By Jake Malebranche
To watch a man discard his innocence for a few bucks is a rakish, Mephistophelean delight. Smugly, those who realize how illusory psychological boundaries are and what forbidden pleasures can lie on the other side of such boundaries can sit back and re-experience both nervous naiveté and the Devilish thrill of that first foray into forbidden realms. But likewise, the experienced know that once certain lines are crossed, the man himself will be forever changed. That which is perceived as the abyss does look into the heart of the man who makes any Faustian bargain that takes him to the realm beyond the pale.
So it is with 'straightsploitation porn', or the extremely popular homosexual pornography that involves tempting heterosexual men to commit homosexual acts for a little quick cash. (A mention of the name 'Sean Cody' to any red-blooded computer-savvy homosexual male will likely elicit a quick grin and a knowing nod.) It's more than simply the Law of the Forbidden that draws homos to watch a straight man get a blowjob from another man, give his first blowjob, get fucked for the first time. It's also at least partially the decadent delight of watching someone do something they'll carry with them for the rest of their lives.
Simply put, once you've willingly put another man's cock in your mouth, you'll never think of it in quite the same way again. The unthinkable is put in perspective. Certainly, some of these guys get their cash, go home, fuck their girlfriends and begin burying the experience in the back of their psyche, pretending it never happened or that it was just a gig--like pumping gas or shoveling manure. In truth, this seems as valid a response as any. However, some seem to develop a taste for it. Perhaps it's the adulation, a simple ego trip, or perhaps they're simply exploring a part of themselves that is suddenly less frightening. Consider Dylan...
THE DYLAN PROGRESSION
Dylan
A few years ago on one of the most popular straightsploitation sites, www.seancody.com , a young guy by the name of Dylan did his first jack off video, called Dylan. While his body is beautifully proportioned and minimally groomed, he seems nervous, matter-of-fact, even pouty as he methodically masturbates to what sounds undeniably like hetero porn in the background.
Tim & Dylan
In Dylan's next video, Mr. Cody brings Dylan together with another guy who seems like he stepped out of early 80s video porn, and loosens them up with a little light banter about girls and recent (hetero) sexual conquests. Add straight porn. Dylan is still quiet, but comes off like someone ready to get down to business and even puts on a bit of a show, ejaculating a distance of two or more feet.
Massaging Dylan
Doktor LaVey may have had something to say about this, but Sean Cody's straight boys seem to enjoy being 'massaged' as a rule. In this video, Dylan is relaxed and all smiles in the introduction. He is then blindfolded and 'massaged' (read: brief rubdown, mostly ass work, followed by a slow blow and jerk off finish). Ostensibly, this is the first time Dylan has been fellated by another man. Dylan must be getting pretty comfortable with the situation at this point, as he recommends it to his younger brother Henry, who also does a solo video.
Jeremey & Dylan
Dylan seems downright giddy in the intro to this video, wherein he's paired with a young homo who is relaxed and noticeably eager to have a straight guy fuck the Hell out of him. Dylan is now officially an ass-pirate, albeit on the socially acceptable 'straight' side, at least by Ancient Roman standards.
Jerk Off Contest
Dylan, his dear brother Henry, and a few other guys try to answer the age-old questions: who can squirt that farthest and who can drop the biggest load.
Dylan & Daniel
From Sean Cody.com - "I thought about calling this film "Using Dylan" because I wanted Daniel to give Dylan a nice massage, tie him down, and then use him like a hot muscular sex toy...". Dylan, blindfolded, plows another homo's happy-go-lucky ass.
The Experiment
Dylan gently, considerately, breaks in the ass of another straight guy. To those of you who are heckling, note that after several minutes of massaging each other full naked-- neither penis is even slightly tumescent. Only after a straight porn break is this possible.
