The
War Against the Adult Industry
by JohnD,
TheBaron.net
I'm sure most of you are already aware that
there's a small war going on in this country. I'm not referring to the war on
terrorism that's killing fellow Americans; I'm referring to the war against the
adult industry. The war where adult retailers are being raided and prosecuted
in the court systems using your dollar. The wars where adult filmmakers are
being brought up on obscenity charges and ordered to cease all sales of their
products. The war where adult movie studios are pulling their products from
shelves even though there are now laws against the movies themselves.
I
work for a company that sells adult movies. Over the past several years we've
seen hundreds of adult movies being pulled from the market simply for their box
covers. Some of the movies that were discontinued were a bit "aggressive" while
others just had graphic box covers. Regardless of the overall content (aside
from rape, or child porn), it should be up to the consumer NOT to buy the
product. But, with local law enforcement looking "hard" at adult products, many
studios are simply removing any movie that might appear offensive even though
there is no actual law against that movie.
One of the things that I
find interesting about all these "crackdowns" on the adult industry is the fact
that local officials simply say to themselves "we don't want to see any box
covers that appear to be offensive to us". The authorities, with help from
judges, will raid an adult store and pull any product that they feel offends
these unwritten, or non-specific, laws. But, there are graphics artists out
there whose images are equally as "offensive". These artists are admired for
their attention to detail while a photograph of a sexual act is considered
obscene.
For example, the images at left are 2 adult movies that were pulled from the
market in the past 3 years. (I have left off the titles and blocked out studios
to avoid free promotion.) One box cover depicts a girl peeing. You can almost
see the stream shooting up from her crotch but it's not perfect because it's
only a screen capture. Disgusting? Maybe. Messy? Yes. Sexually exciting? Well,
that depends on what excites you. Illegal? No, but it was removed from the
market. The studio has also pulled several other movies that are of a related
theme. Overall, the content was 98% sex with a few scenes of actual peeing.
This particular movie is only one of at least 100 that have been pulled from
the market from various studios. I used this box cover only as an example of
what you WONT see to often at your local adult store.
The second box cover is almost comical. This movie happened to be a double
feature (yes, you got 2 for the price of 1) which featured famed porn star
"Mila" putting vegetables and paint up her ass and then painting onto a wall
(by shooting the paint from her butt). The movie wasn't around long before it
was pulled from the market by the studio. Similar movies featuring women
shoving "objects" into their orifices have been pulled without any laws against
them. As a matter of fact, its almost impossible to find a DVD that actually
shows women putting anything other than a dildo inside them. Even the famed
scene of Bridgette Kerkove putting something like 100 chopsticks in her ass is
gone. The removal of these movies, so far, has been done voluntarily by the
adult industry to avoid lawsuits.
I'm sure many of you might be
thinking "well just change the box covers so they aren't as graphic". That
solution is one that works to an extent. But, lets not forget that these are
ADULT movies where people fuck, suck, and there's a lot of fluid exchange. Why
should the adult industry pretend that it's selling something its not? The box
covers clearly show you what is inside.
Now lets look at the opposite
side of the spectrum. Let's take a look at the "respected" world of artistry. I
was able to find a world-renowned artist who happens to share (or at least
presumably shares) an interest in bizarre sexual acts such those on the box
covers. I'm not attacking this mans art, which I love, but I have to use his
art as an example of what is out there in public.
An artist by the name
of Hajime Sorayama is known world wide for his chrome like depiction of women
and has drawn artwork for hundreds of the world's largest corporations such as
Toyota, Duracell, and American Airlines. Sorayama, by any artist's standards,
is one of the best and most talented airbrush artists in the world.
Two
of his books, Gynoids I and Gynoids II, feature the most amazing recreations of
beautiful women in various poses and clothing. These books also feature highly
detailed images of women peeing, shoving objects into their orifices, and women
having sex with snakes (yes, animal sex). Below, you can see women peeing, a
woman with 2 pool balls stuck inside her, and a woman with a snake exiting her
butt. If these images were on adult box covers, the movies would be banned
before they even hit the market. But since they are from an "artist" they are
appreciated for their detail. (Again I'm not attacking this artist I'm just
trying to make a point)
Although the images are somewhat small you can clearly see the detail. In fact,
these images are clearer than the peeing movie that was shown above. If you ask
me, both the adult movies and the art created by Sorayama can be sexually
exciting to the right person. And since they are both sexually arousing, that
makes the movies and the images almost the same (with the exception of using
different mediums).
So that brings to mind this question "if the adult
industry is being attacked mainly for box covers, why wouldn't offensive books
like this be attacked as well?" The adult industry keeps its products out of
sight (as often as it can) while art books that have sexual images can be found
just about anywhere that books are sold. Shouldn't the "law" be looking into
this situation? After all, its offensive to someone, somewhere.
We all
know that the adult industry will always be under attack from those that are
sexually repressed. For now, it seems, we're stuck with limits on what we can
view in adult movies. Perhaps in the future we'll be able to see the nasty
sexual acts that are pictured above. Perhaps in the future any art depicting
sexual fantasies will be banned. Maybe next year we can all look back at this
article and say, "hey, remember when you couldn't get movies like that?" But
whatever happens, it's still funny to see the hypocrisy in all of this.
Permission for use of images was granted to the writer, JohnD of
www.thebaron.net, for this article.
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