's, I provide the paperwork, the signatures and the performance... I'm a pro - albeit Non-League/3rd Division compared to those mentioned earlier... Why am I Non-League? Same reason as there are non-league football and rugby players... I obviously don't cut it to be premier league... I certainly don't class or consider myself an amateur though.
Have I done work for no gain... No... Content shares are content shares - there's a gain involved on my part... Have I done stuff for way below market rate? Yes... because I've done so with the intention of enhancing my reputation, gaining recognition... but I've never just gone through the motions for the sake of "dipping my wick".
> How many male performers actually made a living from fucking on
> film last year?
> A living being defined as a net income of over ?12,500 from
> being paid to have sex and nothing else?
Haven't a clue...
I retired when I sadly realised nobody wanted me!
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Bruce Barnard
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Re: Motivation
Genuine thanks for replying Jack.
Please bear in mind I seek wisdom, not beef.
If nothing else, your skill for arguing your point in bold type indicates an enquiring mind.
Breaking it down??
To be blunt, and yet again not taking the moral high ground, you?re not in a position to take offence at my use of language, given you work in an industry which pisses blood to come up with pathologically misogynistic video titles (and that?s just the ladies).
I call a slut a slut, because this is what porn has taught me.
All men in porn are, that was my point.
Please bear in mind I seek wisdom, not beef.
If nothing else, your skill for arguing your point in bold type indicates an enquiring mind.
Breaking it down??
To be blunt, and yet again not taking the moral high ground, you?re not in a position to take offence at my use of language, given you work in an industry which pisses blood to come up with pathologically misogynistic video titles (and that?s just the ladies).
I call a slut a slut, because this is what porn has taught me.
All men in porn are, that was my point.
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marcusallen
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Re: Motivation
Bruce,
I wonder why you are a member herein, since your posts seem to indicate a deep-rooted dislike of male pornstars - perhaps female too?
The psychology behind induvidual perfrmers/producers/viewers is pculiar to the individual in question and if you feel that a banket response that gratifies and co-responds to your own taste/opinion, then I feel that you are sadly lacking in an understanding of human nature.
Should you simply feel the need to provoke a discussion/argument in order to keep your pseudomym in the forefront for a while, you have apparently succeeded.
Try VERY large doses of Rt,Hon J.Walker,Esq.MA(Hons)Dypso medicine, you will find that all your confucion will become clear on the morrow.
I wonder why you are a member herein, since your posts seem to indicate a deep-rooted dislike of male pornstars - perhaps female too?
The psychology behind induvidual perfrmers/producers/viewers is pculiar to the individual in question and if you feel that a banket response that gratifies and co-responds to your own taste/opinion, then I feel that you are sadly lacking in an understanding of human nature.
Should you simply feel the need to provoke a discussion/argument in order to keep your pseudomym in the forefront for a while, you have apparently succeeded.
Try VERY large doses of Rt,Hon J.Walker,Esq.MA(Hons)Dypso medicine, you will find that all your confucion will become clear on the morrow.