Gang Bang
To further drive home the hetero (or at least bi) sexuality of his favorite studs, Cody hires a girl, saying : "Sometimes you have to give straight boys what they really want." Indeed. Hot fuckbot Zack, along with Dylan, Luke and Justin, literally cheer each other on as they give an Asian chick a fairly impressive pounding for a bunch of non-professionals. Good job, boys! This was quality programming.
At this point, Dylan disappeared for nearly a year and a half, purportedly because he found a nice girl who didn't approve of her boyfriend doing mo porn. One can hardly blame her. However, when Dylan returns, his hair has grown out, he's grown up a bit, and he seems far more worldly and adventurous--even 'flirty' in...
Dylan's Toys
Dylan happily rams a dildo up his ass and really, genuinely seems to enjoy it. The moaning seemed a little over-the-top for a straight guy who's been quiet as a mouse during sex thusfar. But if one considers that after so much time he was still willing to do some porn in this homo/hetero gray zone, he must have really resigned himself to the superficiality of those boundaries. It seems as though most straight men would put this behind them after an extended period away to reflect on the experience.
Fucking Dylan
The coup de grace. After 3 years, Dylan closes his eyes and lets the abyss overtake him. His virgin ass gets rammed by freaky Zack while Dylan lovingly gives head to Wade. The two fuckers switch out, and Dylan blows Zack while getting fucked by Wade. A tour de force. So gratifying that only film-reviewer French will suffice to describe the diabolical triumph of gingerly walking a straight kid through a progression that allowed him to eliminate sexual hang-ups and play the bottom in a full-fledged homosexual gang bang.
Sean Cody must have enjoyed the jaded satisfaction of a Vicomte de Valmont after seducing a pious Madame de Tourvel. And more to the point, his audience enjoyed the thrill of this seduction vicariously. This is not mere voyeurism, not simply wanting what one can't normally have. This is the delicious taste of successful seduction and the smug joy of watching someone debauch themselves for material gain. Nowhere is this more perfectly illustrated than when the guys at straightcollegemen.com wave hundreds of dollars in front of the faces of regular guys like Boston Paul while coaxing them into all sorts of wacky homoerotic stunts.
Producers of straightsploitation porn seem to instinctively know that a scene is really sold when the straight guy is visibly nervous and uncomfortable. Whether by asking 'are you nervous?' point-blank as the subject undresses, or by making two guys do shots or bake a cake naked, the pornographer exposes a vulnerability. In allowing the viewer to see through the lens of the homosexual seducer, by putting him in a position to 'direct' the actions of a defenseless naked straight male, the pornographer effects a profound, irresistible exchange of power.
Straight men hold the most power in virtually every culture, and are held up as the virtually undisputed ideal. It seems likely that most homosexuals have at some point in their lives felt threatened by the power wielded by 'alpha male' heteros. During the formative adolescent period during which erotic crystallization occurs, hormonally charged heterosexual males are at the peak of worshipping their phallic ideal--testing each other, jockeying for position, proving themselves, belittling the losers in their tribal games. The homosexual worships this same phallic ideal, yet from a different vantage point--and more often than not this places him in a space somewhere outside the flux of phallic power. Historically, this has been played out in sexual activities wherein the man who plays the active or penetrative role remains the 'man' and is considered 'straight', while the man who plays passive or receptive role is shamed and is regarded as the 'fairy', the woman, the cinaedus . The homosexual is considered, wrongly, to be exclusively passive by nature and therefore less potent a man. Putting a straight man in a vulnerable position and exposing the phantom state of his dominance is a powerful aphrodisiac for any homosexual.
Perhaps Sean Cody says it best in this banner:
When indulging in straightsploitation pornography, the homosexual experiences something beyond the taste of forbidden fruit; straightsploitation taps into the deeper psychic domains-- giving him a fantasy of authority and the rakish kick of seducing the sexually 'pure' heterosexual male. It satisfies the suspicion that a straight man, given the proper motivation, could become one of us--and enjoy it.
This article was originally published at Lust Magazine, and is reprinted here with the kind permission of Jack Malebranche.
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