The porn industry, like all sex and sex work (at least in the United States) is filled with hypocrisy. It’s arguably the most consumed media in the world. (In 2019, there were 42 billion visits to Pornhub according to their annual report, with 115 million per day on average.) Yet it’s also the most shunned. People want it (some say they’re even addicted to it) and yet there is a demand that it should be free. Porn actors and models often receive the same treatment in that they are desired but the concept of paying them seems to be over the heads of the majority of their so called “fans.”
Recently, the conversation about porn has been changing. Concepts like “ethical porn,” “feminist porn,” and discussions about better porn are popping up all over the internet. The documentary Hot Girls Wanted and its follow up, Hot Girls Wanted: Turned On as well as documentaries, specials, and articles like them have shed light on what goes on behind the scenes in the porn industry, for better or worse. Then there is #PayforPorn, a popular social media battle cry among people in the industry and their fans.
Thankfully, the conversation is not just focusing on the benefits for the porn industry (more money means more work, more actors, better stories, better tech, the list goes on). It also shares the benefits of the viewers who pay for their porn as well.
How You Benefit When You Pay for Porn
Be a little selfish with your self pleasure by checking out the ways paying for your adult entertainment can work out in your favor.
Internet Safety
Like slipping a condom on, paying for porn from sites like Erotic Films or Bellesa is just safer. Free clips and pirating sites are riddled with viruses, malware, and hackers fishing for your information.
It’s also safer legally. While it doesn’t happen often, arrests are made for pirating. The fines (not to mention legal fees) for those caught pirating tend to be much, much higher than simply paying for media in the first place. (The majority of porn site memberships cost between $10-30 a month depending on benefits).
Quality
Get to the good stuff easier and faster. When you’re paying for porn, you don’t have to scroll through hundreds and thousands of cheesy, cheap, and problematic clips, gifs, and images to find what you want. By choosing a legit site and paying them, they offer you value for your cash.
It’s easier to find porn more in line with your own kinks and fantasies this way, especially if you’re into some niche entertainment. Porn companies don’t have to show the same tried and true scenes over and over but can instead get creative with support. Costumes, sets, toys, and more all cost money but are so worth it when they bring the viewer’s deepest fantasies to life. Besides, which is better? A few clips of a couple in cheaply made costumes obviously banging in someone’s basement or quality costumes on well developed sets with multiple actors getting creative? Put your money where your answer is.
Viewer-Based Variety
We talked about paying for porn that caters to your kinks. You can also pay for porn that caters to you as a person. By paying for porn, you can support niches that employ people that are like you and the people you love and want to watch.
Paying for porn can support people of various minority groups such as actors of color and/or disabled models. When porn companies are supported by a variety of people who support niches, they don’t have to cater to the larger crowd for pennies. Instead they can give their patrons exactly who they want to see.
No Guilt, All Pleasure
Let’s be honest, there’s enough guilt in the world around porn. In fact, there’s whole non profit organizations focused on the idea that porn is malevolent and should be destroyed.
Rather than feed into that guilt, do your part to prove that it is a legitimate industry by paying for what you want rather than pulling it down by illegally downloading and watching hacked copies. The less porn is associated with illegal activity (pirating) the more it is seen as an industry that has earned its support financially and as well as legal and political support with general society.
Industry Benefits of Paying for Porn
Now that you see all the benefits paying for porn offers you, check out some of the great benefits that you can provide the industry.
Safety for the Porn Creators
Porn is sadly not the safest industry to be in. There are horror stories online and in documentaries about actors and models ranging from abuse and brutalization to stolen money and shady business dealings. When you support porn companies, especially independent companies or individual models, you create a safer space for them to work.
Feminism and More Pro-LGBTQ+ Porn
Porn doesn’t have to be the sexist industry that its stereotyped as. In fact, when you support individual models or companies owned and employed by women and members of the LGBTQ+ community, you also support pro-porn society and politics.
Supporting an Industry You Love to Use
Lastly, you’re supporting an industry that works hard to entertain its viewers and making it better, faster, and stronger. Why not make sure that the industry itself benefits from your views and dollars instead of some thief stealing and sharing clips?
Where Can You Get Some Serious Bang for Your Buck?
Now that you know why it’s important to pay for your porn, here is where you can get it. Enjoy this list of excellent indie porn sites:
Or support a favorite individual porn model by supporting them through cam sites or personal sites.
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