Do you watch porn?
I bet your first instinct was to lie about it. Don’t feel bad, it’s a natural instinct. In a study conducted in 2023, 44% of adults claimed never to view porn. The study also found that watching pornography increases the likelihood of lying about it.
This suggests that the percentages of frequent porn viewers are higher than we think.
How many people do watch porn? The short answer is a lot.
Pornhub is probably the leading adult site around. It has more than 22 million registered users.
Within seven months of launching on May 25, 2007, the site reached 1 million daily visits.
This is just short of 20 times the number of people said to visit Walt Disney Co Disney World Orlando park each day.
When it comes to adult websites, three names dominate the scene: Pornhub, XVideos, and XNXX. Together, they have a staggering total of over 5.81 billion monthly site visits. To put that into perspective, every single minute, these top three sites collectively receive 134,491 visits.
If you have a particular kink one of these sites will cater for it, which brings me to if you do watch porn, you should be considering watching ethical porn. I know it does sound like a contradiction.
What is ethical porn?
Ethical Porn makers allege that all their performers get paid fairly, and have full control over their preferences, boundaries and limits.
Ethically produced porn movies also show gender identities, skin colour, and body shapes. The complete diversity of real sex with real people.
Porn makers use a wide range of body types, races, genders, sexual orientation and preferences. These producers challenge the stereotypes and can help develop a more positive and inclusive relationship with your own body and sexuality.
Many people learn about sex from porn and let’s face it – most of it is complete rubbish. If we make ethical porn we can provide accurate information about sexual health, consent, communication, expectations and exploring desires in a safe way.
Because we feel like others will judge our preferences, we often don’t even mention them. There is nowhere to learn about them. Ethical porn can give you a safe place to explore. Ethical porn can validate diverse sexual desires and promotes a more open and accepting culture.
My partner often says, ‘there’s a category for that!’
All performers are of legal age, but this is certainly not always the case with mainstream porn. Being of age is a crucial aspect of giving informed consent. Being of age also means that the performers know what they like and what they are willing to do.
Ethical porn performers always choose who they work with. What you’re seeing is the result of the authentic chemistry. Watching a real connection is hot for performers and viewers alike!
Ethical porn makers will always ensure rigorous STI testing for the safety of performers on their sets. It focuses on connection and genuine pleasure.
Women are not depicted as objects of conquest as they so often are in your typical mainstream porn—instead, they’re subjects of pleasure.
Women are often the directors of these movies. If there is a specific storyline for a scheduled shooting performers are filled in before arriving on set to ensure they’re comfortable with the scene and the role they’ll be playing.
The leading ethical porn makers at the moment are:
- Bellesa
- JoyBear
- A Four Chambered Heart
- Anna Span
- PinkLabel
- Bright Desire
- Afterglow
- Dreams of Spanking
- Sssh
If you like to listen to erotic stories rather than watch porn then give Dipsea a whirl.
Switching to ethical porn can help improve your mental health. It can reduce feelings of guilt, anxiety, shame and embarrassment. If you do watch porn, then try ethical porn. Let me know how you feel about it.
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