Condoms In Porn: The Aesthetics
Given that condoms-in-porn have been the subject of controversy (artistic, political, medical, legal) ever since the early days of the AIDS epidemic and continue to be so, it’s perhaps remarkable that ErosBlog has never (so far as I know) covered any aspect of the issue. Mostly it’s because this blog’s mostly R-rated approach to modern photographic porn makes dicks with raincoats rara avis around here. In much larger part, it’s because I’m ignorant about the legal, medical, and political issues, while I’m mostly apathetic (Ron White’s penetrating observation notwithstanding) about the aesthetics of penises, with or without rubber covers.
Thus I was startled to (s)tumble over an anal sex pic from Explicite Art (see it here) where the visual of the condom struck me as strongly improving the appearance of the porn. Exactly why this might be so, I’m not certain; my best guess is that the slick appearance of the latex stands in for a slippery wet look that (in other sexual contexts, though it’s illogical in this one) suggests natural arousal, which is always sexy. As always, your mileage may vary.
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I think they’ve managed to match condom colour (or in this case, mostly lack thereof) with the skin tone. Most condoms that come in pink work best in doing a disappearing act, whereas the normal cream colour normally stands out a bit, affecting aesthetics the most.
I too was about to mention these lightly watermelon-colored condoms that Justin praised.
These transparent, rather than tranlucent, “slick” or “lubed-looking” condoms, first caught my attention in anal scenes on Kink.com.
If I’m reading their info lit correctly, some porn producers are sometimes offering models with and without condom, modeling fees. Maybe it is just part of the “limits agreement” worked out when structuring the shoot.
Personally, well-lubed anal sex is way sexier, and that may be what psychologically-speaking, is appealing to me as well, or perhaps there is an unconscious hygene issue at play here, even though the majority of my anal forays have been bareback.
I also remember back in my teens when I was particularly excited by a woman, the skin on my penis would stretch so tightly that it would glisten without lube. This conveyance of a sense of heightened arousal may also play an unconscious part in the appeal of this photograph.
It occurs to me that the fact that she is bent over dog-style being corn-holed while holding her cheeks invitingly apart makes this a very sexy pic as well.
Also it doesn’t hurt the photo’s extra-sexiness that she has clean, recently well-manicured nails, a well landscaped set of cavities, and appears to be sporting an ecstatic expression behind those freely dangling breasts, has flawless nicely tanned skin, and is posed on a nice-looking fuzzy comforter or rug.
Yum! What’s NOT to like?
My partner and I swear by Crown which have that pinkish watermelon color. I thought it a bit odd at first, but you’r e right that when being worn (at least by a white guy) they disappear.
And my personal preference of the condom for anal sex falls into play with how sexy I find the photo – condom for anal means when I can’t take it anymore he can pull out, take off the condom and go right into my pussy without stopping to wash.