Well folks, you heard it here tenth, pornography, and lots of it, was found at the Osama Bin Laden Compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Now, Guyspeak isn't a news organization in the truest sense; It's not even a quasi news organization like Fox News, but I do share this headline with you as a helpful springboard into a relevant topic. Not pornography itself, but into our expectations or perceptions of who should own something like MOULIN SPLOOGE, AMBER THE LESBIAN QUEEFER and SEX STARVED F* SLUTS #22: STINKY WHITE WOMEN.
No, those weren't the exact titles pulled off the Bin Laden shelves, but from reports the collection "consists of modern, electronically recorded video and is fairly extensive." It strikes us as curious, laughable and pitiful -- further evidence of Bin Laden's grotesque hypocrisy, bullsh*t piousness and all around fraud. Still, it's a news story because it's an unexpected reveal.
To me, that is an interesting concept. Can one spot a porn junkie anymore?
There are some people who just look and smell like they are stashing tons of porn. The classic example is the greasy, tubby loner leering at every semi-cute girl around town. He can't take his sexual needs "to the street" (for no one will touch him) so he takes them to the laptop, XXX video shop or late night Cinemax movie. The classic, non-shocker on the women's side is the punk rock chick who owns a vibrator shop - the kind that rock the Betty Page pin-up style fashion and ethos. To borrow a Patsy Cline record from such a chick's apartment and notice she has a wall of porn certainly isn't a head turner.
But then things get murkier. Obviously, a large majority of us consume some porn. But it's interesting to think about who among us are the real stockpilers of the stuff. Of course, these days it's a lot easier to conceal - well, for those of us who aren't internet-less, fugitive, mass murders. What used to require physical space and complex schemes to conceal -- the magazines, VHS tapes, and DVDs -- can now be entirely handled by a couple of clicks on the laptop. Wiping out a computer's recent browsing history is a pre-requisite to pass 4th grade these days, right?
So while we can't know for sure, it's still fun -- albeit creepy -- to postulate who in our neighborhood has been AbbottaBad boy or girl. Could it be friendly old Mary Butternut? She looks so sweet watering her begonias, but god knows what she does alone in that big Tudor all day. How about Sam, everyone's favorite mailman? Mrs. Peterson, your old English teacher? Cousin Robbie? Aunt Frieda? It's sort of revolting to know that surely some of our parents have a stash of 80's porn hidden in their "TAX RETURN 1999" box. If not there, maybe neatly concealed in their sock drawer - you know, under the matching socks you knit them for Christmas when you were 11.
How about it Guyspeak, do porn mass consumers have a look? Are you ready to step out as one of them? Any shocking reveals in your own community?
Do Tell. For if we keep it to ourselves, the terrorists win.
Uh...XD Haha. I...I'm not sure people who have a whole lot of porn or view a lot of porn can necessarily be pigeonholed into one "type" of person. Though I tend to be wary of people who leer at semi-cute guys/gals...that's just creepy. Might not have anything to do with the extensiveness of their porn collection, though. But what do I know?
I am suspicious of anyone who regularly stays up until the wee hours of the morning on his/her laptop. This could be the routine of a computer programmer or a movie junkie, but common sense tells me that temptation takes its toll, and it's only a matter of time before one gives in.
That's not totally fair, plenty of people stay up that late chatting on skype watching videos, and gaming and never go the porn route, or rarely do and can hardly be accused of the mass porn stocks that we are discussing here.
*Watching*
I am an avid reader of smut. I read alot of non smutty things too, I just read ALOT, and eventually you come across a book that is a little more sexual than ones you've read before. Before you know it, you're reading the really hard core stuff. I'm not much for traditional romance novels, there's something about the antiquated gender roles, and the passive women with heaving bossams that so readily accept their captors/rapists, that makes my skin crawl. But modern smut has it's place right next to scifi/fantasy in my personal library, for the world to see. Also my favorite fiction sites are bookmarked on my phone to be read any time any place. Honestly I tend to be picky about my authors, because I do like to have a plot, graphic sex is so much more satisfying when you have a reason to love the characters, but that's just me, and I won't say that I never read plotless smut for smuts sake. I also occasionally watch porn, but that's much less frequent, and often hentai. Truth be told for me porn is very much about the fantasy, which is why I gravitate towards the things that require more imagination. This is not a strictly female tendency but I think it is a little more common in women. I also have a fondness for classic burlesque and pinup, but that's less for sexual gratification, since I happen to be attracted to men, and more because I like that ideal of a woman, curvy woman with a littlemagic and mystery. I don't dress like a pinup model (I'd like to keep a real job) but I do have a modest pinup collection.