baldy1138

I've come to believe the objectification happens on the viewing end. Someone who seriously views women in porn as objects probably doesn't have much respect for women to begin with. Someone with a healthy amount of empathy, even when using a person's image as a visual aid for masturbation (let's not kid ourselves, that's the primary use of porn), is going to understand on some level that it is an image of a real person. It's not any different from separating an actor in a movie from the part they play - some people have an easier time of it than others.

I've checked out some material in the past, and I can honestly say that the most impersonal and objectifying magazines or videos do nothing for me.

A few adult magazines in the early 90s tried to branch out into acomo porn. Possibly too small a niche, because those titles are no longer around. But of all the models, the most interesting was Stevi Secret. Everybody else got a phony name and a dumb story with their photo set, but Stevi was a real person, with her own adult video company. She used the magazine as a platform to promote her business, marketed videos of her photo shoots, and wrote a regular column. She was the best, because she was real and she was smart. She actually stayed bald for the better part of a couple of years, and was something of a star among acomophiles. Stevi is still in business, but she went more mainstream years ago. More money in that. Her videos are still available though.

Same thing with the shaving videos that aren't porn in the conventional sense of the word. I used to have a few of those when I was single. Actually, I'm allowed to have them now, but it doesn't seem right to keep more than one or two around at any given time. Anyway, the ones where they try to act out a story do nothing for me. I find those just dumb. And the ones where the model just sits there and gets shaved are boring.

The most interesting, for me, were the haircut.net videos. This middle-aged guy and his wife, just your average suburban parents, with a little studio set up in their garage, making videos. Always seemed like the ultimate example of a wife participating in her husband's fetish. She does most of the clipping, and seems to handle the orders. They don't release much new material these days, but they've made hundreds of videos together, with ordinary women who answer an ad in the newspaper.

What I find really appealing about these videos, is that they are very casual. Many of the models are women who wanted to do it anyway, and the opportunity to make a few bucks gave them an excuse. Their reactions are genuine, and throughout the video, model and barber chat about anything and everything. Music, TV shows, kids, work, hobbies, why they decided to get shaved and what they're feeling, how they think people might react. I find that much more of a turn-on, precisely because the models are not objectified.

Now the Chinese are getting into the act, and cranking out cheap VOD acomo titles by the carload. Not only do the models say and do relatively little, you can't understand a word anybody says. Not really my cup of tea.

I'm actually planning an article on the history of acomo erotica. I just have to get around to writing it.