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not sure what to title this but it's to do with ejaculation

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YuleingFanjo · 15/02/2012 10:59

and in particular a man ejaculating on a woman's face. Sorry - I feel awful writing it down.

I was talking to a friend last night, she is much nore sexually adventurous than I am and she was saying that she thought it was part of normal sexual behaviour, that most men found it a turn on and most people she knew thought it was normal.

I argued that it was something that came from porn, was not what I would call normal and there was no equivilant sexual 'thing' for a woman to do to a man. She said that women can 'gush' (I have never done this, maybe I am abnormal) or piss or poo (!) which I pointed out was a totally different thing. But is it?

I was trying to discuss it with her and point out that her sexual encounters are out of the norm, definitely aren't encounters within a loving relationship, and that ejaculating in someones's face is surely more about disrespect than anything else?

or am I wrong. I just find it really horrible and if anyone asked me to let them do so I would show them the door.

Soory - I hope I don't sound like some hairy trucker trying to get off on the whole thing, and I am not asking for personal experiences (I would prefer not to read them thanks) but more to discuss if I am right about the power/porn/disrespect thing...

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NiftyNanny · 15/02/2012 20:13

Personally I'm not comfortable with that risk and I don't just go googling things willy nilly. However, it is possible to buy porn directly from the people who make it. There's a lot that's out there which IS degrading & toxic & horrible & will rot you from the inside, but then again McDonalds hasn't been banned either.

It's possible to employ common sense & look into the ethics of what you're buying just as much with porn as it is with farm traceable burgers. It's a product.

JerichoStarQuilt · 15/02/2012 20:02

Good point sonic.

Incidentally, there are few jobs you can take, in first world countries, where you run the risk of contracting STDs in your eyes and throat. People who talk about wanting to make porn less exploitative or more regulated, or who want to say 'oh, but it's all consensual' - do they have an answer to that, other than 'hmm, maybe we'd have to stop making porn films where women put penises that have been in their arses in their mouths, and stop showing men ejaculating on women's faces'?

sonicrainboom · 15/02/2012 20:00

Anything in porn can be defended with but it's consensual! She likes it! She agreed to it! As always the responsible men are hiding their actions behind the woman. The men are the ones who run the companies, make the movies, do the things to the women. They are the ones who choose to do a lot of shit to (in most cases very vulnerable) women in order to turn other men on. Always remember this.

sonicrainboom · 15/02/2012 19:56

Re: Consensual
A woman in a porn movie might consent to having various things done to her so she can earn money. A girl might consent having various things done to her so her boyfriend will like her. Or because she thinks it's expected of her. Or because she doesn't know she can say no, or dare say no. Doesn't mean she desires it, or it's not abusive. Just a thought.

JerichoStarQuilt · 15/02/2012 19:54

Well, pretty big 'if', isn't it?

The 'big deal', however, is that, oddly enough, if your job involves putting penises in your mouth that have been in your arse, you will get very sick, very fast.

YuleingFanjo · 15/02/2012 19:53

"As long as it's consensual, what's the big deal?" the issue is that it jst seems like the younger generation of women are persuaded to do more and more 'adventuros' things dring sex which over time they have been conditioned to think is normal. I just can't imagine ever having a conversation with someone about if i minded doing that kind of thing.

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WidowWadman · 15/02/2012 19:49

I thought you were referring to rimming, which is not everyone's cup of tea, but some people quite enjoy. Wasn't familiar with the other practice, but doesn't surprise me that some people of either sex get off on it. As long as it's consensual, what's the big deal?

JerichoStarQuilt · 15/02/2012 19:45

Btw that is a million miles from oral sex the way I do it, thank goodness.

JerichoStarQuilt · 15/02/2012 19:44

Me too sonic. Sad

widow - you're not seriously asking us to explain why putting a penis that has been up your arse in your mouth without washing it is bad?

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WidowWadman · 15/02/2012 19:42

What's up with the ass to mouth thing? Is oral sex now a bad thing too?

sonicrainboom · 15/02/2012 19:42

I cannot understand it either. It make me feel really really sick, thinking about how many poor young girls and women are exploited like this. Some porn also market itself on this: "lol look at these cheap hoes getting exploited and tricked" is apparently a turn on for some men.

I've seen a so much vile shit when I looked on mainstream porn video sites...a lot of it doesn't even pretend it's about sex anymore. It's just abuse movies.

JerichoStarQuilt · 15/02/2012 19:34

Yes, or indeed a young person who doesn't realize the implications of putting his or her sex life on the web. There are loads of nasty stories about teenagers making sex tapes then being incredibly upset and embarrassed by them later on.

Saying it 'maybe' that a woman finds films of herself sexy and then slating other people for 'dubious arguments' is a bit rich TBH. Even if you did believe some of these amateur videos were exactly what you think they 'may be', what's an acceptable risk? Is it ok if 50% are genuine, so you've a 1 in 2 chance of watching an exploited woman? Or is it better if it's 10%, so you've only a 1 in 10 chance? Personally I don't see why anyone would want to justify it if there's even a tiny chance you'd be getting off on someone being exploited or abused.

sonicrainboom · 15/02/2012 19:28

Amateur merely means that it's not an "professional" porn movie with a budget.

It could just as well be filmed abuse or a couple's leaked (against the woman's will) sex movie.

JerichoStarQuilt · 15/02/2012 19:22

Who are you quoting, nifty? The 'all porn is' bit.

FWIW, speaking of 'accuracy', is it true that amateur porn is really amateur? I had thought that was just a name to make people think they were watching people who were doing it for fun, rather than being paid or forced.

NiftyNanny · 15/02/2012 19:16

There's an awful lot wrong with porn generally, but I think porn reflects misogynistic attitudes just as much as creating them. You can probably find porn that reflects every taste out there and I very much disagree with anti porn campaigners who use blanket generalisations & often use dubious anecdotal evidence or just their personal opinion to back up their arguments. I've seen a lot of amateur woman porn where the woman maybe gets a kick out of being watched so videos herself masturbating - she's in control, she hasn't been forced, maybe she finds the idea of people downloading it incredibly hot. It's just simply not accurate to say "all porn is..."

It's ok to say that if something occurs in mainstream and easily available places often, it may influence people into thinking that it's "normal" or accepted. Yes, the facial thung seems to crop up again & again for whatever reason. However, I think banning porn all together as Dines would want isn't going to encourage women to say "Hmm, you know what, I'd rather you didn't do that but I have an idea you might want to try...."

Driving things to become more taboo would, I suspect, make people more ashamed of talking openly about their boundaries than less. It's actually kind of enlightening to me to discuss what a partner watches, because I have no problem asking what they get out of it & if they seem to find degrading women hot - it's not going to last! Red flag!!

Beachcomber · 15/02/2012 18:18

It is from porn.

It is called 'the money shot'.

(Google with caution)

It is about male porn viewers getting see that the man not only comes, but that his orgasm is degrading and humiliating for the woman (she isn't worthy of his precious seed and he marks her like a dog against a lamppost).

It also separates porn sex from associations with pregnancy (in the viewers mind) and degrades the woman further by showing that no barrier protection has been used to safeguard her health.

I would run a mile from any bloke that wanted to do it personally but then I am from a generation that hasn't been exposed to porn in the way subsequent generations have.

It is a damned shame for both men and women if they are being told that this is 'hot'. No doubt ass to mouth will be considered 'hot' in a few years time too.

TeiTetua · 15/02/2012 17:36

If it's part of people's relationship, then it's their business, and one might roll one's eyes at the thought, but as long as they don't frighten the horses, etc.

However, it was mentioned as part of sex between people who don't know each other (or is it a sado-masochistic group?) and then yes, it seems to me really porn-based, and if lots of men want it and lots of women tolerate it, it's more proof that the world is in a sad state.

And in the way of odd activities for Valentine's Day:
latimesblogs.latimes.com/nationnow/2012/02/valentines-day-role-play-portland.html

YuleingFanjo · 15/02/2012 16:40

thanks for all the replies.
I do wonder if the people who say it's normal have somehow been conditioned to think so, just like with many things women believe they should be doing.

the whole thing makes me feel sad :(

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JerichoStarQuilt · 15/02/2012 16:32

I'd never rule out that some people like to see ejaculation happening, whether or not they watch porn.

But what gets me about ejaculating on a woman's face is that it's something that (I am pretty sure) wasn't a big thing before it got portrayed in porn (where you need some kind of visible ejaculation to signal to the viewer that it's the end of the show). I imagine you could perhaps come on someone's face in a sensitive and loving way, but I've never heard of it or seen it and I have heard of and seen quite a lot of pretty nasty versions of it. So I get suspicious.

If you'll forgive a trivial comparison, it's like I can believe some men and women just naturally adore bright pink lace knickers, because pink is their favourite colour. I don't believe so many people love bright pink knickers that they'd choose to buy them every valentine's day if they weren't heavily marketed as sexy/romantic. Same thing with this, except the marketing is in the porn industry.

ArtexMonkey · 15/02/2012 16:17

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YuleingFanjo · 15/02/2012 15:47

So men who like porn like to see the ejaculation happening? But why does where it lands matter?

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JerichoStarQuilt · 15/02/2012 15:46

Yes, I should have said, I was thinking of Gail Dines.

adamschic · 15/02/2012 15:43

I would have thought it was just the visual of say giving a blow job then showing him coming for the sake of porn.

HandDivedScallopsrgreat · 15/02/2012 15:40

Ejaculating in your face is very different from on your body.

I agree Jericho. Gail Dines covers this quite well in Pornland.

JerichoStarQuilt · 15/02/2012 15:35

There's all sorts of things in porn that I refuse to believe are turn-ons for most men. 'Barely legal' for a start. I think porn is warping what men think is sexy, not reflecting it.

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